The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-05 00:00:00

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house, heard a scream come from Mr. Crowther's' :hoe se
and a second in about half a minute afterwards,
re,ut he
seemed to have thought that there was nothing
the,
screams which called for particular attention, Re bv
took no further notice of the matter at the time. A 'lc)"
the same time, but probably a few minutes later, a per aon
in the employ of Mr. Crowther's butcher took- s• nue.
meat to the house, and went, as usual, to the yard dt was
but found it fast. He then went by the kitchen wino low
t,; the kitchen door, but that was fast also ; and not
able to I;:ain admittance he rang the hall bell, and w era,
into an outt;Puse to take shelter, as there was a her ivy
fall of rain and Oow. While he was in the outhouse
het
heard a door slam within the house; and he went Again..
and tried the door, and also rang the bell, bet nobody-
answered. Accordingly he went away, but returized
again about 12 o'clock, and tried as before to obtain ad-
mittance, but without success. At a quarter to two
o'clock Mr. Crowther returned home, and findi,ag that
the bell at the front door was not answered, he, that
round the house through a wicket to a glass door
which opens upon what was called a " lawn," but
which would have been more correctly described as/
a broad gravel walk planted with shrubs. The gl ass
door was half open, and Mr. Crowther entered the
house by that way: Upon going into the din ng-roteu,
he found the fire out, and proceeding to the kitchen ate
found the fire very low there, and remarked that the,
kitchen-door, the pantry-door. and the cellar-door w
all wide open. Mr. Crowthert;:en went up to the roils.
occupied by the deceased, to see if she was there, and
was surprised to find the bed um. ede, and her bor_ere
about the room. He then went dos `1 again into the
kitchen, and thence into the brew-house, where the first.
object that met his eyes was the murdered body of bill
housekeeper. The unfortunate woman lay oy` the floor,
which was covered with blood, and which app eared to
have been trampled all about the brew-house. HeY hal!
wt very much dishevelled, and had blood upon it, and
a bloody knife lay at a very short distance from the
body. least ten wounds had been inflicted on her!
head with z. hammer, which was usually kept in then
brew-house, 5.3 d there were other circumstances which..
led to the conclusion that she had offered some resist-
ance to the savage, whoever it was, who perpetrated this
dreadful deed. The yh:d-door was locked, and there,
was blood upon the bolt ; blood was also sprini'ded uport
the brickwork adjoining the door-frame, and th ere were
marks of a man's bloody hand open a shovel n ear tite
water-tub, and upon the handle of one of the pie 'llPs
the yard, as if the murderer had sought for mea an °
efface the crimson evidences of his guilt. In Mr. Crow:
ther's bed-room up stairs some trunks had been rem, Wei
and opened ; a small fruit pie, which hed been left
is
the pantry, in the morning was eaten, and about tl. ree
pounds of a neck of mutton, which was cooked, had been
taken away. It was discovered, also, on the follow;i4
day, that a pair of trousers and a waistcoat Ivirich
Crowther usually wore on Sundays had been reenoN ed.
The waistcoat and the trousers were found on the Fri-
day following the murder in a flue in awhimsey, wrLAPPea
up in a plaid handkerchief ; and it was shown that the
prisoner was seen on the day of the murder, n,bout
o'clock, going in the direction of the whimsey,
close to
which was found, on the Friday, the print of a'• single
footmark, made with the right foot, which rese tabled'
according to the best of Mr. Hatton's (the chief c°11"
stable's) recollection, the footmark made by th, 3 Pre;
sonar's right boot, which together with its fellow, hal
been taken from him when he was apprehended on lb!
morning of Sunday, the 17th of March. The stronf
part of the evidence against the prisoner consisteci. in:.
the footmarks, which were tracked immediately after
the discovery of the murder. From the glass door which-
opened upon the broad gravel path, or lawn, there were
marks leading to the bottom of the lawn, as if l;
man had run down on his heels ; and in a plougliell.
field, which was separated from the lawn by a hedgn
I.l.7ards of 40 footmarks, very distinct, mad.? ul
jots ,b2d lefts. The left footmark showed a large pet
_..
on
the sole,_..oma of the nails in the patch being sivala7l'
than those in the other part of the foot, the impres•soll
of which correspontld exactly with that produced by
the prisoner's left boot, Lk respect of the number of ne
their size, the vacant places left where some had b, t
worn out, and the mark of the patch. These foottna Re;
led all down the field into a lane called Riding-lane,
foot-prints similar in character to those in the field, bit
not near so distinct, were traced along the road wb jai
the prisoner was supposed to have gone, as far as
canal. He was, moreover, seen between eleven and btow,.
past twelve o'clock on the morning of the Sieturdal 61'
different points between the canal and the Boai'd
house, when at half-past twelve o'clock he was fo•unfl, °7
a person who knew him, smoking his pipe in the k.'tnuen'
The Board Inn is not a quarter of a mile from Mr. Crtny;
ther's house; and the suggestion offered on the partt
the prosecution to account for the prisoner's coming 54;
near Mr. Crowther's house was, that, having committed
itte murder, he had made a long detour to avoid detect`
Lion, in the first instance, and had then come near ';he
scene of his crime again for the express purpose of lulling
suspicion. t that time, however, he must have knowo
that there was it:ood on his jacket, on his trousers, bis
shirt, and his boots, because that was found to be tb:
case when he was apprehended the next morning; ana
the Learned Judge left it to the jury to say, amongether points, whether it was probable that a person sva°
knew that he had just been guilty. of such a crime as
murder, would have incurred the risk of exposing I.li°
clothes to the observation of the company in a ,coblt°'
sllittgL„
house. The prisoner accounted for the blood by
witnesses to show that his nose was .in the habit 01
bleeding, and that on the Monday preceding the SOO'
day in question he had assisted in hanging up a 11
which had justlbeen slaughtered, and it certainly was no
proved, on the part of the prosecution, that the Moud
stains upon his clothes and linen were fresh. Thera
were some minor circumstances in the case, which 'Yell
made up of very minute details, which poivted at the
prisoner as the party who might have committed the act/
but, on the other hand, it appeared that the Pris°nr
was in the possession of very little money on die, Satt.tr"
day, and that he bore a good character ; and it' la .8 CI;
cumstance lint to be overlooked, that while he Wa.6
employ of Irlf. Crowther, an attempt was made to robl
the house by three men, which attempt was frust:rateo
by the resistance of the prisoner.
The Learned Jonah summed up the evidence Wit*
great care, and told the jury that in order to convict the
prisoner it was not enough that his conduct was till
to be viewed with strong suspicion, but the facts mgt
be such as to exclude from their minds all reasonable
doubt of his guilt. It had always been said by judge*
and he hoped always would be said, that it was better
that nine guilty men should escape than th at one inna•
cent man should suffer.
The jury retired, and soon after ten o'clock came into
Court and pronounced a verdict of Guilty. of
Mr. Sergeant ATCSERLEY then passed sentetee,
death on the prisoner, who heard it with perfect c' la(s
Bess, and merely said, "My Lord, I am as uuaocent
the crime as you are."
Thus ended these assizes.

COMPARATIVE TRAVELLING ON DIFFETLYINT RAIL
WAYS.—In Mr. Laing's paper, appended to the evident
taken before the Select Committee on Railways, if
is stated, among " other remarkable instances .°
the effects of high fares, and limited acontren(-11;
Lion in restricting the amount of travelling,o
that the London and Birmingham Company carry I„3s,
per cent. fewer passengers per train, and 100 per cc',
fewer passengers per mile than the Glasgow and Pi;
and 85 per cent. fewer passengers per train, and
fewer per mile than the Ulster; while the Liverpool 0°
Manchester Railway carries 60 per cent. fewer Pi;
sengers per train, and 50 per cent. fewer per mile V!
the Glasgow and Greenock (although the latter is ~1;
posed to a sharp steam-boat competition), and :'o,v ,he
passengers fewer per annum, than are conveyed on 4"
Newcastle and North Shields line.—Railway Record. t
BABIES.—It strikes us that more fibs are told ablit
babies than about anything else in the world.
say they are sweet, yet every body knows they are sou'L
we all say they are lovely, yet nine out of ten have no
more beauty than a pug dog; we all praise their little
pressive eyes, yet all babies squint; we call them lit's
doves, though one of them makes more noise thelli
colony of screech howls; we vow they are no trent/
yet they must be attended to night and day; we in_ks',
they repay us for all our anxiety, though they ta."'„.
every opportunity of scratching our faces, or pow •..
their fingers in our eyes;lin short, we make it our burl
ness to tell the most palpable falsehords about Wl°
every hour of the day.—American Paper.
RECOVERY OF LAND FROM THE SEA.I.:i
Samuel Hemming, of Bedminster, Bristol, has succeed
in reclaiming by extensive embankments, no leaf 0300
1,600 acres of rich and valuable land from the sea on
south bank of Lough Foyle, Ireland. lof
THE WEATHER —Since our last, a great clei'd
rain has fallen in this district, which has prevent.°
good deal of hay from being got in, which remains °
Its effect on the growing crops, however, is most affa,
rent, and should fine dry weather set in for the
gathering, we may anticipate most abundant crops,
the quality will, in all respects, be superior. Toro* y
beans, and potatoes have been materially improved
the late rains.—Doncaster Gazette, Aug. 2.

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On the ht inst., Mrs.BlßTHSallis Ch, Enfield, of s tlaught
still-born. bil 6
On the Ist inst., at Avenue-road, Regent's-per,
George Gilbert Scott, of a son. .----4
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MARRIED. .N"
On the 30th ult., the Rev. Richard Keats, Vicar of -,(1.0
fleet, Kent, to Matilda Eliza Louisa, only daughter of
Kelly, late of the 20th Light Dragoons.
On the 30th ult., at St. John's Church, Coventry, Ruelite
Kevitt Rotherham, jun.,•Esq., to Helen, youngest dagoir
of the late John Ryley, Esq., of Hertford House, ,
Coventry.
On the Ist inst., at Worth Church, Sussex, peter tw-4
Esq., of Lincoln's Inn, barrister-at-law, to Fano9l
daughter of H. Hulbert, Esq., of Eaton- square.
On the Ist inst., at Wath, Yorkshire, the Rev- .nd per
Senior Salman, M.A., Vicar of amton, Derbyshire':hter
petual Curate of Shire Oaks, Notts, to Charlotte, 04"
James Simpson, Esq., of Wath. indert
On the Ist inst., at St. George's, Camberwell, ---Sslrwortb"
youngest son of Samuel Bevington, Esq., of an,. oortle,
common, to Louisa, second daughter of Abraham ""
Esq., of Homerton

DIED. illiir tit'
On the 11th of June, at Madras, Lieutenant ThaneS
ave Watt, 10th Regiment Native Infantry. thl
gOn the 26th ult., in ondon, George Frederic Sto-ge,
youngest son of Major Stone. gellit-
of
On the 29th ult., Mr. Samuel Morton Hubert,
gardens, Lambeth, aged 76. al °
On the 30th ult., Joseph Butter, Esq., of Bogen"
West, Regent-square. the ltec .
On the 30th ult., at Twyford, near Winchester,
_,, 88,
George Core, Rector of St. Michael's,:VV-inell •
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