Star.
London, England, 1827-07-14 00:00:00

MURDER IN HUNTINGDONSHIRE.

DISCOVERY 07 07 THE MURDERER.

HUNTINGDON. Thursday night, 10 o'clock.
Our conjectures respecting the guilt of the person
now in custody on suspicion of having murdered the
Rev. Joshua Waterhouse, Rector of Little Stukeley, in
this county, have, within the last hour, been proved to
be correct. The name.of the unhappy wretch is Joshua
Slade, and he is only 19 years of age. We are not at
present at liberty to disclose the minutia of this diaboli-
cal affair ; but it appears that Slade, in company with
an associate equally reckless and abandoned, entered
the house of the Rev. Gentleman on the morning of
Tuesday, the 3d, with an intention to plunder, when
they were surprised by the appearance of the aged Rec-
tor, whom they believed to be at a distance from the
premises. A dreadful contest ensued, in which the
murder of the Rev. Gentleman was accomplished, under
the dreadful circumstances already communicated to
the public. When seized by the throat by Mr. Water-
house, Slade thrust his hand into his pocket, and draw-
ing a knife, stabbed the Rev. Gentleman in the throat.

111101.1 THE CAMBRIDGE CHRONICLE.
HUNTINGDON, JULY 12.
_ _ _

The examination of Joshua Slade, who was appre.
headed on suspicion of the murder of Mr. Waterhouse,
took place this day before James Torkington, Esq.—
No facts were elicited relative to the murder, but the
fullowing is the result of the examination:
Emmanuel Thompson sworn. He lives at Stow ;on the night
of the 6th of June his house was broken into, and a barn, some
►acon, a gun, and a bureau stolen. In the bureau were three
sovereigns and two Bank of England 11. notes ; it was carried Into
a close about sixty yards from the house, and there broke open by
some Instrument. He found the ham, bacon, and gun, afterwards,
in *ld Slade's house. _ _ _

Sarah Aikia is servant to Mr. Thompson ; she went to bed about
half past nine o'clock, at which time she saw the gun and bacon
safe; at half past two next morning she got up, sad found them
and the bureau missing.
Samuel Rogers is servant to Mr. Thompson ; on the 9th of June
be had leave to go to the feast ; on his return home next morning
he found the back door open, a bat hangiug on the gate, and a knife
near it.

John Richardson, a constable, swore, that several pieces of bacon,
a barn, and pig's cheeks, were by him found in the old people's
house, at Little Stukeley.
William Slade, the father, said, he never saw his sons bring them
(the articles stolen) in, nor knew where they bad them from.
Elisabeth Slade, the mother, said, she knew they brought some-
thing home, and locked it up in a coffer; and that it was not
their own.

Joshua Slade owned be brought them home.
John Slade said, that he (his brother) and Heddinp, who has
since decamped. took the things from Mr. Thompson, of Stow, See
weeks ago. They pulled the slates of a back window in the back
of the house, and got in; they carried the bureau into the close,
broke it open, and found in it two sovereigns and a we pound note.
They took a coat and a hat from the house,
Rickard Thompson, of Alconbury, sworn:—He was robbed of
eight bushels of pease, of the value of 21. 171. front a barn ; one of
the primmer. confessed he mole them. Richard Thompson likewise
swore, that two sacks, the one containing the pease, and the other
the bacon, were his property. Both the Mr. Thompson. were
bound over to prosecute.

THOM THI HUNTINGDON GAZETTE, DAT= JULY 14.
Further particulars relative to thOdurcier of the Rcv. J. Waterhouse,
and the surrender of Heddlops.

Late on Thursday night Heddings, whom the officers
have been starching for daring the whole of the week,
surrendered himself to the Keeper of the House of Cor-
rection. It seems he had concealed himself in a hovel
near New Pasture Common, near this town, since Mon-
day last, and seeing no chance of escape, and most
likely tired of his retreat, discovered himself to. the
shepherd on the common, and wished him to fetch
the keeper of the House of Correction, to whom
he would surrender himself. He then made a state-
ment of what he knew of the horrid murder; and
there now rensaihs no doubt whatever but the man
committed upon suspicion, Joshua Slade, is the mur-
derer. No public examination has yet taken place, but
the following is the statement of Heddings, who said
that Slade communicated to him, about three o'clock
in the afternoon of the murder, the manner in which
the murder was committed. Slade told him—l got
into the old fellow's house a little after nine o'clock in
the morning, when the old man had stepped out, and
secreted myself. I thought the old man was out,
but he, the old man, saw me, and said, s' What, are you
here again?' He seized me by the collar; I got away,
and he ran after me to the garden-door, where he caught
me by the jacket, and pulled me back, and seized me
by the neckerchief, and throat, when we had a despe.
rate struggle, and I thought at one time he (Water-
house) would have choaked me; but I kept jobbing at
him with the bill in the throat, backing and sinking him
about the head and face, and at last I became too powerful
for him. The old fellow at last dropped, and I threw him
into the tub ; at this time I heard the dog barking, and
I went to see if any one was coming. I thought it was
all up with me, and somebody there ; but finding no
one' oming, I went back to the old man in the tub and
found him groaning and heaving himself on his
side. I thought he was getting the better of it, so
pulled out my knife and quite dispatched him.—
Heddings, on surrendering himself, was in a very ex-
hausted state, not having taken any refreshment since
Monday, nor ventured from his place of concealment.
The whole of this unparalleled transaction has been
investigated with the greatest dispatch, and the county
is deeply indebted to James Torkington, Esq. our
worthy Magistrate. A few days ago, application was
made to the Secretary of State for a police officer
to assist in the discovery of the murder, when Mr.
Sturges Bourne, with the greatest promptitude, sent
down Ellis, of Bow-street, but before Ellis could enter
into prompt exertions, the disclosures narrated above had
taken place. It is expected that Heddings will be
confronted with Slade before the Magistrates this day
(Saturday). We have not given so full a statement of
this affair as we could have wished, but sufficiently so
for general information ; had we proceeded into more
minute details, and related every circumstance, we
might probably, by the publicity given to it, defeat
the ends of justice.

The recent falling off, both in the revenue of the
Stamps and the Post Mee, may, in no small delver, be atui-
bused to the abolition of the Lottery.
Yesterday afternoon, Mr. ARCHER, the master of the
Kng's Head public-house, in Queen•stteet, Oxford,
from a slight fit of coughing, ruptured a blood vessel,
and inst intly expired.

Yesterday, morning James Adams, a groom at a
livery stable, in Wilson-street, Finsbury-square, while
in the act of mounting a spirited horse, was killed on
the spot, by the unruly animal rearing on its hind legs,
and falling on its beck, w ith the rider undermost.
A labouring man of the name of Lisher, living at
B,otdwater, after returning from his daily work, on
Saturday, ate his supper as usual, and rising from his
chair, he exclaimed " LORD have mercy on me," and,
dtopping to the ground, he instantly expired. He has
left large family.— Bri.;6lon GuardiAr,.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, Juix 13.
DAWSON D. THORNE.

The LORD CHANCILLOR, this morning, gave judg.
men t in the above cause, which was a question wising
on the will of a person of the name of Richard Thorne.
The principal min devised by the will was 2.4001.
stock, which the testator left to his two 'sisters, Eliza-
beth and Fanny, whom he described to be in ra:her
needy circumstances. He also left legacies to the
amount of 4001. to another sister, Mrs. Pierce, and he
directed the interest on a debt of $OOl. owing to him
from the plaint if, to be paid to Mrs. Mary Burton,
who had for some years been in the habit of attending
on his sisters, and whom he directed to continue to
live with them as their servant. Upon reference to
the cases of a similar nature, decided by this Court,'
his Lordship was of opinion that the interest of the
2,4001. was vested in the two sisters for life, and in
consequence of one of them having died some time
since, the whole of the interest must go to the survivor
for her life, and alter her death must be transferred
to Mr. Dawson and Mrs. Burton, whom the testator
appointed Executor and Executriz of his will. With
respect to the Legacy left to Mrs. Pierce, It appeared
that her husband having become bankrupt in the year
1810, had left the country, and had not since returned;
but having been heard of some short time before the
death of the testator, he must be considered as being
now alive, and the interest of the legacy must, therefore,
be paid to Mrs. Firm for her life, and after her death
the property should be transferred to the assignees.
His Lordship directed the costs of all parties to be
paid out of the estate.
Mr. COOPICR requested his Lordship would allow an
appeal of Perfect v. Lord Ribblesdale to be put in the
paper, for the purpose of being heard on an early day.
The matter had been argued before the late Lord Chan-
cellor ; but the parties had refused to consent to take
the judgment of that Noble Lord, and, under these cir-
cumstances, he was obliged, according to the rule which
his Lordship had laid down, to ask that it might be put
at the head of the paper.
The LORD CHANCRLLOR did not see any reason why
the parties should have refused to take the judgment of
Lord Eldon, neither would he allow this matter to stand
at the head of the paper. He regretted that applica-
tions of this nature had become so numerous, but there'
was no altars rive, and the case must therefore be re-
stored to the raper.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, JULY 13.
PHILLIPS AND IRASZIL
This was an application on the part of the plaintiff,
Captain Phillips, for an injunction to restrain the de-
fendant from suing him upon a bill of exchange to the
amount of 3,7001. which the plaintiff had given to the
late Mr. Farquhar, of Foothill. The plaintiff stated,
that there was an account between him and the late Mr.
Farquhar, the balance of which was in his favour; not-
withstanding which, the executors of Mr. Farquhar
were about to sue him upon this bill. On the other
side it was alleged, that the balance of the account was
against the plaintiff Phillips.
The VICE-CHANCE.LLOR refused to grant the injunc-
tion, because he did not think it was clearly established
that the balance, as stated by the plaintiff, was in his
favour.
COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Jury is.
' WYATT O. CAMP/JILL.
This was an action brought to recover from the de.
fendant, late an officer in the Foot Guards, the sum of
3001. the amount of a promissory note, made by a per-
son of the name of Wilson, pa) able to the order of the
defendant, and endorsed by the defendant, and by two
other persons named Ford and Sansom.
The handwriting of the endorsees having been proved,
Mr. Guam addressed the Jury for the defendant,
and said, that he should be able to prove that the note
came into the hands of the indorsee, Sansom, under an
usurious contract, and that it was never negociated by
Sansom until after it had become due and dishonoured.
He knew that by an Act passed in the reign of his pre-
sent Majesty, 3 Geo. IV. a holder of a promissory note
or bill of exchange, for valuable consideration, was en-
titled to recover, although the security might, before it
came to his hands, have been negociated upon an usu-
rious contract; but he submitted to his Lordship, that
when a security of this description was once proved to
have been tainted with usury, the party who sought to
recover the amount of it was bound to prove that he
..was a holder for valuable consideration. ro
To sustain the defence, a witness named Score was
called, and he swore that he got the note from a person
named Ford ; that he took it to Sansom, who gave him
1001. io money, and goods valued at 701. but which
the witness did not consider to be worth more than 401.
Upon his cross-examination, he said he did not think
that at the time the note was discounted by Sansom,
he (witness) owed the balance, 1301. to Sansom.
It was also proved, that about the time the note be-
came due it was in Saosom's hands, and that after it
became due, Sansom offered to give it up for the sum
of 2051.
Mr. Tnesstoza, in reply, contended, that the evi-
dence for the defence was not sufficient to warrant the
Jury in coming to the conclusion, that the plaintiff was'
not the holder of the note when it became due. With
respect to the other objection, that this note had, at one
time, been the subject of an usurious contract, he sub-
mitted, that under the Statute quoted by the Learned
Counsel for the defence, the plaintiff was entitled to re-
cover, unless it could be shewn, that he had become pos.
sessedof the note under an usurious contract.
Lord TiNTIRD/W, in summing up, said he was of
opinion, that the plaintiff, in order to avail himself of
the protection of the Statute referred to, ought to have
shewn by evidence, that he was a holder for valuable
consideration. As the plaintiff had offered no evidence
to chew the consideration, the only question for the Jury
was—Did Sansom, who indorsed the note to the plain-
tiff, get possession of it under an usurious contract? If
the Jury thought he did, then their verdict should be for
the defendant. If they did not think so, theft their ver-
dict must be for the plaintiff.
The Jury immediately found a verdict for the de-
fendant.