The Sun.
London, England, 1815-02-10 00:00:00

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On Ttiesdayir post daring and harbari)ils ntur7
tier and robbery were' cotinnitted at.l3iguall,",iti
Buckinghamshire, .:on the bOdy of Mrs. Mary;
Hail, 1v.140 vas found murdered in her houscabout
twelve o'clock on the above day. .The horrld deed
'was perpetrated between the time ,ofthe bOdy
being found and nine o'cloek of the sante morn-
ing, as she was seen .for
,the last time, by"
her neighbours about, that hour. 'J he wounds
appeared to have been indicted by a bill-hook, as
one Was found close to the body in, a very bloody
'state. A chest was found broken open, and cash.
and notes to the amount of about 501. and a'. va,
riety of other articles of property; was discovered
to have been • stolen., On the discovery of the
murder and robbery a general alarm took
.pl:kee in
the neighbourhood, which spread through that
part of the country, and -a number of persons
went in pursuit of the perpetratots of the.horrid
deed ; two. suspicious characters wet a in conse-
qUence apprehended, who were- taken before the
sitting 'Magistrates at Great Berkhainpst'eaci, where
they-underwent -an examination, charged on'Ems-
picion of being .the murderers of Mrs. -llall. ,It
appeared that - the prisoners called themselves
Thomas, Young_ alvd. James- Worth, and stated that
they had been at Dunstable', in 'Bedfordshire,
which is about three miles from Dagnall. It was
proved that they were seen begging at Pagna,
and near Mrs. I,lall's house 'on-the morning of the
- murder, Tltt' account A hey' .ga5.:.... 'of themselves
was hy no means satisfactOry. They; have been
wandering about. the country, tinder a pretence.of
getting work.- -They „ th“ :i
,* pil-:.ft:--bouse ,at,
D.o.mst”blie,:resorted to by per.soi of-their &scrip.
ti-on, Ott Sakikrilav last, .for the itilt 'Ome, , and
tkgreed, :althongli. strangers., .aceording to their.
w.vrt account of thett4scives, to go beg6ug toge-
ther round this count i':y. 'The ground of suspiciOn:
against them is_principally on accutint 4 their
giving. a Contradictory aceount.of.theinselve:;, on
being examined sellarately,:ts to their ha vin:;: bee.n
seen near.. the spot attli time the murder is
-cal-
ciliated to Inkve -been. committed, - Nothing, w...k§.
'found upon them to .sirengthert• the suspicion.— ,
They were committed for further examination:. .

• CHARCiE OF AltiltDEtt, ke.

. We stated_afcw days since, that the,Bow-s.treet
officers h4d•discoverea ltrott,anti Thomas
Titraer to -be the,persons who-had comniitted a
number of robberies in Hertfortllaire, particularly
,near Hertford and Bishop Storttord. They under,
Went. their tined examinntion WedPeSdaY,
iii the
Town-hull, at Hertford,, and. wc.re folly nnit.ted
for trial at the next. Assizes, for several burgla-
ries in the county of Hertford, and, also on a ,
charge it the-wilful murder of Heur,y Trigg, inn.,
of Berden, in the county of Essex, as 'pug since
as Friday night. the pth of March,. 1814. The
father of the deceased wits, a shottnaker, who was
alarmed about twelve •o'clock on, Vie aboye night
by,sonie persons breaking int() his.shop). which in-
duced him to get up; and with only Itls. shitton;
accompao.ied by his son, wetd. and found two
mcn shop,' who were, in the act, of
two large sacks with leather aild shoes-. • Nir. Trigg
tl.O his. son went into. the shop, and attacked the
robbers ; they got one of the robbers %town, when
the. other discharged a.pool,:at them, but with-
. Oka Cffeet. The, villain., then: fired, another pistol,
the contents of.which.lodgel
who,was the: spot, 1301 r. the• rohners.
then rnade their esetilie, ic.iiving the criett.y of ka.-
titer and shoes behind theta, „Mr. Trigg,- senior.,
was an infirm old man,,aud was.uot 4)lc
sne them.. `,llic,ilise,bytyry,....yas niathe, by tlye,Olii-
cers, Mien they apprehended diem-on-charges of
the bin-0.46e5, frioio:aivarietrof citeurnst4nees-
On the.i.e-bbnwexautineit se.pm3elV, ouecot&sso
the murder on the other prisoner 'ming in:-
forthed wlvit his comp:Uiion :had done, he olso
Wath!' a similar confession. •:-Vr-o,m: tlte r declaea
fiat', it ,ailiears-that they beret Ti igg's house
to. stcalliis,leather and 'scioes, and that -when the
scuffle ensued- between-Trigpand his tion, they
shot•him with •a pistol'or tr.,no : but hei'e they.eri-
minatctiTticia 'other,- each charging-the. other with
being the man who, actually discharged the pi'stoi •
-or,gun..at-young Trigg, The prisoners resided at
liisbop,,,Stf(qd, and, were 'notorious poachers.
Pistols, piciaock keys, and stolen-property of va-
rious -suits,- were foiwd by the lkiwstreet Offi-
cers-,-when.tbey:searched theta' residences.

Rocß.F..ay agCAPTAII-4 WRST:!--Last ' week the•
11°115e-of Captain WE',"T;',4 Sydenhaii; Nrtu4 broken
into -and robbed; of property
.to a. considerzble
amount; -including the. whole of the Captain's
ivardrobe,-;his pistols, regimental's', .and :3001. in
Hamburgh notes, with the thieves got clear
offl—and,,the folloWing night-,- when be wetit
into• the vartf, at - the back of the house, two'
,pistol shots were fired at him. The -next morning'
he infOrmed Mr. Git4F onn,one of the Magistrates
;of ,the Police Office, ',of• the
eumstances, who immediately dispatched the two'
Armstroogs, the-officers; to. Sydeuhatii; tit exa-:
mine the place; arid, frOm suspicious Circu in-
statice,- they- apprehended- two brOthers, named
Baker, antlanother man named Strirtger,who were
'examipted yesterday • before Mr. Citn:onn, when
theCaptuin attended,' and several 'others, to give
evidence!in the case ; but -in consequence of par-.
denimr witnesses being absent, the prisonerS were
remanded for -further examination ou a future day.
A 8.1.11:OR'S Fiotic.-4,-Yesterday morning early,
a sailor, who had been lately, paid ofi, and who'
had been riding.in a coach Abut the streets, with
a fidler playing, the preceding night,•Nsolied into
Corent-Garden market, when be was aSked by
one of the basketwomen, if he.canted any thing
carried' tor: him ? he replied, be .wishee:to be
Carried himself to, a place where he 'could get
soinerbreakfat. The wainan, who wanted to go
to her lodgings in-St. Giles's,- ag feed to liira
in her basketto a coffee-shop the Corner of
.11 ighH.
street ; the Sailor got in, first- getting his pipe
lighted, -and sat cross-.legged, smoking his pipe;
i„ the: woman's bas,kei, which was set upon her-
bead.- by,otbers or her own fratcinitY. She
44, followed by a great Concourse of spectatori
of every descriptiony'and. N.vithOut once restirit,
took her load to its destination, when the sailor
rovardvd her with-) pint-of ruin antba-pOund note-,