The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-22 00:00:00

THE STATE TRIALS.

The read, rs of the Pilot Hill ,ee by our columns that we are
faithfully re,eeming the I,ledge given in our last. We have
been close, and not un .hsei want, ear and e)e wiinesses of the
proceei:lngs in the C.urt of Queen's Bench spice Miiintay, and
our readers shall in due time be place,) in lull possession of the
resu,t.

Never, certainly, va* there a stranger proceeding ; never
lamer caw. From no labouring ru untant of threat e‘er erect
forth a wainuter mouse of s,atetneot aria 1.1 oot halt the farrago
of the Attorney-General and hi* evid‘ nre up to the ru,attent
we write.

On Monday we intend to publish a supplement, in which
shall be given the al eechos of O'Clit,ell a. d of Mr. Ilairett,
delivered at Aluilaghtna.t. or, which the Crown lawyers seem
to re ly as the molt buttresses of the case. Dui ing the re.oung
of O'Connell's magnific. speech a thrill of aomoat,on per-
vaded the Court. 'That speech ought to be, and it shal. be, re-
published in tuft
01 other incidents in Court we shall speak, and amongst
other things we have to make the amende to Alr Frederick
Bond Hughes, which we shall do with much greater satisfac-
tion than we tilt in assailing that gentleman.
'I he greater portion of the time to-day was consumed by the
reading of documents—a work performed by Ross in a slow,
teeble, and unsatisfactory manner. The Alullaghrnast speeches
were read a second time.— Piloz.

THE GADDESBY MURDER AGAIN
RE-APPREHENSION OF MESSENGER.
(From the Leicestershire Mercury of Saturday.)
This atrocious murder, which has been for so long a period
veiled in the profoundest mystery, has once more come before
the public.
It will be recollected by our readers that Timson and Hyman,
the waggoner, both in the employ of Messenger, were taken
up on suspicion of being concerned in this dreadful tragedy.
and were detained to await the result of the inquest on the
body. On the second examination, however, there appearing
to be nothing which could at all implicate them, and having
given what was, to the jury, a satisfactory account of hew they
were engaged on the day the murder was committed, they were
discharged by the Coroner.
Timson and Hyman were subsequently called upon (as our
readers will remember) to give evidence against their master,
who was, after several examinations, eventually committed to
take his trial for the murder at the last Summer Assizes. The
grand jury, on finding that there was not enough evidence on
which to convict, very wisely threw out the bill—WO say
wisely, because by adopting such a step they left the accused in
a position to be again proceeded against, in the event of addi-
tional evidence being obtained. Phis additional evidence, we
believe, will now be supplied, but as the magistrates conceive
that the ends of justice will at present best be answered by
keeping the examination now holding strictly private, we are
not in a position to give the evidence verbatim. However, the
following particulars may, we believe, be fully relied upon :
Somewhere about the time of Messenger's first apprehension.
he discharged 'I imson from his service, and on the latter being
unable to find a fork belonging to himself, which he had been
in the habit of using on the farm, he told another labourer that
he would take one of his master's and keep it till his own vass
founii.
On Thursday last, as stated under our Loughborough police-
head, Messenger charged Timson with stealing the fork and
some other tools, and the result was that he was committed for
trial. Being defended by Mr. Bell, of Leicester, Timson, by
his advice, reserved his defence till his trial, and he was even-
tually liberated on bail. Subsequently, however, he made such
revelations in reference to Messenger's connection with the
murder that a warrant was immediately issued and placed in
the hands of the chief constable (Mr. Goodyer) who, accom-
panied by Superintendent Burdett, immediately proceeded to
Messenger's residence at Gaddesby-lodge.
On the arrival of the officers, they found the object of their
search in bed, little dreaming that he was about to be conveyed
to gaol for the third time on the same charge of murder ! Of
course Messenger was speedily roused, and shortly afterward'
was on his way to Leicester, where he arrived in the custody of
Mr. Goodyer and his superintendent about eleven o'clock on
Thursday night.
Timson, we are informed, states that, some time after Garner
was missed, Messenger came to him while at work, and said
he believed Jem (Garner) was dead, and in the wheat-field.
At a subsequent period he said he was dead in the
wheat-field. He then offered to give him a sovereign, or, in-
deed, anything, if he would bury the body. The principal
cause, however, which induced the magistrates to issue a war-
rant for his re-apprehension was the statement made by Mrs•
Hodges, which will be found below.
EXAMINATION BEFORE THE MAGISTRATES.
The magistrates assembled were C. W. Puke, Esq ,
H. Raiford, Esq., M.P., E. Dawson, Esq., and Cul. Burnaby,
and it will be seen that the evidence adduced was of a most im-
portant character.
Mrs. Ellen Hodges, of Barkby-lane, shoe-dealer, deposed that
being in ill-health she was in the habit of taking a long wall'
every morning, and on the morning in question, June 2, abort
five o'clock, she was on the Melton road, and was overtaken by
some person whom she knew in a cart, who asked her to ride.
She complied with his request, aid got up, but rode somewhat
farther than she had intended. When she was set down, at a
distance of several miles from Leicester, she lost her road, and
wandered. to the liotherby Hill, on which side stands Messen-
ger's lodge. The witness being alarmed at finding herself in a
lonely place at so very early an hour, she began to cry. While
standing in a field on the hill she heard a whistle, then
noise, as of some blow being struck by a heavy in-,
trument, and immediately after two loud groans. This.
course, considerably increased her alarm, which was not at all
allayed by seeing a man coming in a direction from the spot
where the body was subsequently found, get over a fleak in the
hedge, at a distance of not more than 40 yards. She saw lie
had somathing red on his hands, and diAitictly heard him sat'
" ll—n it, I've done it." She hid herself in the hedge till he
had gone to some distance, and then got over the very fleak
which she saw him cross ; and she then discovered that it had
several marks of blood upon it. On crossing the fleak she came
into a field where there were several trees, and there she 01r
an old woman and child picking wool, and she also saw the ale
man going up the hedge side. She got out of the field as quie I
as possible, and the woman and child also ran off on seem
this man, as if greatly alarmed. (This evidence corrobo-
rates that given by bitty l'aget and her child.) After walk"
ing a little way she met with some person who directed her to
the road, and she then returned home. Shortly atter this, on
a Saturday, she was at the Crown and Anchor, Belgeave-
gate, and was observed to tremble very much on seeing 9031:
man in the bar, whom she had not known before, and she t
once recognised him as the man she had seen in this sword
with bloody hands on the day in question. s•he made no re'
mark at the time, but on some man observing her emotion, be
said, " hat's Messenger," and nothing further passed.
Since this Messenger had been to her stall in the Market-
place, under the pretence of buying some shoes, though he Int,de
no purchases. The first time he went she said to ban, " Y°111:1
got a pretty cheek, Messenger, to come to my stall." He replie
" You are mistaken, my name is not Mes,,enger." This sine...
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what alarmed him, and something further was said, when at
loud altercation ensued, which was heard by several persons
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the neighbouring stalls, who corroborated her statement. Si
that time he hadr been again and had offered her some induce"
meat to • " hold her tongue."
She had riot been examined by the magistrates previous
erp
this time,• though the chief constable had privately exaMLP_be
her upwards of three months since, when the statement
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made was hot of the same character as that now made bY.l!tej
The first discovery of her Knowledge of the facts now !rice,
was made by Mr. Charters, Inspector of the Borough intby
yesterday, who communicated them with the most praiseow,e4,,,
ultirom
promptitude to base Hodgson, Esq., and she was
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examined this day. She had, on several occasions, ear" that
wish to Mr. Atkins, who has a stall adjoining to her!' body
she should very much like to see the spot on ;thrill e
and
was found. She was taken thither with Mr. pfdAlkl" at
several other persons on Thursday. They stopped in fiShe
some distance from the fatal spot, and lett her alone-
walked in that direction, and came up to the precise al)c"'
which the body was found. it being
We were not admitted to hear the examination, b
relied
strictly private, but we can state that the above olnYe_aeininedt
on. A considerable number of other witnesses we're
,about
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the majority of whom only proved that Mrs. Hodges_ , about
no secret of her knowledge or these facts, having
~eret till
to a great many Fersons, so that she had not kept It lamination
now, in hoi,e of getting the offered reward. Ihe e
concluded about half-past four o'clock, the result %le:lately
Messenger was remanded till Saturday. He was ini‘
conveyed in a fly to the county gaol, where he now le•
talked

A greater number of wild geese have pass ea
the fens within the last few weeks than in any former year for goo,:
v time past—an indication either that the frost has set in ve".!iii
erely in the North, or that these birds have the wondrous fAc'
of prognosticating its approach.—Norwich Mercury.
GRANTIIAM.—A fracas occurred at the
annual charity ball which has afforded the non-privileged
much amusement. A lady, a daughter of a deceased clergy
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refused to stand up in a quadrille with the son of
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which caused the lad's indignant papa to resent the a
upon his son in " good set terms," there and then"'
Adver a trades