The Sun.
London, England, 1840-09-10 00:00:00

THE MURDER AT PEOVER.

Murray, the Irishman, suspected of the murder of till
aged Mr. and Mrs. Cook, was examined on Monday.
A mass of circumstantial evidence, connecting the pri-
soner with the crime of which he is accused, was
brought forward. Amongst the persons whose deposi-
tions were taken were the following :
Samuel Ross, a lad in the service of Mr. Ditchfield,
a farmer of Peover, proves having been at work during
the vole, about a month ago List Friday, in a field
at ~he hvck of Mr. Cook's cottage. Toe prisoner was
woi king with hint, and in the course of conversation
asked witness whether those old people that lived in that
house were rich ? Witnes said, " Yes, they were, very."
Frank Gregory, a servant man in the same etap:ov,
states 'hat he was at work " shearing" wheat in the
field opposite to Mr. Cook's cottage on the day On
which the murder was committed. At twelve o'cloek
witness and three other men•went up to Mr. Ditch-
field's house to (lamer. Just as they were turning
throng's the gate out of the lane, on their road up to
the house, they met the prisoner. Witness said to Lim
" hl,tlio, where are you going Y' Prist,n,r said ..
was looking for work." and osked, " if they had at.
fir him." Witness said they Ind n t, and the pri,int r
walked on in the din etion of Mr. Cook's cottage. Thr
saw no more m

Riley and his wif,, the keepers of the lodging-house.
speak to the facts of the prisoner coor.ing► to their house
on Sunday afternoon, to his being out all day on Mon-
day (the day of the murder) and retuning home be-
tween 10 and 12 o'clock at night, leaving their
house early next morning ; also to his having no moue)
on the Sunday, and pay tig Mrs. Riley a shilling on
Tuesday morning.
Miss Lea speaks to a canvass bag found by tl-e sexton
of Kuutsford churchyard, on the morning after the
murder, as being in every way simi'ar to the one missing►
from her uncle's (the deceased's) house, and which she
had made fur li;tp a few months ago.
The further examination of the prisoner stands ad-
journed for a. few days, when in all prob ibility some
witnesses will be brought forward from Ireland, and
the partks from Prescot whom he left on the Si! tit-day
night prior to the murd r, who will, it is confidently
stated, he able to prove that he had no money.
The examinatiou occupied the Magistrates from ten
o'clenk until half•past one.

CORFU, JULY B.—A sailor of Galaxidi, on
the Guiph of Lepanto, ci,ming from Patras, brought with
him a Number of a Greek Newspaper. This man, it ap.
pears, had no knowledge of the liberal law which prohibits
the circulation of Greek and other Foreign Newspapers in
the lonian Islands, and, carrying it openly under his arm,
he was arrested by the constables of police and thrown
into prison. The Magistrate next day condemned the
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poor fellow to one month's imprisonment 1 It is evident
that this man had no intention of evading the law, other-
wise he would have endeavoured to bring the Paper in o
the town clandestinely, and not openly, under his arm.
However, neither the ignorance of the new law, nor his
simplicity of manner, could plead in txtenuation of his
act.—Athens Paper.