The Sun.
London, England, 1817-11-14 00:00:00

FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 11. 117.

MEDICINE.

VALUABLE FAMILY MEDICINE,

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For all Inaction or. Obstruction of the Stomach and Bowels,
Bile, Indigestion, Vlatnlericv, Billloosor Sicli Head-Ach,
Pains and I)istentimi of 'the, Bowels, Siclitn:S's at St.ottiach,
Habitual Crstiveness, nc.. &c. ..

halc),.-abd seyeyil other blows on her head incite
slight. 'l'ite alarm was giuen, and several
spectable persons went iciio the house, and on
going up stairs they fotrud the deceased (George.
.Chennel) lying.. in his bed covered, with. the bed-
clothes, whi(ll were ail bloody. On the clothes
being taken from OtT him, nothing was seen but
a mass of blood : the deceased's throat was cut in
a manner as dreadful as Elizabeth Wirson's2; the.
deceased's skull was traetnred in two places,
equally,arr desperate as the bloWs'on her head, It
appeared by the ntanner:lie.lay in the:bed, that be
must have died instantaneously, by the violence
offered htn; but there.seemed, by all app,earance,.
a resistance, and a desperate one, on Elti.tabe,th.
Wilson's side,, kui she was found out of bet ..
lying in the kitchen. The. deceased al,v,r'ys,
I eked the Ours., and • the .decca'sed's son and
Cloderoft rtlways' got in at the- window, the
former to have supper, the latter to stecp.—
A .persou wcat :for G. Chet!pel,
.junior, to
his 10,I1ing, who came and int'prired it his'father
was dead, and seemed much distressed at the
eve.irt. On searching his. lodgings, there was
found a pair of stockings damped appirently with
blood.; a hammer, which corresponded with the
Size of the wound inflicted with almminer on the
head of the deceased ; a till 0..- box", in which the
deceased deposited hiS money, and in.which.were
found 2/. 145.1 the two notes had evident marks
of blood on them, as likewise the box (fir' till ;
small crow-bar was also found, with whfebit teas
toreed open; by corresponding.
,exactly with the
'Mark on the box kvbere it was forced. Chalcroft
is a man who was frequently in the house, and
slept there. Every thing combining to cause sus-
picion on the sous` side, 'or that of Chalcrofr,
they were both taken into custody,. charged with
the morder, and theforTher was examined before
Lortl Viscount. Middleton ; Chaleroft .gave evi-
dence, and in his mdence before the Coroner he
prevaricated very much. • Ile was also chAr;;,,,ed,
Mite) they were buth_co.tatutted further exatni•
aation. .

John Earl sworn,—l'am a labourer, and live in
Gottalining, iiud ‘votked,occa:tionally for the de-
ceased. On the evening of the 7th, about
o'clock, theist to the house of the deceased, and
saw him in his slip, and likewise Elizabeth Wil-
son, spinster, ileeeased, whO lived with hiin as
servant. She was 'in the front kitchen. -1 re-
mained there but , a few minutes, and then left
them ; and the next morning, -about half-past 8
o'clOek, as 1 was vyalking along the street, 1 wet
Win. Ch:derott opposite- Mrs. Tasher's but ,e
and hit said to tn,, " Earl, for God's sake come
over (meaning by his pointing, to, My. Ch.ennEl'
for 1 cautrot -find mr master any where."
,titern...stat. bloiA in .the kitchen, and
something had happened. 1 then went along
with' him to the kitchen door of Mr. Chennel's
house, and opened the door leading into the
pl;isage of tire front kitchen, and there ,saw the
booy of Elizabeth Wilson, the deceased,.lying ors
the floor, 'with her throat cut, witch blood about
her, the ,fluor covered with blood, whiCh had drie'd
on the ,fioor, and she lifeless. 1. then desired
Cholera', who was waiting. at the door, to go
Hutt get a constable.; he immediately did as 1 re-
quested him, and soon returned with Isaac Hood,
a constable ; bat before he returned, Mr. Othtn,
a neighbouring Gentleman of Godahning, came
to the house, accompanied by Mr. Stedman
and Mr. George Austin, and asked me where
the staircase door was. We entered the
ceased's bed-room, and fonod him With his
throat cut, and several bruises on his head,
and it profusion of blood about the bed-clothes.=
1 was then called down stairs by some persons, and
when I went into the kitchen where E. Wilson,
the servant, was lying dead, 1 saw Chennel, jun.
son to the deceased Mr. Chennel, coming into the
kitchen, apparently much agitated. l asked' hint
What was tO•be done in this case > He said he did
not know. I s lid, " GeOrge, will you go--up
stairs, and see your father ?" he said, "
and we went together, and when he saw the de-
ceased, be seemed flinch hurt, and sat down in a
chair, holding his hands over his face. 1 left him
in the room, and went down into the kitchen,
where 1 saw a case-knite lying on the body of the
deceased E,'Wilson, which was bloody, and
that knife I know to be the property of the
deceased.
NVilliamChalcroft deposed, that he lived as ser-
vant. with the 'deceased Mr. Chennef. On
.ttlie
evening of the 10th iostt.ant, he was at aeceased
Chennel's ;he was sitting by the fire-side sukOking,
his pipe, with a pot of beer on the table, and some
bre-ad and cheese, and his servant,-the deceased
Elizabeth Wilson, was sitting
.opposite to him.
As he was leaving him, he was unbuttoning hitn-
self to go to bed, but could not go theft, for'lle
expected his son George home, who lodged out
of the house,,hnt ' came there to his meals, and
always to his supper. 'clie remainder of his testi-
mony stated, •nhat eatly the following morning,
after doing the usual business, in feeding and
Cleaning the horses, and finding that his master
was.not up, he went to see if the door was open,
and found the lower kitchen door *was on the
latch; he opened it and went in, when he looked
to the loch tosee it it had been forced, but it di('
not appear so, as the doori were on the latch, an
the door that geies out of the cellar into the front
kitchen was'so liken lie then opened the (fool
that led into the cellar; and al.:1; the door into the
ft:ont kitchen, %%bete the place was 'coveted with
Blood. After calling- tire deceased (Cltennel) tht
or four times, .end receiving no answer, he went
info'the bouSe through the passage„' and to tire
window of the room where his 'Master usually
slept, got a whip, and tapped at the window. Re-
ceiving no answer, he thought something was 'the
matter in conetvitncc of 5t.:611.4 klig blood. He

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went into tnie front kitchen, and saw snot putt-
die, and asked what it Was, when Currinions, a
neighbour, dipped.bis fin;4 e►• into it, and said --
was not right. a ,went out ot. the house 'with
Corrinsun, and saw Earl,, who came and opened
the IvniloW shinter, and on looting through,
Said Betty Was dead; and 'apparently had been
Mordered.
James Tidy stated, that he keeps the sign" of
. ,
the itchniond Arms-, Godalrning. About eight
•
o'cldck in' the evening of the. 7th instant, p.
two, pints of beer and
sonic tobacco tit his house; , after be had smoked
two pipes, he went away With Charles Flitter,
abOut nine o'clock, and returned in about half art
hour, and sat in the tap room with other' persons,
when he, egad a glass of brandy 4i:d 14'.7aRr, ,and
after that ainother, end then another, as well-kts
fobacco-und two or three pipes. On Friday even-
ing last, yuung•Wheninel Was at .".ttly-.house; and
he then, said, iii the presence of several persons,
wished d---(1 old housekeeper
wa, dead."
James Cole, cordwainer, sworn, said, that he
was at the liciiiriontl,Arms on Monday Morning,
between. if) arid Ii o'clock he saw young Chen-
nel go 16 a shop; abolit 3d-yards from his .oa‘ her's
bonse; lie went to and asked him " what he
was. up to ;" he said, .". lie believed he should
take a • walk to liaisons. with .111 r. Cirituston's
team," and then he went away. In the evening!',
between 7 and 8, o'clock, he (yOning Chennel)
came again to the shop, and stayed some minutes,
and then left, lie came aga.n, bet Ween 8 and 9,
the same night, by the shop, in company with a
nsan named Cole. 'He heard other persons talk-
ing, but did 'know who they were. 'Next morn-
ing he heard of the murders, and was asked
where young Chennel lodged, he answered, that
he lodged at Still the blacksmith's, he went
lvith others to • his. lodging ~,.:and found hirn
he'd, and told Urn that his father and the inou,e-
keeper were Anindered. Young Chennel said,
" Is my father yiite. dead 1." he replied in the af-
firmative, and 'accompanied' the officet's and young
Chentiel to iiis•father's house. •
licui4ntin Keane,•constable of Guildford, sworn.
--pti the .1 Ith inst. '1 searched the house
.of G.
Cirennel, the younger, ante in his 'room found a
till in which the dereased used to deposit his -mo-
ney, in • whi'ch there were two one-pound notes
and 14s. in silver; the notes were evid‘mr.
marks of blood 1 iii,of“tind a trots-bar belong,.
ing to 'the deceased, which, on examinations, ex,
actly corresponded with the • impression made ins
forcing the till open - and a spot of blood caused
by taking it 'from the plate lit which it was in.
1 'also found a nannner, arid' the shop tub, witit
the appearance of blood:c.n the handle (ill whicrt
were pro,duced bef;•,re the Jury), which are scuff.
posed to be rite instruments with which the mur-
der of Mr. Chentiel, the elder, and his house-
keeper, was perpetrated.
The Coroner addressed the Jars, and recrtpiin-
lated that. part of the r viaence, which he thought
bore most upon the quiesnion. He considered the
evidence (..liaicrott in tallier a suspicious point
of view. He did not inform-Eirl; when lie called
him, that, E. Wilson was dead, but that blood was
on the floor. lie kne\.',.as he confessed in his evi,
deuce, that E. Wilson lay on the ground, With her
throat-cot. XVliether yon think the articles found
by the Constable in the possession of Chennel are
evidence sufficient to warrant yon•to.return,a ver-
dict of murder against him, is for yourselves to
determine. He is already in custody, and whe-
ther your verdict is against- liiin•Or mit, he may be
tried for the Offence. L,ird Middleton ordered
Chalcroft into the custody of an officer, andsom.
nutted him on suspicion of being concerned in the
murder.
The Jury were of opinion, that. as the suspect.-
ed persons were safe in custody, and as the facts
idihiced did not 'exceed suspir;ion, they had better
cave it to another Jury to decide npon.their guilt
ir innocence, and returned a s,erdiet of U 7441
iii order agaiiist saute person or persons unknown.