Murders Near Knaresboroug...
The Times, 1824-01-31T00:00:00

The following fuTther particulars rpecting this mysterious oc- currence are extracted from the Leedvs independent of Tuesday*- Calverley has undergone three several examinations. These ex- aminations have been private, the Magistrateshaving excluded all persons whatever, but the p3rties immediately concerned-an exclu- sion wbich wax axtended to a professional gentleman who wished to attend on behalf of the prisoner. As it v,as understood that the fi07al exatoWation wonf d take place thtis day) otur reportersattended for the purpose oftrakinig n6tes of the procecWings; but, after a coni- rTer,-e With Sir Wl'. Ingilby, which led to a diecussion among the 317-i?trates, he was informed that theT, had determined that the e7mrnlration should be pnrvate; and that, as all applications for ad- W;Ittance on the previous examinations had been refused, it sas 'determnined that the game rule should be observed! on the present Gccasion. The Alagistrates preseRt at the examination to-day were .Sir William Ingilby, Bart., W. F. L. Scott, and John NVilliam- -on, Esqrs. Having been'prevented by 'this decision of the. Ma- isesratesfrom availing ourselves of the best source io informationi- he heanrng with our ovwn ears the depositions of the different wit- nesses-we have endeavoused to supply this defect by diligent and impartial inqtuiry upon tle spot, an vwe preseht the following out- liMe of this most singular.case as the 3ubstance.of the information we have collected: '- a AIr. Henry Ualverley. the person against whom this serious charge is made, is nearly 50 years of age, a married man, the fasther Sof aLrge frnily, and is said to be of rather penurious babits. lMary . Gill, a YOung unmnarried vWomnan, about 27 years of age. lived as a domestic servant in the prisoner's fatnily in the year 1822, She quitted his service in the month-of September, in the same year, ;heing then in an advanced state of.pregnancy; antd at the close of that or. the beginning of the following year, she was delivered of a liaughter. No order of filiation was sought. for bv biiory Gill, and the prisoner disclaims having had an connexion with her ; but evi- -dence was give-n to show, that h h*ad, fmtlr mine to timie, paid her money for the mnaintenance of tthe child, and it was :surmised that her applications for money had latterly bccome importunate. The child rernained with her mother, who seemed much attached to it, in lodgings at- Knatesborough, until Saturday, thge 4rh of Oc- tober la-ti, in the afternoon of whici day Mary Gill returned to her odgings without the child, wbich she was known to have tken ;h her, apparentl in the greatest distress of mnind. Up- on being quesnoned as to the cause of blr distress, she stated thlat she had met Air. Calverley (the pzisoner) in Beimnont-wood, by appoind ment, whio told her that he wouldl proiwome a nurs, fort the child, and would have it well takren' care of, and that uponi these assurances she had delivered the child to hitm, but tbat as soan _~v he had received it', he had folded it in his great coat, and rnn off, Reeving bar in the middle of the wood ; she also stated that she gave Isi-a'bundle of chidsloh.Tepron to whom -Marv Gill made this disclasjire blamed her for her conduct, and advised her to go thim and insist upzon having the child delivered to her. She comlie. o prfesed o cmpl wih tisadvice, n nhrrtr said she had seen Calver?lerwh'otnolhd herthatdhe hand sen ther chld tho eeds, but that in order*to satisfy her anxiety on the subject'she it dl be- olza vionIs to eur readers that this part of the case r-sts on the declaatt.ns gof Aa-. GMi, which, upon trial, could not be given in evidce gainst the prisonier; but it was proved by other evidence, t,n,t se hbd applied to a person to take her to Leeds, on the 8th of October, In his waggon, and that she had subsequently called ur4,flf hin, and told him that she would not ?o in his waggon, as the tathel of tie child would take her-himself iTn the afternoon Of the; Eth of October, this Wittd yoUng woman left her lodgings for Cos pnrpoae, as v- suppO ed f gOiug to'Leeds, but she never re- *e3ad. She was seen,however, tdwards the evening of the following e=2y,athedgetofBelmont.wood in company with thepijsoner,aud :t twaste7lrstdtlethassewsas ever ecen; but other witnessesspeak trha eArl off herIoicein the , and. also the voice of the -ire'. A. few daysfter the sup5sed departure of hlary Gil. fb~iS wd- aletterwas received bear,n.the mark of the leedspost^ d%cSirnstg to pie writteu hy her, which stated that eh'hAa llfat&- ----------,,,-itr ceuuuwas welt talen care of,and ihtie woI(Glcoe ove) toaiee them at Christmas. This letterputi -to rest all further inguiiry with resPect to her, and it wasg not until -Christmas had passed, without the Promised visit being. paid, thiat anyr-susPicionas wereentertained on the subject. Thitletter, theec ii now reaswn to b~elie%F~, was written by the prisoner at his own hlouse, taken to Leeds, and put iDtb the post-office'tbere by himself. He was pr-oved to hatve been at Lee~la on the.day the letter wan put tatet the post-:office: it was written up6n a shtpet of paper prele lysitnj. lhrtosorn~ that as f ound in the prisoner's liduse, and the and-. writing wats swomn-to'be the prisoner's. This seemns a propr place for stating, that on the 9th of -October 9 bundle of Cblidrsw.clothies wasI found by A boy, near a lbuy-stack, at the edge of Belnaont..wood, and wPdch appeared to have beeif originally th-rust-into the bay, aidc to have-beeni tooted out by the swizre, -which baveheeh swrorn to as the resy- ck6theq taken away by the mother before she left her lodg- inga -with the childl. A carving knife s~ss also found in flelniont; ww& a'few -days after, but it has not yet been identified a aig bselged to the prisoner. ltl aigteeaiain hvn 41 Ti.pisoe-zaideryitte dtrigtfeexmintio,anmere-lyj denied hiaving an CODnfllo With Mlary. Gill Or knowing w~hat had become in'her. T!wo witnesses were examined-on behalfof the pri-. goner; 'tbefirst was a, person -of the name of Teale, who bad been- many yearsbhusbandry-servant to hmr. BIe'stated on his examni. nation, 'that - he had -seen iUary GM-i Harr`te-lae, about i fortnfgh~ befere 11llrtinmas, which' would-be a tmonth after she was mvising ; but there -was stuch evidyat mnarks. of ~Yevarication in thle imanner -ir- which- he gave his testimony, tha't the Magistrates- threatened to commit'himn fbr perjury ; upon -which,heisncl. adrmitted that what he lie before stated wa3 hidse, tha-ehr o seen Mfary-G(i!l, and bad beens indaced by the pmio e fhi a- ter to swear -that he had. Faith'Stepesbw cldtocrbo rate the evidenenof the last w.itness, u h ane uigTect. nRinafiomi j when she recovered,.zhesida -person ahedhad seen was .MaryGinl 4antsr,ta h by, CnlverleY to swear if Wans er.- ithtsehdbe etfr 6Thep'one- is commnitted to Yor'k Cast ofben vehnienlYsupreted of te n osryitlu aed of Sarah Gill her tiAughter. - F' "Jieprisnerwasremoed o te conty~Wo,~on Tusamorn- on this melhacholy ecasiotn.t tud assembled " A epot ws cicultin miLs Ystbdav(AMonday, the 26th- Inst.) thatha bdy o- 1Uay G~lWasf unt We oudpropre MAURDERS. 'EAR NAR RVRPfin7TT rt