Body-Stealing In Essex.
The Times, 1824-01-05T00:00:00

Sarzto CZsare , the pirsonauisnpcte4 of- did ntzsntb -19 bu a wornan vd coyvecyiri the saghe fUom Litoleir d eaL T ahe v iti whFcyismob m.1aa4 )ir f'anielidere it WiA foirma wt s brottuglrt of b~r.W.a?ws.nTedy andudepen a ' fiu4 enwi.' YItOtLv'6ui'to his cohm4ital. The pnlsoner's p Iadana otheir. chiirchyards yavwn2 and graies gIVe up. their'deaV?' 'The vigilantz whichis obsrtved in aud'wiouln& the detropo is'for the protectionfto bUiiial.rounds, has driven the dealers in hbman fiesh.to the countryv for subjects, the dem and for. which has, b e are mTdtuel -ofi ai ,much increased, from. the cIcmstancbtbdtthd e ri.e -whiich the pri. soner stanis'charged'with' ihai lately in F`ince been Mtid'eO-'pthil off'enee, nd is punishei ithid6ath.. We domnotassert,this as ofour own knowledge. we merely tepoit'whiat iwe lhve beard itr the con- versationofrespectable pers,at,'whohad addehat a greater demand consequently now exists, and that ntmerous skeletons are at this tine exported from Envgland to France, The following'circunistp.nCe9dt. tefided the apprehension1of the piisoner :-About five o'clock on Friday mrooing, a cart with. a horse was discovered by C. Rogers, of Fairsted, tiy to a tree withinside a -field which ajoins the great roaid on this side the tutpike at uittle ,eght, and near to a foot. path wich leads to Feisted. The circumstance of the cArt being witlinside the fi:ld, apd no person aupearin to claim it,b.induced Aogrskto take anietin toasthe tia t tie bis to eoaite ittth Rn er to ake t tothe urnike, Whec,ehaving consulted Mur. Re wood who collects the tol, it was concluded that the horeasetd ca;t should be taeini to the Castle public-house, with an order that they shoald not be 4ellvere4 to anv person unler they. gave a Rood account of themselves. About tw6haurs a?ler, thepsisoner, without making any inquiry, at the turpike, went to the Castle to ask. for the horse and cart; and after stating that it containecd an umbrella, a pair of pantaloons, and fond for horse and man, the accuracy. of the description induced Mlr. Crisp to give up-thebag tbprsie telint hti at the same timne, that he had got : wiharsyerh nignht by strewed over witl! earthps oThe ipsin drrm night byi drinking ale and eating toast; th*he tied his horse to a trea in the field, and laid himself down to sleep thatwhen he awoke hninissed his horse and car The prioner paidfor &c., and b tarted, ahe said, for BrainCree, where he was met by erer. ty, from Cavendish but instead oftht cus, aiwts route, he avoidQ the tum. ke naanr notezemfr road, anid was apprehended-at Broofied;hehadleft his horse andeart at Cottee's theb.a smith'2. sho,an wa rerehingbinselt' at the King's Anna public-house: in allproabiityhe nteded to have rehtirned for hIds booty at a season.- ablehour Robrt Booinfield, a blacksmith, reiding neer the turn., pik, fom urftit,- looked ro.und the spot where the c&rt iwns foun, ani inMr. ichardson's fieldI he first saw a shQVel ;. search, ingin i~ imoig' leld 4dioining, li fone upon wich ws pritedt'T rqta le;ters "1Urrv cybdml.' Bronil,tat eisatyuid i~wyt ~ Siios'a house, to acuithim wvit tecrusace, n.ortre ihhm Abouttwo reds from the place where tesc,&. a bn,lr Simmn aiseGvere4 ii a ditch theb&~dOrhuineg oaeq& parts were aloo visibleZ-.irhid np wrs,.ucftenglity strewed ove-r withi earth. The Ii iponpr;m0s mn was that murder hadb'ee comlte,ah,ql lre,h eu home for further as%sistance, when hi'scthli hog h hrh yard, be perceived that a grave had 'bendsub.Thmytr was thus unavelledj, and the body prove to be tao ona h wife of James Chenney, wfho was interred the previou udy n ths --ar resuest stiewasg ress= in qverat arucles orapp42el; t.esehnadbeenstripped from 'th' a'and 'reiund strereq about the church-yard. ihe depositiohs of the parties as o tfiese Thcte bein read over te he pnisoner, he *as asked whetherbeclainied the pisto s, which proved to'be deeply loaded with'powder and ball, or any of the other articles then exhibited, but he denied having an knowledge of them; he persisted in his former tale of hgvjr drunk too mueh beef and ate top much of the sop; but atwlat houeor in what parish, whether before lhe came to Chelmsford' or after he could nottell, the lrd4ladyheremwmbeTedtohave liad thresr@ns. she was very stout, and had ately been much indisposed I On the Wednesday week previouis, the prisoner aid aunother iuan were at the Castle, with a different horse and cart, where they left about seven o'clock in the evening; the cart the prisoner sad was not his, but belonged to the person who was with him-the name upon it was p.rove by ilr. Crisp tobe" W.Wickers, ralworth;"stipth ' persisted that be did not know the nams of his comp mnion, githough ne was with him bue a 'few weeks 'befoe'at Cav'endish, on a visit to Mr. Jay, who brought him (the prisoner) up in the dealingline. The man's name who was witlihini on that occasion, ho said; was not Phillips-neither was it Ben Frowt. A number of questions were put to the prisoner, to which ;he replied with great-caution. Ee re- collectel having beets in prison, but his elevation to the pillorv for liaving sold a glandered horse had escaped his memory. PbiUips and htmsehf boqght and sald any thing; he never had his house searched at Haggerstone-bridge. Thi1 was, however, known to he false, a letter from a police-officer in town havIng been ve- ceived, which spoke positively to the fact; it'gave the pri- soner hut an jndifgerent character; he annoyved the neighbouLr. hood much, his dealiRgs' being carrje4 on chiegy in the night. Tise following is a description- qf' the man, his horse, and cart:- he prisoner is about ive feet eight inches high, pale complexion, somewhatpitted of the small-pox, loose lght great coat, and when before the magistrates had on a smart pair of new top booLs. . The cart Is railed at top, with black elbows, the body painted green, bor- deredbl,rt~*; apron and dashing leatheri; wood- and leather sp#ngs. The sea?abppeara thsaye been altered, to jeudpr It tmot eosrmna. dious for t einside passegers, and rei4ins a strong fetid smelL The mare issvelbred,-is 15 handsahigb, two good eyes, black lega,mealy nose, dark brown colour, much rat-tailed, a gbod dea galled, and. high spirited. The harness is -brass-mounted, and the front qf the halter is also brass. The cart isof a descriptinii iupon ibhih 'the late titrnpikeact ddcs nqt require thenamcto he put. Il an -earlyipart of this detail, we bave stated the.prisoner a'nd-nothen manwey at the Castle the Wednesday week preceding; they left. that ^ening during a heavy shower of rain, and proceededAthroughAle turnpike. Broomfield recognszed the prisoneras being oneof tbi tnen on that occasion, having seen them at the Castle, andactsally. actuapaed them on the road towards the place where the;rart-was rast fond. These men did not escape suspici&- the.pe_ooi&ddeal d money, they bCoveverdrswk-Ut tunti em eses Upon lat)oc=. 5100, it nowv appears, the verlbrrued Timfrit:s-sxucegreat success. On the 4tn of December two persors were inteired, hi Little Leigh church-yard; the one a QeXale of the nanie of Knight, a married woman 33 years of age, of hut indiff'rent character, and who was known to be connected with much vice in this parish, asd therebymet a prematoreaeAti;shle wasbalfsisterto-ehennery'g wife, the name of the other waxAbrahasra lJaer, a l*ba- m- g 2 years of age. The graves where. ths'e t'o nersons wake iltosited presented very suspicious appearances, and on Wediesdai, at the request of the magistrates, a search was made, wkun the coffins were discovered to be empty, excepting the slrouds, which in both in- stances were-left behind. Clark is committed to take his trial at the Quarter Sessions. Joanna Chennery was a very fine young woman, and a profes- sional gentleman who saw the body, gave it as-his opinion, that it would have produced, in town, sixteen guineas. this is no proof, hiowever, that the Ongar blacksmith had a good bargain, when he purchased a live woman for ten shillings. A successful attempt, we are informed, has been made to rob the ural iround at Shelly, near Ongar; and about fifteen days since, ome of e trade began to open a grave in 'Grinstead church-yard, but being surprised by the husband of the person recently buried, whlo ad sat up for the purpose of protecting it from such depreda- don, the rcsurrecto.mn hastil reired, e g3 two great -coats ZOT4E4TBZlVG .14ZS gSRt