The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-04 00:00:00

81I0aWING MURDER NEAR LINCOLN.

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Thursday a shocking murder was discovered_ havetoof
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the tLealniitted upon a mother by her son. Th
edY was a small house at Scotherne, nese;scene
Lincoln.
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Iv) dol,-,,nlae of the murdered woman was Sarah Webster,
gere,";, about 67 years of age, and the name of the mur-
'with King, a farm labourer, her illegitimate son,
liefort-"era his victim had resided since the 21st ult. The
ehe 1111 ate, deceased was well known at Lincoln, where
• Wad, resided for the last twenty years, the greater part
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Period. she kept a house of ill-fame, where her
'3111e,-anghters resided with her in a state of prostitution.
I,fte Married sonie time after the birth of the prisoneasr,
,Arc,blad several children by her husband, whose name w
has aster. It appears the prisoner is a married man, and
Inltc4+°ll 12 years of age, and a daughter 17. He has boon
leatjto— to fits, and his wife, who is in the habit of going
ab- .werk, had sent for her to take care of him during
to th,—e,nee. On Wednesday he struck his mother a blow
day
iL'uulTlach as she was giving him some tea ; and from
},-'`e she appeared terrified at his violence. On Thurs-
Ida murderedwoman was left alone with the prisoner,
and htrhhaving gone to a funeral in the
Arr of Seotheaug Pe n who lives next door to the
pner was rrneteu.rningeh-ornraeoabout four o'clock, when the
taPpro'er beckoned to her from the window; aEld, as she
"Ive he put out his hands and said, "Come on, I
tliA-T, a sPree and am ready for you again. tOnweonmtearn-
'eatee P.ense, she discovered the unfortunate
h a chair and weltering in her blood.
.Her head
'l4e roallging on her right arm, and she was bleeding from
neigiZnth and face. An alarm was made, and that
itte enrs -were soon on the spot. They discovered
l'eaeteeheased was quite dead. It is believed that the pia-
-4'll'l f^ abeaten his mother with his fists about the ead
'Nathr°ir and that she had fallen on the edge of the c_hh air,
her jaw in the centre. The blood had spurted
tindl-1-7 the spindles of the chair, and stained the wall
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—ea% the window. The pris'oner's right hand was
ii°e:(3lTered with blood. An inuest was held on the body
after tisatelY afterwards by Mr. Hitching, the coroner, and
pestl,l?st torsle examination of a number of witnesses, and a
m° examination of the body the jury returned a
f- of " Wilful ?nurder" against 'ihe pr_ison_er, and he
atthwith committed to the assizes at Lincoln.

/e 111241 I'REEDO3.I OF THE CITY VOTED TO DR. LAYARD,
koh*,,----Yesterda.y at the meeting of the Court of Com
(lob; ‘'°llneil, Mr:Deputy Bennoch moved that the free-
Ali—stPf the city of London be presented to Dr. Henryan
Layard, as a testimonial of his severing d
kaitu,_`l3 exertions in the discovery of the. long-los.t 'Bee-
per?: of eastern antiquity, and for securing them in
hißtoet Sate as to demonstrate the accuracy of sacred
''ace,l2Y, ar illustrate the early history of the human
and for his indefatigable labour and skill, by which
keitielllltrY has been enabled to place such valuable.
the pals of ancient grandeur amongst the collection of
4Zreelitt(lBll Museum. The motion was unanimously
0vi,,0 •
-11.4.x„—LAND EXPEDITION IN SEARCH OF SIR JOHN
i4rri „717',11T,----The celebrated Arctic traveller, Dr. Rea,
aptown on Monday, to make preparations for
overlap
expedition in search of Sir John Franklin,
—lllsd h the survey of the northern coast of America.
"PPing Gazette.14/,,
tenetiiiseimiTrEs.— -Yesterday the bill "for the
l'eligio% her Majesty's subjects professing the JewishTe
Werds„ was published, consisting of clauses.
hh akin, on the true faith of a Christian, 'in the oat o
held eac,"?o, are to be omitted. The Jews are not to
13'41144-I\34° offices in the state, nor to advise in the ap-
ent of offices in the church.