The Sun.
London, England, 1824-08-19 00:00:00

MURDER OF MR. GOODHART'S GARDENERO

at the mansion-hal!!!
Emanuel Goodhart, Esq., Langley-park, near Beekehaltr:
CAI. ii? eTs
view of the body of Thomas Morgan, under-gardener to Illr
,tie,
,rtdßa!
}a,
sfqt e. r, n
(o o::
onr 0
lai
enr
flonrq
Ku eesnt t
,was held before JOOP!
(100Tdhhe fiartrs,twwhiotnwesass
calleds ho t by yw
as somerobbersThom a
s on
Baldwin,Tuesday
wb 0 dip7,___...;
as follows s—l am gardener to Mr. Goodhart, as was the d;
ceased, whom I have known for the last 20 Years. Lrbtous
ceased used to sleep in a little house adjoining the no";
in the garden ; I saw him alive and well at 6 o'clock on .
day evening in the kitchen-garden. At 6 o'clock on TU.O7.
rnkiotcmheinngga,
at the gate, and told me that " Poor Tom," waning we....e
garden,
ewna.s
whenproceeding ,h
ea d according
.ga rd en
et
ro, custom,
itir.un to.owtstatnlstit
ceased, "was lying on the stones in the peach-hots**glh::,,,
blood, but he did not know what was the matter with fill
I went there, and found him lying on his left side gr....tin.
very much; there was a great quantity of blood on his sloths
we took him up; he was alive and spoke a few words; I ri;',
he said, " Lord have mercy on me. He appeared as " ;
was dying. On opening the bosom of his start, I sate r
' ook
of several large shots having entered his body ; they were,.a.,lng
ing profusely • he said he had been shot by two meet mw
laid him on his own bed, we sent for Mr. Ooodhartt Ilkolbot.
him many questions as to how and by whom he hadkeel:. it
I cannot recollect any other, than that at about halfbnio
o'clock at night, he heard a noise, and on proceeding_ to
r.
l'
w•
of t .
spot he saw two men ;he called to them, but instead ~ IA
ing an answer they shot at him. After we had taken Pfau
doors, we found a gun among the strawberries, in front of re:
pine-house; it was the gun which was usually given to the
ceased to protect himself and the property with; it was at tr.
cock, and no charge in it ; I traced the marks of blood Mut:.
spot where we found him, to the end of the picehouse, ,IFOIS
I suppose he had received the wounds ; that was the distend.
..:
30 or 40 yards; he was also shot in his arms and hands; ,„37,
satisfied he did not shoot himself. lie languished unit' o°'
past 2 o'clock the same day, when he died.
Charles Willett, another gardener to Mr. Goodhatti gill
similar testimony.
1,, rt.
Mr. Wm. Stott, surgeon, of Bromley, sworn.—l am 'l.i.
nership with my uncle ; about half-past six o'clock an ...,,
day morning, a messenger came from Mr. Ooodhart's terl",Z,
ing our instant attendance ; we proceeded thither, and saw i.'"
deceased in his room • we found strong marks of gun•sr'
wounds in the front of' the chest and body, arms, and Mulls;
the wounds in the centre of the chest-bone appeared to ban
been mortal ; no doubt several of the shot entered the taaltl
the chest, and probably some had entered the lungs, though 0
did not open the body. The hemorrhage proceeding from the
wounds no doubt occasioned death. The shot were very Isr
and probably 50 in number. The deceased could speak, j•
could not give any minute account of the transaction. *Lisa
Chas. Furnaby, a Magistrate, took down the few things
'''
said in writing.
It was here suggested by one of the Jury, that as Mr. 00±
hart had taken down what the deceased said, they hid better
hear what that was.
The CORONER said, that there was no proof that the 4.,..;
ceased thought he was not likely to live, and therefore Whilts.ri
he said could not be received as evidence, but he desired 10
Mr. Goodhart might be called forward.
Mr. Goodhart attended, and produced the paper containig
the deceased's own words.
oelliilene deceased.
The ConoxEn told him that the paper could not be Le.'
ceived as evidence, but he might make use of it to refresh-ll'
memory with.
Mr. Goodhart.—As soon as I went to the deceased. 'Pi...feast.
Sir Charles Furnaby, the Magistrate, who arrived in a Sivr.
time, in company with another Magistrate, whom he bad In"
on the road, Mr. Welland. I had, however, taken they!!
caution to put down whatever the deceased said relative_Arow,
transaction, and the result is as follows :—He said, that sbor".,.,
after 12 o'clock at night he was watching round thegsrf:
and dogged two men, one of whom had a gun ; this wass/11.f.;
the little gate of the orchard, the gate that had been brost;
open, and he added, " they shot me when I was neist4
door :" I asked him if they had great coats on, he rePu;
" No;" I asked him if he called to them ; he replied tbitz,
did, hut he received no answer, adding " They fired at me "'.
reedy, and I fired directly." Mr
It was then thought very strange that if the gun sro -_..aAa
and the pan down when it was found, how could the deeee.7.-.,
have fired it ? The Coroner thought there was some little 0"
don in the story.
Mr. Ooodhart confessed that he could not account for skis
circumstance, but sent for Willett again, who with anotbeer
dener named Cooper, found the gun.
mil
Willett said that the gun, when he found it, was full colt it
and the pan was down. Ile tried with the ramrod w
...Re, to
was loaded, and it was not : he was not able to say whether
gun had been fired or not.
Cooper was called, who also deposed
being found as described by Vi'illett. ' c&
ketoi.liewurgayrnot—uhnoludtgiasiftottefirf the gun had been fired, it had goln, .1
ed, and the pan got pushed down, by the deceased's trailing
1
alongevidence;
vt iTCTtd
niolecownasseqshuoetn.ce whettho ethr ethdeeer:earA: °dug:4a
his gun or not; what we want to ascertain is, who fired thi"-
cCe;OßaOnNerEwßhtlic)ehnthreec
jaupriyturleattuedrnetdhethmeaftgotirntrwdooriel
a— -n persontT` 1 ' Thathe
borne
deceased
o r
persons
et
re
s do
mostne
ics 1 eaeuadxna
exemplary
npodgiwi
aebnrdye. by shot-w o u n d s , inflicted 11, '
mahirgo
unknown."
The
atchteersejethicaet of
ge nhtliergtlost:
diately after the shocking occurrence, sent to Bow-street, 0
Taunton, one of the most active officers, was instant's after
down, who has already commenced a most diligent ser: deed
adktaaoclneglrtroeueelwatrulmniais:epryradevenewioodtgeifi 1001. for the apprehension
ittdiathanPintaieicktrpetestr:umifstmh.iTseeia;oalentfraxt.Plop"anaerdcttioe.tdnsttoTsor
hhtbaoeehnspasyeefrdreevegrewcwedlayiplrbldtlyisstbooh,eje'rnoMhtiletd:7llltbilti,
gailty to punishment. —.....

BI T
c'tl
At 14ryke, Dorsetshire, on RtheH of s llth August,sßoni
7th child), the lay of Cptain Joh. Seel. or
Army, and late second ina commandn inß the Isyt Batallon
lar Brigade of his Highness the Rajah of Nag out. Es(l9.
On the 17th inst., at Stoke, the lady of R. C. Bar°.
of Marti mer-street,Cavendish-square, of a son.

MARRIED.
h be iel''
On the 17th Inst., at Goodnestone church, tent, t
M. Lloyd, Mr. Thomas Dorman, of Cantabile", to tbo,
youngest daughter of J. Heritage, Esq., of R"ling'
same county.
On Tuesday, the 17th inst. at the parish church of 0 miii
ham, Kent, Mr. Giles Long,, of Croydon, Surrey, t Whit"'
Frances Whitmore, youngest daughter of Mr. Thomas
more, of Westerham, Kent. coblrf
On Tuesday, at St. James's, Westminster, !let on 0'
Cornwall, Esq., of GreatKKnight-rider-street, younge to
the Lou
dCornwall,aughterofy
John
noßf
iciilVszesatsobaun,rnkes,q.64:;(l3 ue It;
street, Bt. James's, and Epsom, Surrey.
AnOnna,Teuldeessdtayd,auhgltr:teStatonfuell,hLylaess
DePleechrcei,ngo,f
ETsgon.b,ribagatitier,,
Tonbridge Wells.

acOorngtantauruda,ey;tt.
il,:aff
the late Earl of Chesterfield, and sister to the present riiller, °-
s)i:
na ri
tmh
.o ult.: hs
q,
3Rdirkuliat.r:d
On the Iflth Inst., Sarah, daughter of Mr. Samuel ",,.. far
On Tuesday, the 17th hist , Elisabeth, the wife 0
h we
flieltho,fartptlieldelEytDrhic.kHawli,esUt:lErt:qie.,kadhsiroeargibtet ,f
.i,n.sothliecco.tour,ntlytiochflnNe..onrdro,lks,uffren tyhe, 19, th. years
fy:".iiiioooo
On the bth inst., aged 25, Au gusts Efitabeth, wife 0 _ tine
of Biker-street Portman-squar . , for
On the 17th inst., at Dover, it the Nth year of kike,; -
Thomas Green, eldest son of the late Mr. Philip 1'
daughters'a(gl;4e (ISt
qh
el 48,t e BCk
th
U )
I►per Tharnes-stroet, London.-
aasolorltnFerarsigunselo.shtntAher enlodnesdeL.
hasi_n.n:dinif

Yrinc~vi
Ind Published for th• PROPILICTORS, It the
Orrlct, No. 1.19, &nod. by J. B. GARITATH4'