Star.
London, England, 1816-04-15 00:00:00

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WARWICK.—MURDER. . • ~! , • r
Teesday morning; Isaac Brim/ferias arraigned hat
the wilful murder of Ann Smith, in the parish of
Over Whitjcre, in this county, •on the nigh ref the
tOth of October last.
William Beresford said, he wasit'gardener, and
worked occasionally for M. Weston, of Over Whit-
acre. Ann Smith, the deceased, and the pri:oner
lived as fellow servants at Mr. Weston's. He was
at work at Mr. Weston's on the 10th of October ;
he had been desired by the deCeased to let het leave
a box at his house, as she was about to quit Mr.
Western's*, and was going to live at Mr. Davis's.—
The witness lived about a quatter of a mile from
Mr. Weston's, and the deceased told him Isaac
Brindley, the prisoner, was to bring the box to his
house. This conversation took place about halt-past
six in the evening, and when witness was coming
away, deceased stood in the brewhouse by her bar ;
prisoner came in at the time, and the deceased said,
Isaac, this is the box you must take to Master
Beresford's* enight, and I am going to Mr. Lee's
with some harm," which was the distance of about
halt t field from Mr. Weston's house. The witness
did not see any thing more of the deceased that
night. A few minutes after eight prisoner knocked
at the door, and said, " I have biolighi the box, I
'suppose there is not much in it." Witness told him
to set it down against the pantry door, which' be Jut%
The prisoner then took off his hat, and stroked down.
his hair, and said, " it has given me a sv,,eo.,•—
Witness said, "it has, and a proper one." Wimees
asked prisoner to sit down, but he said he could not
stop, as it was getting towards bed time. When the
prisoner went out it was about ten minutes past
eight r• he knew that was the time, for as soon as he
was gone, his wife went to wind up the clock, which
stood till morning. In the morning, when he went
to Mr. Weston's to work, the deceased was not re-
turned, and his mistress desired him to go and search
fec her. He went down the footpath from Mr.
Weston's towards his own.house, and when he got
near to a pit, which was by the road side, he saw a
W0111;111'S shoe sticking upright on the headland.
within three or four yards of toe month of it. There
Was wheat, chaff, and a great deal of tramplings
about the shoe. On taking the shoe up, he saw there
was the mark of a man's breeches kr:et, and of a
man's shoe heel; the mark appeared to he from cord
breeches. He went to a rail place near, and e.ii;ed
to William Kent, who came to the rail place to him.
Witness asked him if that was Anne's shoe ? On
looking into the pit he saw something white shining
through the water. On looking farther he saw the
deceased's arm, and afterwards her whale body.—
She lay on her back, with her head tnwards Kank's
fit ld. lie went and informed Mr. Weston of it, and
the two Mr. Westons and witness went to Mill barn,.
to apprehend the prisoner, who was thrashing, where
he had been the day before. On bringing the pri-
soner from the barn, Mr. Weston asked -him wh,)
had beet: with him the day before ? Prisoner said
Pie had been with Mr. Topp's waggoner he met
him on the turnpike-road, and he went with him by
the pit to witness's Loose. When they got to the
gate at the top of' the field, t:ley set down the belt
and talked. The gate was about 40 yards from
witness's house. Prisoner said, the man waited at
the gate till he had left the boa at witness's house.—
They then went up the Ley. to the turnpike-road,
and then straight home. Witness took the body out
of the pit ; there was a blackish mark on each side
of the throat, tinder each ear, and the skin was a
little rubbed off. Mr. Barker, the surgeon, said to
the prisoner—" Young man, I hope you will be able
to clear yourself in this matter, for things look very
black against you ; the young man you said was
with you is not to be found." Prisoner did not make
any answer. Bongs said -to the prisoner, " How
could you say the young man was with you, when
he was not ?" Prisoner said he was so confused
when Mr. Weston came to the'barn-door to him, he
did not know what to say. Prisoner then said, he
never saw the young man. Witness saw where she
barn' was spilt : it was about a yard from the place
where the shoe lay. On hie cress-examination, wit-
ness said, prisoner went with him to the pit to get
the body out. Witness asked who should wheel the
first turn ? fritoner then took hold of the barrow
and wheeled it while witness held the body- n the
barrow. Witness did not observe how steady the
priseiner was. It was -two or three yards from the
place where the shoe was found, to where the body
was stippnied to have been thrown into the pit, and
the body was two or three yards from the edge hi
the water. if any person had been taking-liberties
with the girl, might she not have failerrin ?—Could
not tell. Deceased had been at Mr. Weston's twelve
months, and prisoner came at the beginning of the
year. The prisoner and deceased lived together as
other fellow servants did.
Elizabeth Squelch lived servant at Mr. Westabs•
in October last. She remembered the deceased goink
nut on the 10th to Mr. Lax's with some barm. 41k
little before she went oat, she heard the deceased ash
the pri!aretr to take her box to the gardener's; it was
about six o'clock. Prisoner said he would take It
either that night or the next morning. The deceased
said to him, •' you may as well take it to night."..;...
Witness then went up stairs, and staid about half in
hour. When she came down, the deceased war gone
to Mr. Lax's with the barm. The prisoner sat in the.
kitchen; he said to witness, •• I may as well take this
box to-night." Witness lighted him to it. and helped
it on his shoulder. When he had gut it up, he said.
" how long shall Ibe in taking it ?" Witness. said,
" a quarter of an hour, if you don't stop any where ?"
About eight o'clock prisoner came in again; Mr.
Weston was in the kitchen ; she asked him what he
had done with Nancy ? He said he had not seen her
since she went out. Ina few minutes after prisoner
went to bed. Prisoner and deceased lived upon good
terms, the same as other fellow servants; she never
saw any thing to the contrary. Prisoner was a kind
good-natured lad to the deceased, and to every one
else.
Thomas Lax, a farmer, at Over Whitacre) said,
his house was 472 yards from Mr. Weston's. Ann
Smith came to his house: about seven o'clock on the
10th of October, with a jug of barm which Mrs:,
Weston had borrowed. The-barm.was not wanted,
and deceased took it back with her; she did not stop
-at his house above three minutes.. The pit IW:a the

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