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craft who said. " aye, and I found fault with your
taking on you too much authority. for you com-
plained about my management of the horses in the
field." This was the way in which the Prisoners
rehearsed the sootier over among themselves,.
Mr. Perry, who drew the map of the late Mr.
Chennell's premises, proved the correctness of the
drawing and the distances as there laid down.
Swish Hurst said, she lived in Godohning, and
knew both of the Prisoners; she saw Chalcraft
at live o'clock to the evening of the Moodily;
he asked her. whether she would be about town
that night? she slid she could not tell; and ask-
ed the reason he put such a question, adding,
that if he wanted her. she would go out. He
would not tell. She saw him again at a quarter-
past nine o'clock. a few door* below Mr. Cheisisell'a;
he was alone, and she asked him what he waisted of
her; he replied, " I want you to watch outside
Mr. Chentiell's door." He then went into Mr.
Chennell's house, and she walked in front of the
door-way. backwards and forwards. for some time.
George Chesinell went into the passage with
Chalcraft; she heard • screech out from within,
just as Clialcrisft came and peeped out from the
door. She asked him what they had been do-
ing ? he said, " We have done fur them both."
She saw some blood on Chtilcraft's round frock-
sleeve when he came out of the house ; she distin-
guished it by the light from the candles in the op-
posite baker's shop-window. When she asked
Chalcraft what blood was that ? he said, " From
them two." Chennell then came out and asked,
who she was? Chalcraft said, " Its Hurst." Two
- or three persons passed oust the opposite side of the
street while they were talking. Christie!l then went
up town, snd Chalcraft went the other wuy home.
The latter then offered her 41. to keep it a secret,
but she refused the money, saying she did not
aunt it. Tois was at the Angel public-hou•e, and
the last thinit she said to him there was, " Hold
your tongue. you fool-1 don't want to hear any
more of it." She met him on the Wednesday
coining in custody from Mr. Wood's, the Attor-
ney's house. She asked him. " How does it go
with you ?" He replied, in a low tone of voice,
" All's well yet, Sarah."
Cross-examined by the COMSION SERJEA NT.
She heard that her hushaad was in liuildfurtl,
but she hail not seen him since April; she was in
custody ever since. She and her husband were
living together at Godidening when the murders
took place. She never made appointments with
other men, except this once, and she was very sorry
f.r it. She had done a great deal of harm by going
to Cheonell's door oil that occasion. She went front
home at nine o'clock, to the front of Chenitell's
house. Iler husband !sad au appointment with
Chalcraft o'clock in the evenitsg, rod left her
shoat that hoar. He was about as tall a into as
Here, after some conversation among Counsel, it
was admitted by Mr. GURNZY :hat this 'sinless
was not the legal wife of Thomas Hurst, as he had
been in the present Assists convicted of bigamy,
for having mairied this woman while his former wile
was . . .

The witaess sots then apprized that she was no
banger to comider herself as the wde of Thomas
Hurt.
The JUDOR hoped thst there was no connection
between the prosecution for bigamy and the present

IsroSeelltiOts.
His Lordship was informed they were totally dis-
tinct ; but that the discovery of the second marriage
had arisen during the present investigation.
The c•oss-ezaminatioa of Sarah Hurst, was re-
sinned—Siie said that she left the Richmond AIMS
at ',Lout 7 o'clock—she did not tell Thomas Hurst
thit he had !made any appointment with miother
liiklll. tier hsi•bantl (as she called him) wrot to
bed at iiine o'clock, and she staid up to mend some
atilt things. She then went out to meet Chulcraft,
and are what lie wanted—she never did such a thing
11414 re—when she met Clialcratt. he said he waisted
her to winch :»e fore part of the horse at Chennell's;
she asked him the realms of his request ; he said he
would not tell her till they came out; alt he said was
that they were going to do something in the house ;
she did not know what to think, but she waited till
hr came out again. Chalcretft came out first, and
she did not hear the scream till Cheimell came out.
She knew nothing before bond of the shocking
business that was going on in the house ; had she
known this she would not have gone, but on the
contrary, g►ven an alarm to prevent it. The mo-
ment they told her what was done she ran home iii
great trouble ; but never said a word about it,
or gave the smallest alarm until the month of
March following. These were the only two concerned
in the murder, but she charged others with the
crime, for which she was very sorry, and begged a
thousand pa►don.. She could not recollect the
name of the first person she innocently charged,
she sever named the Iverson when examined before
Lord Middleton, but when she made tins declina-
tion she alluded to herself, as she thought she had
gone too far in the business. She then odnetted
that she had charged lwr supposed husband. Thos.
Hurst, with being guilty of the crime. She had
said, that he went down to Chrunell's house. This
charge was quite false, and made against the man
she then thought to be her husband.
Re-exoNiimed.—She imputed the crime to Hurst
in • conversation at Mr. Wood's, the Attorney's.
She named nobody but Chennell and Chalcraft at
Loyd Middleton 's, before whom she was examined
once. She was to custody ever since la►t March;
she was apiweliended in consequence of a cooression
she voluntarily made. Slat also charged a person
named like Coolley. who had once worked at Chen-
nett's, with being concerned in the murder, but
this accusation was false. It occurred iii • con-
versation with Mr. Sivallpiece, the Under-She-
tiff, at the last Kingston Assizes. She could
not tell what induced her to utter such false-
hoods, nobody whatever suggested to her such
untruths, ur recommended her to name other..
She knew there was such • person as Coolley,
though she never spoke to him in her life, or saw
bon snore than three times. She 'wand inertly that
be usually worked at ClientieWs. Nobody ever
mentioned Coolley's name to her. She could as-
sign no reason, motive, or object. that dictated the
mention ..f this name to tier.
The Learned Judge put several questions its this
witness, with a view to elicit some explain& of
the unitive that induced her false accusation of this
man, but without being able to get any other ea-

steer, th. that she could not account for it or
gire,sey reason for it ; she begged a thousand par-
dons for it.
Mr. Sinallpiece was examined as to the state of
mind of the witness when she made this declara-
tion. lie described her as bring at the time site
made this communication in a very perturbed state
of mind. He went to her in consequence of being
told by the gaoler that she wished to see somebody
from Godalming. He heard she had had repeated
convulsive fits which weakened her mind ; she up-
peered so uncollected and wild that he thought her
at the time entitled to very little attention, from the
perturbed and wild state of her mind.
Joseph Walter, the keeper of the [louse of Cor-
rection at Kingston, had Sarah Hurst in his cus-
tody. She was at times troubled with fits, which
lasted nine hours together, and caused her to ram-
ble.
Mr. Woods, the Attorney, went to see Sarah
Hurst in the House of Correction at Kingston lost
April, when she informed hits that her husband
was concerned in the murder, and had watched at
the door. She made this cominunicatiota with great
coolness, and iii a circumstantial ; she by
no means at the time appeared in a pertum bed state
of mind.
The evidence for the prosecution was here closed.
The Prisoners were now severally called upon
for their defence.
Cherwell said, that on the morning of the 10th
of last November, he had been up at his father's
house, amid assisted in getting omit two fat hogs that
were there soaking in the pan. He left his father's
about eleven o'clock, and went to liascomb, which
was four miles from Crodaluting. Mod returned from
thence ut half-past seven o'clock in the evening,
when he again appeared at his father's, and *rust
for a certain !impose into the stable. After
that he went to Mr. Tirley's public-house, where
he met Fisher ; lie staid there mild after nine
o'clock, when he got up and came away, saying,
he was going out to look for a girl ; on going
out, however, lie rm collected that perhaps Mrs.
Clam k had gone to bed, and that there was no
use iu going at that hour ; he then changed his
mind, and instantly returned to 'll'idey's
public-
house ; lie could not have been gone f it more
than five mithimime., for no los return he took up the
pipe he had left, and which was still lighted, and
ked it scam, hot the landlord Caine ims and
made him take another, as there were plenty
of better and newer ones on time table; he re-
mained at Thley's drinking brandy and water
sod porter until past twelve o'clock on the Monday
night, and he then paid It's reckoning and went
home to his lodgings to fwd. The next morning
James Cove Caine and called him up, and told him
of the murders; he said, " Oh dear ! are they both
dead ?" Cove alid they were, and lie immediately
view up to his father's house to inquire 11,10'11e en-
cumnstatice. He declared his solemn innocence of
any krowledge of, or participation in, the commis-
sion of this foul deed.

The Prisoner, Chalcraft, addressed the Jury with
all air of much apparent simplicity, but yet with
great it,:tetiulty. He •attl that he had tucg worked
with the late Mr. Chentall as a c 'etre, and always
found him the best of starters. Alotiday, the
10th of November, lie had gone out of town to col-
lect dung for his twister; he ha,l Irmo out all
day, and dirt not return home with the horses
until past six o'clock in the ...vetting. He
then took his supper with his wife awl six chil-
dren, elistiged his jacket, awl mewled one of his
ahoes. Tiiis might take up until between seven
and eight o'clock on the Monday evening, lie then
went 11:1 to his master, Cliesinelre, and r-cked up
the horses. After he had done this, lie rat in the
house with Ins master and his housekeeper. Mosier
offered him bread and cheese, :toil ordered him
beer, albeit he took. Master sat on the left
side of the tire, and Elizabeth Wilson on the
right ; they were talking about bacterial, or
common matters. Master then said he'd go to
bed, but Elizabeth said olte would wait up a little
longer, lest George Chenuell should ci,me iii for his
supper. The Prisoner then stated, that he went
home when his master had gone to bed, unsought
he shortly after nine o'clock, lie never went out
after until the morning, when he went to his
master's. After being there some time, and tilighrig
nobody get up, he went awl called his iwotee, hut
could get no answer. When lie called up to awake
111r.Chentiell, he solemnly declared that he never
saw the body of the housekeeper lying inside the
door. He then begged leave, by pert:n*6i )))) of the
Court, to ask II question or two of Sarah Hurst.
This war granted ; and, in answer to his questions,
she expres.ly adhered to her former declaration of
the guilt of both Prison. rs.
The following witnesses were called fur the de-
fence :

Mr. Thomas Chennell resides at Guildford. and
was brother to the deceased Mr. Chennell. Iu
November last he received a letter from his sister.
Mrs. Gill, which he gave to his son to deliver to
the deceased at Gods'lming. lie received no rues-
sage from the deceased; but whatever answer he
gave his son could say.
John Muller was a carter to Mr. Holland last
November. He remembered meeting the prisoner
Chennell at half-past seven o'clock in the evening
of the murder, near the ‘Vliiie Hart in God.l • g.
He did not see him upon' in the course of the night.
James Coles remembered the night of the mur-
der, and I:ved in the service of the deceased. The
prisoner Chennell was in the shop of his father on
that night for a short time. but he vim') went away.
He called on him the next morning to inform hint
of the murder. " Lord have merry !" said the Pri-
soner, "is my father quite dead ?" I saw I put
on the same clothes, or sosmilling like them, tie
next morning; they had nu appearance of blood.
George Pinking said, helmet the
craft) clothes examined, and observed isuthing
whatever upon them but some tobacco spittle. Ti e
frock was given back to she Prisoner, who put it un.
itiehaid Elliott corroborated the last wstness's
etatement.

The Learned Judge rose at a quarter past Pia
o'clock in the evening to cline the Jury. He con-
jured them to dismiss from ineir mode, as for as it
were possible, all that they had previously and mitt-
vonohly heard rep tire to the taste which they were
now in the act of trying, and to decide upon it
solcly lot-cording to the ernience they Inid this day
head. If wily safe /claim( e could lie bad upon the
evidence of Sarah Hutt, then all consideration was

obviated, fur the inevitable conclusion, if her story
were true, must Le, that the Prisoners were both
guilty. But he apprehended that if their imputed
guilt alone depended fur satisfactory proof upon
this female accomplice, the Jury would weigh
with caution every circumstance of the case, and
carefully separate front it every part of the evi-
dence of the accomplice, which stood uncorro-
borated by other and hotter testimony. They
most reconcile, as had been well said by the
Learned Counsel who opened the case, the imm.
!Koerner of the Prisouers with the facts alleged
against them in evidence, before they could t tune
to a vertiict of mcquitiul—or they must take those
facts, and compare them with the time, the conduct,
the behavioor, moil the declarations of the Prisoners,
and see how fir this combined view of the whole led
to a conclusion ns to their guilt. In viewing the nit.
ked fact of the declaration of the Prisoner Cheintell,
respecting his evil a 'sties towards his father, bad us,
under any circuanstancts, it was, it was yet almost

inconsistent with commis,' eense to suppose that
parties, seriously intending to perpetrate a foul
murder, should for a long time previously have
promulgated their foul intention, mid thereby led
to their own detection, and the frustration of their
project. But if, on the other hand, the Jury should
be satisfied, from u review and comps rivon of
the evidence before them. that the ease was
brought in such a niatiner home to the Pri-
soners as to leave no rational doubt of their
guilt, then the decimations made by the Prisoners,
Cbruurll in particular, moist have their weight, as
sheaiug the quo unisno, and premeditated spirit
with %hick the clime was concocted and perpetra-
ted. The Learned Judge then recapitulated the
whole of the evidence to the Jugs. fle pointed out
the guilt of Sarah floral, sod tine little reliance to
which she was rutttletl ; but lie foocibly adverted to
the number of unimpeached wituetsses v.ho clearly
disproved the statement made by the Priviontrs, that
they had not seen each other since the Friday or
Saturday before the murder, and clearly evtahlovh-
ed they Mad been together on that very iiielot• lie
Elio alluded to the flat euntradauumi given to
that statement of Cheiniell, that hr had net been
assent more than shout four or fire minutes
after tiiiie o'clock no the Alooday night, %heti
he
.quilted the Richmond Arms, a;1.11 the inten-
tions of going after some woman, but afterwards
changed his shod, and speedily returned and re-
iived the pipe which he raid he hail pry :piously smok-
ed ; whereas the whole chaio of evides,ce us this par-
ticular went to show, tlist he had bet-u absent fully
three trimmers of an hour, mod exactly at that 'sy-
nod of time when he was called upon to account
fur himself, and ali cam, according to all rational coo-
joirt me, covertt the deed that hod beet' perpetrated.
If they could extroct from this In is. od. evillene-,
any thing, that gave them a rational doalot
guilt of the I',l-ou.trs, or either of than (for they
were honed not to confound the eases), then they
should give them, or either of them, the benefit ef
this doubt ; hut if, on the contrary, their view of
the facts disclosed in the prosecution, and their ap-
plication of the defence of the Prisoner* to these
facts were itreconci)eable, then, however painful
their duty mid dreadful coosarresorea to the Pri-
soners, they were bound to room' that verdict
which public justice demanded for such n crime as
that charged upon the Poisoners at the bar.
The Learned Judge was snore th.on two hours
and a half ono 00000 ing tip the evidence.
The Jury consulted for about two minutes, and
then returned a verdict of Cuitty against both
11)11.011r18.
Mr. KNAPP then, in the usual farm. i.ted the Priauttera
what they had to ,ody why sentence of death should nut he
pd.owd upon them ?
Chessueli said nothinz; but Chnlcraft &claret!, in nn un-
der tour, that lie was as iaineccut of the crime as a child au-
burn.

Ihith Prisoners received the awful verdict, not only calm
and unmoved, 1:111 with a degree of apathy and indifference
which excited the astonishment of .very person in Court
who had heard the srrusig evideme of their goiht. During
the greater part of the Judge's change the Priacincro sat down
in the duel, and wham brought (toward and awaits put
to the bar at half-past nine o'cliwk, to eerily, the awful
sentence of the law, Cheunell stood op without betrayli.:
the slightest symptom of perturhation—he looked the .141111 P
heavy sottish fellow that Is. appiAred throughout the trial.
Chas!craft, if possible, seemed alitt more ii.ditierent, and with
his arms folded, and casting a fixed but unduatate l glance
at the Judge, heard without apparcut ell:Whitt the dreadful
aenteuce of the law.

The Judge addressed the Prisoners as follows,—'• Ocrfrte
Chenuell and William Chalrraft, you have been tried by at
Jury who have given the utmost *tienl to your respective
cosec, and *bey hive come to the ilusiun else every ra-
tional mind must admit, that yin' are guilty of the dreadful
crime imputed to you. It in now for me to say what a sense
of propriety has hitherto revealed me from sleds, log, that
I concur its the ilusion 10 whirl. the Jury have
come respecting your deep sisal heavy guilt. Prison.
era, your crime is of that peculiar sharat h r whith, hap-
pily fur the civil constitut• of society in this country,
steeds from me Mlle emtucituun to impress those who ht ar
MC with a popic reuse of its tuna-roily sod turpitude. You
both stood towards one of the osmium whim yon L.wharotis.
ly murdered, in those relations which !mold yi.ti to pro.
tcct the unfortunate individual, and out to raise your hands.
ageinet him. You, George Ch 11, stood 'outwits him its
the relistionship of a son, bound by sery tie ofaliieliuu,
revert-nee, and isgard, In pent( et a ftchle and aged parent !
You, Chalesaft, stood warmth this aged man as a "ca want,
receiving the bread cue gave you, and cotiftasitig that to you
lie hail been sum of the best and Limiest masters. You Wilt,
therefore, stain, here to receive the awful jittli4ntstat or the,
law for au *hurt tttt s crime, which barfly admits of autesawa.
lion, but yet which you coutrived to aggravate by an ex-
tent, an enormity of pith, happily for the amid rarely
paralleled in the catalogue of human depi ashy.—
You have exhibit, .1 the dreadful spicatacle of a sun ii;aliftioc
his murderous hand against au intim and iiiiofftnilitig
parent, and a servaut perpetrating the same deed upon a
kind mid indidgeall astaater. Fair crintiiialw of bit dsep a dye,
this world can alferel NO inert,. 1 therefore ciiiijoire you,
if you have nut %heady supplicated paition from the Gaul
whom you have offended, In lisle nut one unionist
of the few *loot hums that missile to yutt iu ibis life, its
trying by prayer, by repentance, anal contrition, to ant-
idote surrey from that Creator, who alone can stow gise it
to you, and before whom you must so shortly tippet.... In
this stolid you rah have now MO hope of existence. I again,
therefore, implore you, if you have nut already made
your peace with God, to lose not a moment to that
impewthut mail urgent attempt—it will lie now vain for
you to practise delusion. The Searcher of all llearts can.
not be deetiVed lay the guilty, slid it la fair yon, in turn-
int your eyes auto sour own hearts with a pruiwr acute of
vont, it' anal Collrelibilill, ill say, whether during thin long
and pruirucia d trial, you have not tlntr felt au echoing throb
to the ursguani a ViIICIICM of the disclosure of your guilt which
eircunistiource revealied. It .... w only remains fur me to
clause the taiiaufial duty of this day's lanaaness by rinsing the
setiiesce w hic:i the statute awards for the crime of which you
have hien couvictsil : anal tt 10. I !sit you, Geuree
and you, William Clialcraft, he taken from the plate an
which you stand to the plate from whence you CAM, and
that ou Friday oral you be taken from *knee to the cow.

own place of execution, share you are to be severally
!mixed by the necks until you a►e dead, sod that your
leoltet be then given to the sartreuna to be anatomised mud
dissected; and tua) the Lord have mercy on your souls!"
The Poisoners reininued uumoved during this awful cere-
mony.
It *vas said that application would be made to have cams-
lion dour limos them at Godalruing, which too four miles
from Guildford, but as the Judge was nut addres'.cd upon
tole subject, and as he pronoutired the sentence iu the usual
form, the Prisoners will most likely stiller their seuteurc in
the usual place, which is gni the loop of iforsetnuugeo-lane
Pr.oon.

The trial hated from soon liner eight o'clock is the moan-
ing until liaif.past woe oclock nt
Comic. I for the ProriTutinio, Messrs. Gurney, Rolland,
and Illt ;Atli—Solicitor Mr. Woods. of

For the Pribootar, the Cuinwou Srojeant, cud Mr.
Andirws.

The Court was occupied for a considerable time
on TUrStl3) its hearing charges agaimt two kaiaks
Mary Stone, aged 29, and Mary Porter, only
thirteem years of age. for the wilful murder of their
Icistard children. They wire both Acquitted.—
'file only w.toeas against Mary Stone was her sister.
—Mr. Robert Holmium was found Guilty for
eseapiug from the Rules of the King's Bench
Prisuiw Seiiteneed to four months illnpri6olllllrlll.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, I.AYcoL►►'l.lffith
114.:1):SCIDAT, AUGUST 12.
The Court sot et nine o'clock.
THE RANK OF ENGLAND.

The LORD CHANCRJ.I.OR---•` Jlr. Duckworth, I
understood this .4der. The itooignee of a bank-
rupt. mid the bankrupt's wife, nresented a peition
to las iiiMiour Ilse Master of the Rolls, praying
that lie would order u sum of money to be paid out
of Coast for the serirate use of the bankrupt's
wife. Lli< flommt granted the order, and the Ac.
routitatit-General gave all larder to the Batik of
England for the payment. and they refused to pay
it to the la,ly for her owii use. All L ran oay is,
that I will not alter the older. 1 should wish to
kimw ou shat ground the Batik relayed to issue the
money, aid how they veliture.l ta disobey his Do-
flour's order. I cauttot alter his Donour's order oil
petit mi—and if I euultl, I would not. It is for
his 11111 l r the .Nader of the Rolls to inquire why
the Batik nresumed to tioobeylas order." . .

Sir ARTHUR PIGGOTT—" I have not received
iurartictiolll 00 the behalf of the Bank in this
04-t*—ble, !lethal)+, your LonWeil; would thii,k, if
the olovey was ordered to b. paid to a trllAttr, it
wcuid obviate the difficulty, for, or the Batik %%us to
Mary the presLeut order, the lirtukrupt ought receive
the money a:,cl put it to his uwis 14,e."
The LORIN CHANCEI.I.OR—" I know nothing,
nor I want to know nothing of the Ines its or the case ;
all the Information I ordsit 14, the grounds un C1,1;101
the Batik prebuuted to refuse to obey the order of
the Court."
ACCOUNTANT.G F.S ER %I S OFFICE.
THE ATTORNEY-GIALKAL c. BULLI.R.

Mr. [l4 itr—" 'dog is a ttttt 600 I.r u gum of
money to Le pod out of the AeLountant-General's
0 !Tice."
Tice LORD CIIA N C Ll.O Flow is Mr.
Mu I. that you mi,i;e a motion of this ',attire
now ? Ilow is the hubilo Mt of the Accountant-
Gehern (Alice to he esil :.;tql on if I wtos to grunt
hitch 311 Orlkr Hs thi. so late is the Sitt tnbs ?"
'Air. II Airr—'4 Under those circumstances, my
Lord. I will out press it, it must stand until neat
Term."