The Sun.
London, England, 1818-08-13 00:00:00

foiled. lie said, "For God's sake, Sohn
,rl, co :it• over, we cannot find waster no where,
ti:ere is blood in the kitchen." Witness went,
by Chaleraft, 10 tile kitchen door, and
saw Ehy...,,tth on the floor, with
lncr It, oat cut. Cnalcratt leaned against the
door. Witness said, " Here lies Bet, murdered,
and no doubt toaster has not with the sante fate."
Chalcraft went for the constable. Witness then
let the shutters down, but could see the body be-
fore the window was opened, from the light of the 0
door. Witness did not examine the person of the
housekeeper, but saw she had a white hatollT--
chief. Witness, with two or three others, went
up stairs, the stair-case door being shut. They
%tent into Mr. Chennel's bed-room; saw him in.
bed, with his throat cut, and blood on the clothes.
The body was covered up to the head. Witness
then went into the housekeeper's bed-room.—
There was no appearance there of the bed being
slept in. He then went down, and saw Chennel
at the front door of the side kitchen, outside, in
the passage. Witness said, " George, a bad job
bas happened to-night ; here lies poor Bet, niur-
dered, -and your father lots met with the same fate
in his bed." Prisoner said, " 0 dear, what is to
be dime 1" Witless said, " Won't you go up
and see your father ?" Prisoner made no t eply,
but went immediately up stairs, accompanied by
witness. sons as he went into the room, be
took one look at his father,and sat down on the left
of the room, holding his handkerchief to his face,
and making a mournful noise. Witness went down
stairs and left prisoner there with the constable,
who had come into the toion a little before. On
getting down stairs witness was Shown ri knife all
stained with blood, It was the knife of the tie-
ceased ; witness had otten•seen anti used it before.
W,tness remained two or three hours abyit the
house ; he saw Cbaleratt afterveat di in the shop,
and asked Wm why he did not go into the house ?
11Ir. Austin had asked the question why be did not
go to see his master, and he answered he could
nut because lie had seen the man who was mur-
dered at Pet et sfidd. Witness thought that the
door of the front kitchen could not be opened
wi. bout seeing the housekeeper's body.
Richard Stedman went up into Mr. Chermel's roots' on the
Tuesday morning with the hst witness and Austin. Me
there saw Mr. Chennel laying with his skull fractured and
his t lowa cut. The blood about the wound was dry, and
showed that the murder had been committed some time. lie
did nut turn the clothes down so as to observe if there was
blood ()to the bed. He examined the body bf the house.
keeper, and found a knife testing against her body, with the
point on the brick; the blood was dry on the knife; the apron
and handkerchief were bloody, but dry. The knife was a
large case knife. He reularted the state of the wound on
the woman, and it appeared to have been done a, considerable
time, as the blood was dry. The arm of the womau, which
witness felt, was told.
Joint Kean is the sou of the keeper of the House of Cur-
' rectiou ;it (iondfoid. On the discovery of the murder be
woo tto Godaltniog. He exantitted the premises of :Ur. Chen-
net, MO foul.: a hammer CUVCICd with blood. He compared
that immnier with the wound oft Mr. Chennel's head, and
the end appeared to fit one of the marks. Chaleraft was
committed to oatoe•s's custody. Ile had a smock-truck on
(Wedoe•alay) when he took him. On the Thursday morniog
when he exmunt,d bito, hr found spots of blood on the right
sleeve of the frock. Winless went into the house on Tui-s-
-day with Chaleraft and ,kosijo.
Is:mc tVoods is the con,ta;ile at floilalming. He produced
the fatal kniic, a rise knife with a woodril handle. It was
ili covered with bhidd, and prodoceit a shudder in the Court
when it aN.earcd. fie produced 111,ewise the hammer; it was
a 6autmer used hy sharp at one rod and round
and biota at the other. -

John Earl identified the hammer to he that of the late Mr.
Cliennel ; it was used for paw:it-ma:king.
beau identified the hammer as that found by hint in
the tub, wi;11 the stains of blood. The pri,otier Coaleratt
appeared to look steadfastly at Ow lart iastrument.
Janes l'eale is the warden of Ciodalinin;:. Ile li'l•tit. into
Cliettnet's sit.") on the niorninu; of t::e itth of Noveni;ber.
lie observed the till there. Hr Sint no Will 1% 11 111,11 it, but the
loch appeared to have been forced. It wa4 given to s%itoess
by John Earl. Witness did not examine the contents of the
till. Ile exawiined the breeches of ;1 r. Clientiel Which were
at his lied-side, and fositid six une-plinid notes, and lbs. in
silver. tie gave the till to Mr. Iran. I lie 'tate .Ir. Chen-
nel had prcp,,rty, a house and lands, lint witness did nut
know how much.

Win Parsuo is a surgeon at Godalining. He was made
acquainted with the melancholy event shout 111 minutes be-
fore 8. tit %vela into the house by the.hitchen, a here he
SAW Eli Zilbt.4ll Wilson un t (lour, with tier throat cut anti
other marks of violence on her head. She was cold and stiff.
The ‘vounds appeared to have been indicted a considerable
tune, and the wounds were flaccid and cold. tic went up
stairs to Mr. (mulet's room. where he found him a corpse,
reclining on his right side, with his throat cot and his scull
fractured. Witness thought life was suspebdtd by the blows
of the hammer, and his throat afterwards cut, and the reason
why he thought this was the course of the proceeding was,
that there was not sloth a flow of blood as would have ar
peared if the throat had been tut Grit, while the pulsations
of the heart. were still active.

George Austin remembered Tuesday, the I I th of November
last, and saw Chalcraft when be was looking up to his was.
ter's windows. Witness called him into (AMMO'S shop, and
asked if he would like to see the bodies, and be said no.—
Witness asked him why; and he answered, because 1 never
saw but one mail murdered, and that was the Mali at Peters-
field. Lie asked it be saw that tows murdered, cud he said
no, I saw hint afterwards. Witness then asked him again to
go, rental kiugthat they would du no harni,and be said he would
not go for All the town. Prisoner seemed much agitated.—
Witness turned round him, and perceived a spot, which
he considered to be blood, on the right arm. 'ass was be-
fore lie was taken into custody. On the following day wit-
ness went with Kean and Chalcraft to the house of the de-
ceased. K. an asked if he would go and See the bodies, and
he said he would, and they all weut together. They passed
through the shop, Chalcraft stepped over the hotly, and they
went up stairs. Kean then asked if he knew which was bis
master's bed-room. He answered, no. He slid not know
any more than the child unborn, not being up stairs before.
They went in, and Chalcraft said, there he lies, poor old nom,
one of the best toasters I ever had. When going down,
'witness asked the prisoner to take the position be was in
when he called his master its the morning ; he took the posi-
tent, and the witness described his attitude from a model.--.
,[the description could not be intelligible in words; but the
tioject of the examination went to prove, that in the morn-
tug when the prisoner went to call his master, he must have
seen the body of the housekeeper, though be made no men-
tion of it.]—Witness asked him, why be did not open the
dour and pass through to the stairs instead of going round ;
to which the prisoner answered, " If you knew the pedigree of
it as \veil as I do, you would have done as I did." Witness
asked Chalcraft on Wednesday, when in custody, when he saw
George last (meaning (Amine!), and he answered, " On
Friday last, ploughing" Witness saw George Chennel on
Ttiesjav night at his (witnets'ej mother's house, when he
said, tliat he had left the Richmond Arms on Monday night
to go and see a lady; and that he was nut gone above 4 or 5
minutes; anti when he returned his pipe was not out.
13enjamin Kean is a constable at Guildford. Went to
Yiodalming on Wednesday the 13th of November, and took
Chaleraft into custody, by order of the Magistrates. He
searched (Thrones lodgings at his landlady's, and particular-
ly a chest, where" he found two 11. Bank-notes,, and 14s. iu a
tin•box. One of the notes had the appearance of blood;
they both had that appearance, but one was more faint than
the other. He gave these notes to be prodiKed at Mt last
Aczsizes. He received the till from Mr. Weale, and the crow
that had forced it open. Witness went up stairs with Chal-
craft and Austin, the last wit 'tests.
Mr. Austin, tieing called back, identified the crow to be
tiot of Mr. (;Kennel ; it always Stood in the shop.
"rhe examinatiou of Keats was resumed.—Chalcraft said he
never its his master's bed-roost, as this last and present
w.iness eere leading that up stairs. Witness asked Christiel
hew he came by the unites, and he said his father gave Lint
theisi on Sundry while at diuner.
James Steel wort h lives at Godahnittg. The prisoner George
cheimd lived at hiS house. - He identified the notes found
in Cheaters trunk. One of them bad marks of blood, in