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London, England, 1860-10-02 00:00:00

Tim SI7N, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 2, 1860

NJ3IirCUSTLE
ITILE 2?ECENT FIGHT BETWEEN MACE
AID JIRETTLE.

NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, Monday. Information
has reached this town of a very frightful murder,
which was perpetrated at IJrpeth Corn-mill, in the
county of Durham, and about seven miles from
Gateshead, on Saturday night. The victim is a
bailiff in the employ of the Bankruptcy Court in
this town, named Thomas Harrison, formerly a
polico inspector here; the murderer, Milner Lockey,
a pitman, working at Leazingthorne Colliery, near
Bishop Auckland. It seems that about three weeks
ago Lockey was separated from his wife on account
of his brutal conduct. Harrison has recently been
put into possession of some crops belonging to one
Bell, a bankrupt, and he lodged with Mrs. Lockey
in a cottage closely adjoining Urpeth•mill. On
Saturday night between eight and nine o clock,
Saturday being pay day, Lockey had come across
from Leazingthorne, a distance of 16 miles, and
entered the wife's cottage. At the time Harrison
was ill in bed. When Lockey came into the house

he said to his wife,—" How is thou ?" And from
his manner his wife became afraid. Lockey then
observed to her,—" Thou'll not be long here," and
immediately drew a knife out his pocket and struck

his wife a blow with it on the chest. The bone in
her stays caused the blow, however, to glance off.
He struck her again with the same effect ; then
lowering his hand, he made a blow at the bowels ;
but the knife entered the thigh, inflicting a wound
an inch deep, which penetrated to the bone. The
wound, however, is not likely to prove fatal. Har-
rison observing Lockey stabbing his wife, rose up
in bed and remonstrated with him, begging him
not to kill her. Lockey immediately on inflicting
the last stab in his wife, turned round, and with an
oath, plunged the knife into Harrison's left breast.
He inflicted a wound six inches in depth, and while
the knife was in the wound he turned it in all di-
rections. Harrison fell back dead. When Lockey
entered the house and attacked his wife, his two
children ran out and alarmed the neighbours. Two
farm labourers came, and they reached just as
Mrs. Lockey was running from it; she having
wrested the knife from her husband. She passed
the labourers, followed by her husband, and though
he was unarmed they appear to have made no effort
to stop him. He chased her up a hill, but she got
among some uncut barley, and he lost her. Lockey
then made off. The country-side was alarmed, and
a messenger was sent off to the County Police Sta-
tion, at Chester-le-Street. Sergeant Robinson and
some other officers arrived during the night. They
immediately began to beat about the woods in search
of Lockey, and kept on all night. At half-past 9
on Sunday morning Lockey was captured in a pig
stye, closely bordering a large wood. He had been
out under a holly tree during the whole of the fear-
fully wet night. The murderer is 50 years of age.
The deceased man, who was in delicate health, was
46 years of age. The murderer and his wife have
each been twic3 married, and there is little doubt
have lived on most unhappy terms some time. The
murder is causing considerable excitement in this
town, where the deceased was well known.

COMMITTAL QF CRUTCHLEY AND LONG-,
M ORE.
Yesterday at the sitting of the magistrates at
Rochester, Henry Crutchley, who acted as second
in the late fight between Mace and Brettle, Daniel
Crutchley, and Richard .Longmore, surrendered in
discharge of their bail to the complaint preferred
against them for riotously assembling with other
disorderly persons, at a prize fight near Yantlet
Creek, and assaulting and resisting the police in
the execution of their duty.
Mr. Beard attended for the defendants.
At the previous examination Robert Brettle was
also charged with taking part in the unlawful pro-
ceeding, but was discharged.
Inspector Jeckland, of the Kent constabulary,
gave similar evidence to that at the former exami-
nation, already reported.
The police sergeant and constables who were
with the inspector spoke of seeing the fight, and
. stones and brickbats being thrown at them. One
I of them, Mercer, was hit at the back of the head,
: and he bled. They added, that as soon as they
L appeared the people about the ring began to dis-
perse.

Alfred Hall, chief coast-guardsman at Yantlet
Creek, said he saw the parties land from the tugs.
The first fight between Mace and Brettle did not
last more than five or ten minutes, and: the second
nearly an hour, when the police came. From the
time the mob came upon the ground until the
police appeared, there was no riotous conduct. He
felt no alarm or terror until the police charged
him to assist. The people were dispersing when
the police came in sight. The place was very quiet
anderetired.
Mr. Dunn, son of the farmer who occupies the
marsh, said he was present part of the time while
the fight was going on, and he saw no tumultuous
conduct until the police appeared, when the people
made off to the boat. He was not terrified.
Superintendent Everist having deposed to cap-
turing the defendants at Leigh, and their readiness
to go where he wished,
Mr. Beard made a powerful address to the Bench
on behalf of the defendants. It was clear, by the
evidence of the two independent witnesses, Hall
and Dunn, that there was no riotous conduct, and
when the police appeared the people were dispers-
ing. There was not the least evidence to fix Henry
Crutchley with the commission of any offence, and
if the Bench should be satisfied that Daniel Crutch-
ley and Longmore were seen fighting, he was sure
that a warning, and being bound over in their own
sureties, would be sufficient to induce them not to
attempt anything of the kind again in Kent. The
police did not now charge the defendants with
assaulting them, and he submitted that the Bench
might well dispose of the case by dismissing Henry
Crutchley, and binding the other two over to keep
the peace.
The Chairman said they had made up their minds
to discharge Henry Crutchley, and to send Daniel
Crutchley and Longmore for trial at the Guarter
Sessions.
Captain Ruston, the chief constable of the county,
intimated that they were procuring evidence with
a view of arresting Mace and Brettle.
On the application of Mr. Beard, Crutchley and
Longmore put in the necessary bail to appear at
the sessions.

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