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London, England, 1830-03-08 00:00:00

SURREY SESSIONS, MARCH 6.

John Linton and Charlotte his wife were indicted
for keeping a disorderly house at Godalming.
The inquiry diclosed the too frequent and horrid
schemes that are used to seduce young females.
Eliza Cooper, a young creature of interesting ap-
pearance, deposed, that she was at Guildford-fair
when the prisoner, who was retailing cherries, ad-
dressed her, and said, that if she was in want of
lodgings his wife would accomodate her. Th 9 wit•
ness having had some words with her parents (of
which the male prisoner was aware) entered into an
arrangement with the two prisoners to pay a weekly
sum for her board and lodging, and went to reside
with them. On the third evening after she had
been their lodger she was seduced by a person to
whom she had been introduced by the prisoners.
The witness was not the only one who had fallen a
victim to the artifices of the prisoners.
Several other witnesses were called to support
the case.

Mr. BACON, on the p at of the prisoners, addressed
the Jury, and endeavoured to show that the witness
Cooper, without any solicitation, engaged apart-
ments at the prisoners' house.
The Jury found the prisoners Guilty.
The CHAIRMAN then sentenced them to six months'
imprisonment and hard labour at Brixton.

AYLESBURY, MARCH 5.
• THE HADDENHAM MURDER.
Mr. Baron VAUGHAN took his seat in Court this
morning at nine o'clock, long before which hour ail
the unprivileged parts of the Court- were occupied by
persons of all ranks, anxious .to hear the details of
this strange case, in -which a man - seems to have
been murdered,. not for the sake of robbery,• but
from some secret motive which it is perhaps diffi-
cult to comprehend. The respectability of the
deceased, who, from his handsome and athletic
figure, and his great eonrage, used to be called
"the " Noble Edden,"--the length of time
which has elapsed since the murder was per-
petrated, and the numerous investigations which
have taken place before the Magistrates with a view
of bringing the guilty parties to jtstice,-all com-
bined to invest the case with a fearful interest,
which the state of the Court amply testified.
Benjamin Tyler, aged, 32, and Solomon
aged 20, were put to the bar, charged with having
killed •and murdered William &Men, at the parish
of Hadden4am, oh the 25th of October, 1828, by..
sinking and beating him with a hammer.
Mr. ANDREWS stated the case for the Crown.—
The deceased lived at Theme, about ten miles from
Aylesbury, the market of which place he was in the
habit of attending. On the day on which he was
by some person murdered, he had been at the
market, which he left about five o'clock, in company
with a Mr. Bass, in a cart. In the course of an
hour and a half, the cart of Edden was found in the
road without the horse, and some of the harness of
his horse was lying by it, by a Mr. King, who was
also returning from Aylesbury-market, and who, at a
short distance, saw a body (which proved to be
Edden's) lying in the road, and heard him groan.
Thinking that it was either a drunken or a mis-
chievous man, Mr. King did not alight to examine
the body. A Mr. Taylor next observed the body
of the deceased, and he called out several times, and
at last he said, " If you don't answer, I shall not
get down." The poor man of course spoke not,
for he had been some timeNdead. Another person
coming up, found the body; dead, and nearly stiff:
he had it put into a wheelbarrow and taken to Had-
denham. It was the body of Wm. Edden. On the
following morning, the place in which the body was
found was searched, and marks of men haVing
struggled were discovered, and the marks of corded
breeches (as if the wearer had knelt on the ground)
which was a material circumstance to bear in mind.
About a week before the murder, the two prisoners
were in company at Theme, and one said to the
other, " It might be done easy ;" to which the other
replied, " It might hang me ;•' and a few days after
the murder, the prisoners having a quarrel, Sewell
was overheard to say to Tyler, "-I could hang you
at any time." On the day following the murder,
Tyler was observed to be scraping some road-dirt off
the knees of his breeches, which were corded, and
which he had worn on the previous night; and un-
der his table a hammer was found, apparently covered
with road-dirt. He should also prove that the pri-
soners were observed on the road together, near the
scene of the (murder. Sewell was, shortly after the
murder, taken up for poaching, and it being stated
to Tyler that he had " split" about the murder,
Tyler replied, " Then we shall all be hung toge-
ther." He was asked, " Why need you fear ?"
Tyler replied, pointing to a cup which stood on the
table, " I'd give that cup full of guineas if I was
as innocent as you I" Last November Tyler had
been riding on the Oxford coach, which was driven
by the son of the deceased. was desired to get
down; but 'on the arrival of the coach at Theme he
was still sitting upon the coach, and the coachman
said, " If you don't get
.down, I'll break my lamp
upon your head." To which Tyler replied,—
" you, I've ruined your brother by expences,
and I'll serve you worse than I did your father"
(meaning the deceased). The Learned Gentlemen
then detailed the substance of the voluminous evi-
dence which was afterwards produced.
Francis Very—l knew the man called "Noble
Edden." 1 know Tyler very well. On the Tues-
day before Edden was found dead, I saw him and
Tyler together at the -Saracen's Head, at Thame.
They were having words. I heard Noble say to
Tyler, that "he (Tyler) was a sad rogue, and he
knew enough to hang him, if he were to say all about
him that he kuowed. Tyler made no reply that I
heard. I went away, and left them having words
together. I did not hear the words.

John Foster—l live at Thame, and know the two
prisoners well. I recollect Edden's body being
found; about a week or ten days before that I saw
prisoners together at the back of the Anchor. by
Lipscombe's, the butcher's, between nine and ten at
night. Tyler said to Sewell, "It was done very
easy ;" Sewell made answer, " Ile would not do
it; that would hang him ;" and he repeated that it
would hang him, two or three times.
The learned JUDGE asked Sewell if he wished to
ask witness any questions'; but he replied savagely,
" I don't want to az him 'nothing; he's- come here
to take a false oath, the same of Jem Edden, a --
rogue,"

Ann Bonner—Tyler was lodging at Wi'Hain FeFt
nell's,, a labouring man at ,Thane, when the body
was fdund. I went to Tyler's hOitse that evening,
and saw him. It was betweenfiye and six o'clock.
I saw Tyler coming out of the'house,rit first, speak,
ing to Ellen Hines. I saw Tyler tbei.put on a great
coat of a dark colour, as he cameamt of the house.
Hines said to hire, " How long'shall you be goner:
He said; "1 don't know; according to what time-I
shall meet him." He had on knee -breeches, white
cotton stoCkings, and high shoes : 'the breeches were
of a lighter Colo* than his coat. I could not see
by the light if they were ribbed or plain. I saw
him turn to the right towards the Aylesbury road.
I saw him at ten o'clock the next morning (Sunday)
at Feruell's : he was coming down stairs, with a
pair of high shoes in his hand; they were very
dirty with road'dirt. He then sat down by the fire-
side. He had on knee-breeches, and they were
ribbed; quite a light colour. He had on light gray
worsted stockings. He then scraped both the knees
of his breeches ; they were very dirty with road
dirt, of quite a light colour. I said to him, " Old
one! you got into the dirt last night." He said,
" Yes, I did a bit." I saw under a deal table a
hammer, all very dirty with rood dirt, of the same
colour as that on his breeches' knees and his shoes.
I hind seen the hammer in the house before,hut never
in the same place. I had seen it two or three days
before—it was not dirty then ;it was usually kept
in the clipboard.

Sarah State—I was in the service of Mr. Shinton
in October, 1828, at Long CrendOn. I had been at
Aston Sanford the day Edden's body was found. On
my return home in the evening, at six o'clock, I
went through Haddenham church-yard. I went
auess Haddenham-field, and three men overtook
me, about a mile and a half from Haddenham church,
before I got into the turnpike-road leading to
Thame. I heard one say, " Let's all three keep
together;". one of them came up to me, I have
seen him since.
The witness here turned round and looked at the
prisoners, and Sewell returned the glance with a
very ferocious scowl. This, and perhaps the recol-
lection of the evening on which she met them, and
the purpok-on which they were out, instantly un-
nerved her, and she fainted, and was carried out of
Court. During her absence, the prisoners were en-
gaged in conversation together, and appeared to talk

very uncencernedly. Indeed, the whole of their de,
rneanour was that belonging to men perfectly void
of shame, and utterly insensible of the danger of
their situation. The trial was delayed for a con-
siderable time on account of the absence of the wit-
ness, who seemed to be a highly respectable and cre-
ditable young woman.
Examination resumed—The man who came up
and spoke to me was Sewell. I afterwards lost my
way, about a mile from the place where I saw the
three men. A person came, and put me in my
right way.
(Sewell cried out, " It's all a lie; I was not nigh
or by the place ; and I'll stand to that, if it's the
last breath I have to draw." His own confession
proves that he was on the spot at the time the wit-
ness describes.)
Thomas Hart—l was at Edden's house before he
was buried, while the dead body was lying there.
I saw Tyler there. I said to Tyler, " There he is,
poor marks Tyler said, "Ah ! there he is, poor
old Maiikiutudered sure enough !" Mrs. Thorp
asked.hrekthether he would not touch the dead
Utik:s'aiti he did not like to • touch dead bo-

Isaac Sprowston—l am guard of the Oxford
coach, and James Edden, son of "Noble Edden," is
the driver. On the night of the 20th of November
last, he was driving the coach, and took up a. man
by Beaconsfield. It was dusk. He sat close be-
hind the coachman. Eddeu turned round as soon
as he got on to the coach, and the man (it was
Tyleo turned his face away. This he repeated
three times. We did not stop till we got to the
inn at Beaconsfield. Edden lit the lamp of the
coach, and got on to the coach-wheel, and put the
lamp up in the man's face, and said to the man,
" How durst you, for shame, get on my coach,
knowing that you killed my father ?" The man
said, " I mean to pay my fare." Edden said, " I
don't want your fare : come down instantly, ,or I'll
break the lamp about your head." The man and
Edden instantly got down, and had several words,
and Edden was going to strike him, but a waggoner
prevented him. The man then said, " I have ruined
your brother by expenses, and I'll serve you worse
than I did your father."
James Edden (son of Noble Edden.)—ls driver
of the Oxford coach. I saw Tyler on the day
Sewell was arrested on this charge, awl said to him,
" I've taken your partner, Solomon, to-day ;and we
shall take you in a few hours." He made no reply.
(Witness then confirmed all that the guard had
sworn to have happened when Tyler was taken up
upon the road.)
Thomas Edden—l know Fernell's houieat Thame
at which Tyler lodged. I searched it on the 19th
of August, 1829, and found this haMmer. (The
hammer was produced. It was a terrific weapon,
with a handle about two feet long, and a striking and
a cutting iron head a (a kind of poleaxe), and its
production caust.d a universal shudder in court. The
prisoner Tyler continued to laugh, as he had done
from his first appearance in the dock, with the most
extraordinary effrontery.]
Eliza Jones—l know the prisoners. Last June,
I was at the Swan at Sudbury, when Sewell was
there. I said, " Sewell, there's great outcry about
your killing of Noble Edden ;" and he made answer
and said (with a word that it's awful to mention),
" If I'm took, Ben Tyler shan't be five hours after
me, for he was the father of all." His countenance
changed, and he was all of a tremble. [" -- her
---- eyes," Sewell here muttered.] I saw Tyler
and Sewell together the next day, talking with each
other.

W. H. Ashurst, Esq., M.P., a Magistrate—
Sewell was brought before me on the 18th August
on this charge. made this confession, after
being cautione not to criminate himself, as what he
said would be made use of against him upon his trial.
The following confession was then read :

" On the night Master Edden was killed, I was going
he Aylesbury-road. Ben Tyler came up to are and said
he would go and meet Edden. We walked together till
we saw Edden's cart. • Tyler said he'd go and kill Edden,'
and he ran forward till the cart was about a furlong off.
I ran back, as I.could not bear it. I never touched the
bridle, cart, or any thing. It was near Iladdenbarn. I
ran back and bursted out a crying, and went home and
went to hod. We saw the cart about half-past six. Tyler
had a hammer, the same he killed Jem Lipscrmbe'a pig
with. It was this same hammer that Master Edden was
killed with. Tyler came up to the just before we came
up to Mr. Hedge's, on Scotgrove-hill. We walked to-
gether more than a mile before we saw Edden's cart.
When Tyler came up to the cart, Tyler asked for Edden's
money ; he refused to let him have it, and then he fell to
work with the hammer, as far as I could hear from the
knocks. I then ran away home as hard as I could. I
never SAW any body hut Tyler. I have never seen Tyler
since, except at the ffamping Cat, at Uxbridge, where he
lives, and that was this harvest time. I had a pint of beer
with him, but never stopped ten minutes with him; and
not a word passed about this. I was dressed in trowaers,
a fustian jacket; and black hat. Tyler was dressed in a
long green coat and black hat. I have made a mistake
when I said nothing passed about it at the Ramping Cat.
Tyler did say, ' he'd kill me if I said any thing about it.'
I never met any other cart as far as I recollect. I had
been at the Bull public-house before I went on the Ayles-
bury-road that night. Tyler has often told me, since
Edden was killed, that he'd kill me if I said any thing."
Joseph Batten, constable=-,Sewell was taken up
'on another charge, on the 00 of September last.
11a. had been speaking to me
.about Edden's death,
and they said they had let the biggest rogue go.—
He said he and another perstiti *dent` en the road to
meet Edden, and they had .agreed to murder him ;
that he (Sewell) had a hammer in:his hand, and the
Other person had agreed with him to knock down
Edden. Sewell said the other man.took the hammer
out of his (Sewell's) hand, and went and struck
Edden as he sat in his cart, bee.tasa his (Sewell's)
heart failed him. lie said the reason they did not
hit him on the head was that the other person could
not reach it, and he struck to hit him as near the
heart as he could ; and he hit him again as he lay
on the ground, as he (Sewell) was running away
towards the brook,
Sewell,,-sTis false, my Lordship ! I dnn't mind
nothing about this here world, nor the next neither,
not I. If they be a. mind to swear away my life, I
don't care a —, not a button's end I
After the whole of the evidence had been gone
through, the Learned Judge summed up, and the
Jury 'retired, and in ten minutes returned, finding
both prisoners Guilty.
. .
Silence being then proclaimed, Tyler asked if he
might speak, and being told that he might, tie ettispo
his hands and said, " May I burn for over anthi'day
if I be'n't as innocent of this here us a baby 17
Sewell made the same asseyeration, and added that
it was all bribery that had done. it !
The Learned Baron then proceeded to pass ori'
them the dreadful sentence for their execution an
Monday net; and, strange to say, the prisoners
seemed entirely unconcerned, whilst the audience
were universally affected. Sewell hardly once ceased
to smile, and repeatedly interrupted his Lordship
during the passing of the sentence ! Quite at the
conclusion, Tyler seemed slightly affected, and ha
rather tottered as he walked the last few *tops which
he will tread in this world.

The Court, though it is now eleven o'clock at
night, continues u_s much crowded as ever.

WINCHESTER, MARCH 3.

THE KING V. JOSEPH FOSTER BAIIIIArdt
Mr. ERLE opened the indictment, which charged
ihe defendant with having tempted a person by the
lame of linl4ert and ()tilers, by promising and by

giving them money as a bribe, to vote for Sir Rufin
• Shaw Donkin and'Mr. Colville, as representatives
to be returned to Parliament for the borough of
Stockbridge, in this county.
would 'not
,ieortgeianntrto,WitzelLeDelß,lort)rotrhetf:l;osia,ccuutiloit, said 1: c
politico
of
Stockbridge than his duty compelled hitn. Previously
to 1822, Mr. Barham had large property in Stock-
bridge, and he had represented that borough from
1792 until that period. In that year he sold his
property there to Lord. Grosvenor, and at the tame
time he retired from Parliament. An election was soon
after expected, and Mr. Barham was desirous of re-
taining the influence he before possessed, and it was
in prosecution of that object that the offence with
which be was now charged wes committed. Shortly
before the election he intimated, the " old thing" or
custom should be revived. It would appear that Mr.
Barham had been in the practice of paying sixty
guineas per man, except those who noted for
the first time, and they had only thirty
guineas. Before he sold his property, he discon-
tinued this practice,. for no honest man would have
bought it with such a custom attached to it. Some
time after the disposal of this property, he thought it
necessary that the custom should be revived, although
he had said before he sold it that the custom had for
ever ceased. The election took place, but Mr. Bar.
ham had not been able to induce a sufficient number
of persons to carry the election. He first intended
that Sir R. S. Donkin and Mr. Kinnaird should
offer themselves; they canvassed with the agar's of
Mr. Beduin, bUt Mr. Kinnaird thinking there was
no chance for him, withdrew, and shortly after Mr.
Colville. offered himself in his place. There was a
petition afterwards presented to Parliament by the
unsuccessful candidates. It would appear that Mr.
Barham had determined to carry the eleCiion, or had
determbied to disfranchise' the borough.. If he
could not gratify his ambition, he would gratify his
revenge. After the election some of the voters met
him at an inn:- be settled with-some, and he gave
one individual 51. on account. The Learned Ser-
jeant thought he must have lost the keenness of his
perception, or that he had been so long inured to it
that he thought himself safe, as he saw them five at
a time.

Evidence was here adduced, after which the Jury
returned a verdict of Not Guilty.

MARCH 6.

In consequence of the pressure of civil business
still remaining, Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE tat to-day
to assist Mr. Baron BOLLAND in the trial .of causes,
and continued so engaged till eight o'clock in the
evening, when he left for Worcester. Mr. Serjeant
LUDLOW had previously proceeded to 'Worcester to
open the commission. The only cause tried during
the day of any interest was

WELLER. V. PROCTglit.
This was an action by a livery-stable keeper of
Oxford against Mr. Procter, art under-graduate of
the University, to recover 100 guineas, the price of
a hay gelding, sold to the defendant on the 29th of
February, 1828, with a warranty of soundness.
The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, de-
mages 1051., which was received with applause by
the audience. The case excited great interest both
among the collegians and tradesmen of the city.
Mr. Baron BOLLAND did not rise till nehAy one
o'clock in the morning of Sunday, when lie left one
cause only, a remanet, after an assize of the severest
labour.