The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-25 00:00:00

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From the evidence of the complainant, corrobo-
rated by that of his t sisl .ers, it appeared that,
at 9 o'clock :he previc ►ars evf the prisoner came
to his reside.nce and rani; violently at the bell.
The door was opened by the servant. Hearing a
disturbance, he went to ascertain the cause, and
' then found a n xob coil ected. The prisoner de-
nounced him and . sisters as swindlers. He said
he had called for e ‘ll ace ount, and would not leave
until he saw his (cc 'mph anent's) sister. The com-
plainant told him to lit, was not a proper mode of
obtaining his debt. The prisoner, however, made
his way into the hall E ntrance,and the prosecutor put
up his hand to preven 1; his going further. The pri-
soner then broke a sti ck over his head, and, seizing
him by the whiskers, I mid him down with one hand
across the hall table. l Is afterwards broke a square
of glass, value 65., and threatened to have his re-
venge.
Police-constable 96 Ti'.said he took the prisoner
into custody, and heard 1 lira say he would have his
revenge. Tho prisoner •cs -as. perfectly sober.
The prisoner., in his defe nce, said the complainant
had ordered me at at van Sus times amounting to
L 2 65., saying it was for xhis sister : but the com-
plainant having since became a bankrupt, he had
been unable to get hie n roney or to see the sister.
He called for that purpose the previous night, and
complainant, on coming to the door, struck him,
when he simply acted in self defence.
Robert Cave, an engineer,, was then called, and
deposed to seeing complainant raise his hand towards
the prisoner, but said he could not speak to anything
which had occurred previous ly, or inside of the
house.
Mr. Maude said a gross om`rage had been com-
mitted. The prisoner had no br,.siness at so late an
hour of the night, or, indeed, at any other period of
the day, to go to the house of a eroditor, and refuse
to leave, there being a legal mode of procedure.
The magistrate then imposed a fine of £5, or, in
default, one month's imprisonment.
The fine was immediately paid.

MYS7E..RIOUS MURDER AT CHATHAM.

CHATIU,M, THURSDAY.

Between five and six o'clock last evening, the body of a
respectably-dressed boy, apparently between nine and ten
years of age, was found in one of the fields adjoining
Chatham Lines, with his throat cut, and the head and face
much bruised, leaving no doubt that the poor child had been
cruelly murdered.
On til,e body being removed to the Napier Arms Tavern,
it was moo?' identiEed as being that of Thomas Frederick
Heughton, the son of respectable parents, residing at
Almon-place, High. street, Chatham, and it appeared he had
left his home in the a ft6rnoon for the purpose of playing on
the Lines.
From the medical examination of the body, made di•
rectly after the deceased was discovered, it was evident
that the murder had been committed early in the afternoon,
and that the deceased had been dead some two or three
hours when the body was fou.nd. The principal wound
was one, of some three or four inches in length, in the
throat, which was of itself sufficient to cause death.
There was also a bruise on the mouth and cheek, as if
done by a blow with the fist. The pi'ace where the body
was lying gave indications of a severe struggle having taken
place, but there was -comparatively little) blood to be seen.
At nine o'clock this morning Mr. Thc'mas Hills, one of
the coroners for the district, opened an inquest on the
body at the Napier Arms.
At the commencement (lc the inquiry the Coroner inti-
mated his intention of only taking sufficient evidence as to
the identity and finding of the body, after which he would
adjourn the inquest, to give the police time to endeavour
to discover the perpetrator of what there was every reason
to believe was a foul murder.
The inquest was accordingly adjourned for a week.