The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-19 00:00:00

CHARGE OF WILFUL MURDER.

An inquiry took place at Navestock, last week,
before Mr. Lewis, the coroner, and a respectable jury,
touching the death of Martha Phillips, the wife of a
labourer, who was found dead in a field in that parish.
It appeared, from the evidence adduced, that the
deceased was found lying on her back in one of Mr.
Hicks's fields ; an umbrella and can of beer were by her
side, and her clothes were in disorder, and her pocket
turned inside out. On her being removed some
blood came from the right ear. There were appear-
ances about the ground as if there had been some
struggling.
Rebecca Phillips, a daughter of the deceased, stated
that she was in good bealth and spirits the day be-
fore. She went out with a can for some beer for
dinner at about half-past twelve o'clock. There had
been no quarrelling. Her health was not generally
good ; she complained usually of pain across the
chest. Sach's beer-house, to which she went, was
about a mile from the house of deceased.

William Millbank, a gardener, who was sitting at
the beer-shop when the deceased arrived, stated that
she called for half a pint of beer and drank it ;
and that when that was done, she called for
another. Two men, named Baker and Young,
were there and had beer also. She 'went away
about a quarter before two o'clock, and took three
pints of beer away with her in a can. She
asked Young if he was going home to dinner ; he
lived under the same roof in the family of deceased.
Before she had got out of the yard Baker and Young
followed. They were a little fresh but not drunk.
Another witness stated that subsequently to this
he saw the deceased and Young walking together
under an umbrella, and Baker walked on before.
It was stated that deceased frequently got drunk,
and would then fight. Baker deposed to having
seen Young and the deceased go together into
the field in which she was found, and lie down
on the ground. When he came out of the
field he had a snuff-box, which he said she had
given him. But he put a stone into it, and threw it
away, and several times told him not to say anything
about what he had witnessed. Young, who was in
custody, stated in his defence, that as they were
going along the road, the deceased made a proposition
to him, and asked him if he would give her any money.
He told her no; she then got over the gate, and he
turned back.

The CORONER having summed up, the jury returned
a verdict of Wilful Murder against John Young, and
he was forthwith committed to take his trial.—
Abridged from the Essex Herald of this day.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
QUEEN-SQUARE.

On Tuesday Mr. Taylor, the second clerk, wrote
to the chief constable at Hull to inquire into the truth
of the statement made by Miss Hayes, whose case
has excited so much sympathy, and yesterday re-
ceived the following reply :
" Town Hall, Hull, Nov. 16.
" Sir,—l beg to acknowledge the receipt of your
letter of yesterday's date, referring me to a report in
the newspapers respecting the case of distress of Miss
Georgiana Hayes, and requesting me to inform you
something of her history.
" In reply, I beg to acquaint you that I was inti-
mate with the late Mr. Picard and the family of Miss
Hayes, and that the whole of her statement 83 re-
ported and detailed in your letter is perfectly correct.
"I have inclosed you a Post-office order for 205.,
handed to me by John Bark vvorth, Esq., one of the
magistrates of this place, after having read the state-
ment in the. Times.—Your obedient servant,

A. M,MANUS."

The following note, addressed to Mr. Burrell, was
also yesterday received :--
" Miss Hayes, whose case has called forth so much
deserved sympathy from the public, is, ere this, I
have no doubt, better provided for, but the poor wo-
man, Carr, who took her starving from the streets, to
share her scanty meal, and when she could no longer
supply Miss Hayes with food, made known to you
and the public her distressing situation, what sym-
pathy or relief has been afforded to her ? If she has
not been brought up in the lap of luxury, she has
been broUght up in disposition which would do credit
to those who have been better educated. Will you
be kind enough to forward to Mrs. Carr the enclosed
sovereign from one who much admires her kind-
heartedness and generosity to her former mistress...

" J. A. S."

In the course of the day two sovereigns were re-
ceived from J. H. and a trifling sum from D. D. for
Miss Hayes, and 2/. for Mrs. Carr, whose conduct the
writer much admixed.