The Sun.
London, England, 1828-10-02 00:00:00

NIONNIOUTH MURDER.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. l.—The Coroner's Jury
completed their inquiries yesterday afternoon, about
four o'clock, after sitting three days ; when they
returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder against
Edward Barnett." The principal witness examined
yesterday was the husband of the deceased, who,
in giving his evidence, was much affected, but still
answered the questions in a satisfactory manner.
He had, it appears, been generally indulgent to the
deceased, to whom he had been married about six
years. She had been long in the habit of receiving
his wages from a person named Davies, his em-
ployer, and was always left in charge of the key of
their dwelling when at home. For the last three or
four weeks she had been absent, and a report had
been spread that she, in company with two other
women, had been committed to -Cardiff gaol for
robbing a man in Glamorgansbirt of about 701.
During the absence of the wife, Barnett called. on
the husband, and said that he had some business in
the neighbourhood of Newport, and he would ascer•
min whether the report was correct. Barnett after,
wards called at Stephens's house, and left word that
the report of his wife's committal was untrue.
Stephens subsequently heard that Barnett had been
seen in company with his wife in the lower part of
the county, but he had not seen him for a month. He
was told that Barnett had been inquiring for him
last Saturday, when he replied, " the d-1 take
him, I don't want him." He (Stephens) met his
wife the same day at noon on the bridge, when she
appeared unwell, and he said, " Ah ! you don't look
any better for your last spree." She said, " What
did you leek me out for ? you shan't do it again."
He said, "Well, come home ;" and she shortly
after followed him. On her coming in, he asked
where she had been ? She said she had that morning
come from Landoga (a village about half way be-
tween Chepstow and Monmouth), and that she had
been working at Carleon and Newport. On going
out, about an hour afterwards, he left nine or ten
shillings with her, to provide something for Sunday's
dinner, saying be should be at home about mid-day.
Some of his fellow bargemen had called for him, and
he immediately went down the river with the barge,
in which he remained, until coming up the river, on
Sunday morning, he was informed of the murder.
He swore to the two bloody knives as his property,
saying that they were kept with other knives and
forks in a table drawer. The jacket he swore was
Barnett's, he knew it by its being darned at the
elbow ; the hat, high shoes or quarter boots, and
the handkerchief he could not swear to ; they were
not however his. property, nor was a watch which
was found in the house; but this was proved by a
watchmaker to have been in the possession of
Edward Barnett, and Mr. Thackwell, one of the
Jurors, said that it was formerly the property of
Barnett's father. " The money," Stephens" said,
"is not mine, nor the bag which contained it. He
had left but a few shillings at home, and was never
posSessed of ten pounds at one time in his life. He
had been for several months dissatisfied with the
conduct of his wife, who had occasionally left him
for days together; he had never ill-treated her
except once that she had provoked him very much,
when he knocked her down, but that was a long
time ago. On going into the house in company
with Morgan, the constable; on Sunday, be found.
in addition to the small quantity of provisions which
he had left, a whole large loaf, about a pound of
salt butter, and a greater quantity of tea and sugar.
A quantity of clothe:;, coyered With blood, taker off
the body of the deceased were shown, and the gown,
a yellow cotton one, he swore to as her's, as .well as
a handkerchief, and he believed the rest were her's.

The evidence of Mr. Thomas, a surgeon, went to
prove the Fittlation in which lie found the body
when called in. It zvas lying op the left side, the
knee:; drawn towards the stomach; he assisted in
putting it on a table, and on examination found that
the throat was cut from the angle of one jaw to the
angle of the other ; the canals communicating with
the stomach and lungs being divided, as well as
three of the principal arteries of the neck, the wound
extending t,'-) the vertebrae, or flexible coliimp of
lone connecting Ole head 'with "the" body.- The
Wound appeared to have been inflieted With a blunt
instrument, the flesh and cartilages being much
mangled, and he believed that the piece of cartilage
which adhered to the larger knife; to have been part
of the larynx. It %p 5 9utte impossible 'he conceive'd
that with such instruments as were on the premise,
that the woman could have cut her 'own throat in
suchTht dreadfuluiur
4p
day been apprehended, but some clue has, we ult.
rmanner.
fl(!
not
!It twelve o'clock yesteT-
derstand, been obtained of his route, and we trust
he will not long remain at large.

The expenses to the county of Suffolk for the
prosecution of Wit 1 LAM CORDER, lately executed for
were 235!.