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

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iCtrerreell la August last, and Said to him." George, when your
busbies; is arranged you will go and live with your father. '—
chenlieti answered, be would go home to eat and drink, but
trot m sleep. because the hotweltorper would know at whet'
hour be came home. He hoped snot a morning. when begot up.
he should And her with her throat cut; and it he met the mew
coming out of the door who had dune the murder, he wouldhut
tell of it though hr were to he hanged for it himself; and that
if he found skein both so. he would not he the least sorry; our
even if hr committed the murder himself, should he thipk be
had committed any sin.
James Ayles is a ts heels right at Godalming, lie remembered
Clialerafi taming to his shoo iii November last. W liness asked
him, " What does Great George (awaiting Owned') do now ?"
Prisms r answered, " D—n me. Ido not know What he does
lie goes on letting of fire works at the Imolai Arms. There
Will tie a hisger Woo up in Godalming than ever was known.
You will sotto hear of it "
Edo and Mandeville keeps the Three Lions public-house at
Godalming. Chennell was there oil bunday before the murder.
lie had some inq or, but did not pay t'or it, and said be would
come and pay await,.
—Jetiesthne isa drayman in Godalmiag. lie went to Hass-
combe with his dray or Monday before the discovery of the
• murders George Cheapen, the Primo. r, west with witness.
lie put up his horses there. Chennell asked him to pay a pot of
beer for him as he had only 2d in his pocket. and had left his
money at home. They had beer and tobacco. When they had
gone out. Cheidsell said to the landlord Miles. I have no money,
but I will make it up o you another time. They returned to
Godalming, and arrived at besets o'clock: witness saw oo
more of Mat tout night; witness saw Chalconft in the evening of
Tuesday (that of the mnrder), who said lie had left his master
at home at half-past eight o'clock, as near as he could tell, un-
buttoning the knees of his breeches to go to bed. The deceased
-suid " Bet. l will go to bed." and she said, " L will stay up furl
lUeorge. who comes to supper." Nothing more passed.
Elisabeth Stillwell is the wife of Stillwell, in whose house
rheenell Indeed. She remembered the mot sting of the murder.
the did see Chennell mi Monday She heard him go out on
Monday morning at.lo o'clock, and did not return thin day.—
lie came Nome after midnight on Monday between 12 and one:
'she left the door open for him. Oa Isiturday previous the Pri-
soner owsd her five weeks' rent. He then promised to pa) her
*a Moodily. W ions had teat' him 10s. before, and lent his
Vow more on the Saturday night to hey his wile some brassily.
lie asked and witness lent Mm 51., and be promised to recur n
the whole on M nday.
John Earl, a gardener. was its Mr. Chennell's shop on Moo-
day evening. where he saw young Chetweil. lie sew Chad-
craft in the Town-hall on Tiee.day, when the examination was
going cm. Witness said to him. " Well, Chiller/at, how do they
get on now ?" Witness asked him if they had found any thing
art? He said he did not know much able', it. He asked it
'they had got Chennell to the market-room. Prisoner answered
yes. Waner asked if Chennell had not a hand in it. Witness
said the--" I saw him down the passage last night; he was like
a wild man then." The Prisoner Chalcroft then trembled very
much, an: said it WAS a party concern. Witness saw Citenaell
in the shop on Monday. Me looked very wild.
hlanmth Chuier lives at Godalming in the same passage in
Which t Woof, lived. She remembet ed seeing the Prisoner go '
on a quarter before eight on the Monday night of the mnrder.
Witness followed him down the pessage, and the,' returned.—
She went nterwards to Mr. Chennell's, and bought some bird's-
seed. The clock struck eight at she. wit/ returning from Mr.
Chennell's. She saw Chalrraft Hs she was returning at the end of
Mr. Chen ell's passage. She saw him come home ahout half-
post nine, as she was shutting her windows. She saw him_go
• into his house. and heard him shut the door. She heard hirn like-
wise go up ruin.
Charles Woods, on the evening of Monday, was in the street
- Dear Mr. Chennell's house. Saw too persons going down Mr.
Chesnell's passage dressed in round frocks. They were near
. the door of he kitchee. This was about half past seven.—
Those persons were conversine together. Witness went assay,
and in recur ing about ten inutes afterwards, saw them still
in deep entivertmtinn. lie went assay ILA returned a thud
time. .hen he found them in the same position. There was
light in a baker's shop opposite that cast a rellectioo d on the
passage. Wi nest rol,ld not see who the persons were, and
could not swear positively to them. lie knew the Prisoners
very we I, and believed those persons to be them.— The
light in the shop opposite gave him a slight view of them,
but he did not observe their laces. He knew them by their
figures.
n Mims Stillwell lives in Godalming, and remembered the
circumstances of Mr. Crennell's death. Ile saw Clialeraft on
Alonday evening, about half past seven, turtling into his own
rasSage Witness went up the town, and returned in about nn
hour and a half. About 40 yard. from Mr t hennell's he Met I
Chalerati near !he tire George Arms, going towards ' hen-I
hoes,,, lie met Sarah Hurst about 14 or 15 yards behtud
him.. tang the saute stay, bet slower than the Prison's,
James Tidy keep he Richmond Arms, ar(indalming. He
knows the Prisoner George Chesinell, who was at hi- house on
• hi udnc. the 10th of November, He cement seven o'clock and
'railed for a pint tr. beer, then n penis) : nrtb of tobacco, and
then another pint of beer. He paid for the beer, which came to
Sad. lie then went away. It was about nine o'clock. leas mg
'hits ipe on the tale where it lay. There veer• several persons
in'ars hou.e, but none its biscompaes. A person of the name
of Fishier sat by his side. Fisher and the Prisoner went away
togs ther. About a quarter before ten he returned quite alone.
Neaten called for a pint of beer, then a peisayworth at to.
bacco. Wiiness brought some clean pipes. Pi wooer did not
the other pipe cold be.till light. 11, its he was absent .here
quarters of an hour. lie afterwards called for a glass of brandy
and water—then a sec..nd—and then a third, hide was drank
between hiss and rue landlord. He then said, we shall want
some beer or a cooler. nod ordered pot Then they had
another pin. Clomp!) left his hou e about half pat eleven.—
The reckoning was D. M. Prisoner was in the habit of fre-
quenting his house. Chennell was io witness's house on the
Friday preceding, when he said lie wished his father's house-
'teepee were dead. and if he saw any one murder her, he would
not tell of it. Ile had heard Prisoner frequently with the
ht ostateepe, dead.
George Wallace was at the Richmond Arms on Monday the
30th of November, and saw there George Chennell, a Ito left
the inn oboist 10 minutes after nine. in company with Fisher,
and return d a quarter before 10 alone.
harks Breech isa shoemaker, and used to work for the late
Mr. Chenoelf. Was at the Richmosta Arms on Monday of the
murder. It lines§ was there Rhino six. Sarah Hurst was there
with her husband ; they wi nt away about seven o'clock. Chen-
well tame in beta ern seven and eight, eating a piece of
bread and mitt.ob. He said, his father and he had some words
bbout busying some ewe mutton from Butcher Hart • witness
left the Prisoner there. Next morning witness heard of"the mite.
vier. He talked of the murder to Chalcraft in Mr. Cliennell's
shop. He observed Chalciaft during the conversation teem.
ble very much ; the workshop where they were was up stairs;
and Chalcraft, attempting to go, the ladder fell when half way
down.
Charles Fisher is a 'timekeeper in Godalmlng; was io the
Richmond Arms on the 10th of November • he saw Chennell
there. shout ten minuies past nine o'clock, the witness left
the house, and the Prisoner said he would go with him. They
parted about ten yards after they lett the house. Ch• nnell ap-
peared then to go down the town to his house, to look after a
girl, as be said.
William Cooper is hostler at she Red t.inn. opposite the Rich-
mond Arms down the town. He remembered -tending at the
door about a quarter past nine, and remembered Fisher bidding
lnod night. Witness heard something over the way, turned his
antern, and saw Chatterer' and Chennell a few minutes after he
saw Fisher. The Prisoners were standing then face to face.—
AV itness saw them go down towards Cliennell's. They had both
smock-frocks. Witness continued there about ten minutes. but
saw nobody returning. He must have seen them if they had.
- Williston Colby lives at Gothtbning. On the night before he
beard of Mr. Chennell's death he went out of the Red Lion and
-s.alked with Cooper, the last witness. Ile then saw Cheonell
and Chaleraft standing together. lie conversed with ('paper
about them. He knew them nt the time. lie went in and left
them talking, and staid about five minutes.. lie then went to
Fry's, the stocking-maker, opposite the Richmond Arms. He
stopped there for some time, nod in going down the town he
passed Mr. Chennell's, When near Mr. Chennell's biome he
heard a very -sharp scream, apparently of a woman. Ile thought
she scream smote from Chennell's passage. Witness walked
about right Ar ten fares, and saw a woman, who was apparent-
ly looking for something, tied then he perceived Chennell stand-
ing right in front of the passage, in the centre of it. Chennell
appeared to have come up the passage, as he did not see him till
then. The Prisoner was sit ng to the woman. After the
scream, he heard a great fall. Witness then went to Mrs.
Wood's, in Bridge-street. and stopped there ten minutes. lti
raising so Mrs. Wood's be wept through Chalcraft's passage.—
In coining back witness met Chnleraft going home between Mr.
Chennell's and his own houses Witness wished Chalcraft good
night. which solution Prisoner exchanged. When he went into
Chalcratt's passage he saw Sarah Lambert.
Mori Morley is the wife of James Murky. at Godalming.—
On the Monday night, when Mr. Peened' was murdered, she
Me. Cohens. ll's passage a quarter past nine going fir
resre.d and saw Chilli:raft and Cheanell just within tie passage.
Chalcraft looked out just as she passed. She was sure of his
person. She ea* Cheunell ; she knew him before likewise,and
was sore of him.
Sarah Lambert deposed, that she raw Cobley pass about half-
past Woe when halcraft came home.
faisabith Mooney deposed, that en Monday night previous
to the minder. jest opposite botcher Andrews's, about a quar-
ter before ten, Omen passed tier in baste, close enough to