The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-24 00:00:00

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EVENING SUN.

DISCOVERY OF A MURDER CO la
~iITTED ELEVEN YEARS AGO. ;
In the month of June, 1830, considerable excit4y.ot
was caused in the neighbourhood. of IlutLon Rtsibt-
the North Riding of York, and in the whole vale of '6l,is.
veland, by the sudden disappearance of a man of 04
name of William Huntley, who had a considerable sum
of money on him at the time. He had been accustomed
to keep company with a set of men in that neighbour-
hood who were in the habit of poaching, and committing
depredations on the hen-roosts in that part of the county.
On the night of his disappearance he was seen in the
company of two nien named Robert Goldsborough and
George Garbutt. On the morning of the following day
a suspicion arose that, he had been murdered by those
two men ; And every search was made in the neigh-
bourhood for the body, but without success.
Goldsborough's house was searched, and very
strong suspicions were excited by finding the
watch of the missing man in the house, and several
other things well known to have belonged to Huntley.
By some strange and unaccountable neglect, all these
'' thinsrs were looked over, and the man Goldsborough
was left to his own measures, and never brought to
any account, except by the neighbours, to whom he
stated that he had received them as part payment for
a debt which he wanted of Huntley, and that he had
gone to America. The case was passed over in this
way, although, before the disappearance of Huntley,
he was in the most needy circumstances, and after-
wards was in the possession of a considerable quantity
of bank-notes. He subsequently quitted Hutton Rud-
by, and went into the -West Riding of York, where he
took another name. The other man, George Garbutt.
had been concerned in the robberry of a barn, and was
obliged to quit the neighbourhood. He has since been
at Sunderland, in the occupation of a coal-trimmer.
In the month of June last, men weve employed in cut-
ting a new course for a rivulet which runs through the
town of Stokesley, in the direction of Hutton Rudby,
near a bridge called Tame Bridge, where the water took
a considerable curve. The cut was commenced for the
purpose of making a straight- course from the bridge,
which, after cutting for 30 or 40 yards, again crossed the
old course ; when the workmen arrived at this place, on
the opposite side of the water, they found a quantity of
bones, which they at first thought to be those of a cow ;
but they afterwards found the skull of a human being.
A coroner's inquest was held on the remains, when the
Jury came to the decision, after hearing Mr. Strother,
surgeon, pronounce his opinion that the bones were
those of a male subject, and that he had received a
blow on the back part of the head, by which the skull
.was broken in, and also the bones of the nose, " That
the bones were those of some person who had come to
his end by foul means."
Mr. Gernon, the policeman for the district of Cleve-
land, with his accustomed promptness, made every in-
quiry in the neighbourhood of Hutton Rudby concern-
ing the unfortunate Huntley, and elicited sufficient in-
formation to warrant his going in search of the man
Goldsborough, whom he tound at Barnsley ; and upon
going to the house, taking the skull which was found
along with him, and finding him at home, he suddenly
placed it before him, asking him " If he thought it had
any resemblance of Wm. Huntley ?" Goldsborough
was forcibly agitated, and, with tears in his eyes after
a considerable pause, declared that he knew nothing of
it. Mr. Gernon again returned to Stokesley, and after
everything was in a proper train, Goldsborough and a
man named Thomas Grundy were brought to Stokesley;
and on Friday and Saturday lust evidence was heard be-
fore Sir William Foulis, E. Turton, Esq., and William
Mauleverer, Esq., in the National School-room of that
place.
Several witnesses were examined, including the brother
of the deceased.

Dr. Strother deposed to the cause of death as fol-
lows:—" The skull has not been broken by a sharp in-
strument, but it cannot have fallen into the present state
but through the effects of a blow ; he should say that
the teeth had not been forced out; the lips would pro-
trude a little, occasioned by the tooth ; the person when
living has had an indentation in the forehead, and a broad
flat nose; the pelvis belongs to a male person."
The witnesses deposed to a number of suspicious cir-
cumstances, coupling Goldsborough with the death of
the deceased.

Mr. Gernon, the policeman, stated that he had visited
Barnsley, as before stated ; that the prisoner Grundy had
confessed to having been called up on the night of Wed-
nesday ensuing after the murder. He took him to
Weary bank Wood, and there showed him a large parcel,
saying that he had got embarrassed in the world, and
was going to America. He wanted Grundy's assistance
to take the bundle down to Stokesley. Grundy then
took hold of the parcel, and found a man's bead in it ;
he was quite frightened, and asked Goldsborough what
he had been doing. He was very much agitated, and it
was about five minutes before he eould speak ; at last,
he said that he had shot Huntley by accident, and he
would shoot him if he ever disclosed it. Grundy then
made his escape from him, and left him at the place.
Mr. Gernon also states that Grundy went with him, and
James Berthram, constable, to the place where this had
happened.
Thomas Grundy was examined, and admitted the
truth of what Mr. Gernon had said ; also that he had
been afraid to be out at night during the time Golds-
borough had remained at Hutton.

The prisoner was then asked what he had to say in
his defence. He stated that on the Thursday previous
to the Friday spoken of, Huntley came to him, and
they went and sat in Wearybank Wood. Huntley
took out his money, and asked prisoner what was the.
reason Mr. Garbutt, of Yarm, had not given him the
whole of the money which he had belonging to him.
Huntley was no scholar, and the prisoner old him the
reason ; he then pressed witness to go to America with
him ; which he declined doing, as he had two
children, which he thought it was his duty to
support; he saw him again on Saturday, and he
went to Stokesley with him. On the Thursday follow-
ing he saw Henley again ; he pressed prisoner to go to
America with him, but he would not ; Huntley sold his
weaver's loom to George Garneby, and that night pri-
soner shook hands with Huntley, and never saw him
more ; declared his innocence, and had nothing more to
say than that his life was sold.
The Magistrates then committed Goldsborough to take
his trial at the next York assizes, and also the prisoner
Grundy, but would admit him to bail, in the sum of
3001., if he could procure it. Goldsborough was commit-
ted to the care of the governor of York Castle on Sunday.
Garbutt has not yet been apprehended ; he was seen
in the month of May last, in this town, when he stated
he had been a trimmer or something of the kind.
Grundy has since committed suicide by hanging him-
self in his cell in York Castle. A coroner's inquest has
been held on the body, and verdict of—" Felo de se" re-
returned.—Sunderland Times of Saturday.