The Sun. — 1862-11-27 (London, England)

MURDER OF A POLICEMAN.  HALESWORTH, SUFFOLK, WEDNESDAY. Yesterday great excitement was caused in this town from the tact that since that morning a policeman had disappeared, and was supp9sed to have been murdered, and the same evening the body was found, death evidently having resulted from foul play. It seems that the murdered officer,Ebenezor Tye, who is about 22 years of age, went on duty as usual on Monday night, and the last time be is known to have been seen alive was about 4 o'clock on Tuesday morning, when he was spoken to by a brother officer. His'beat was in the town of Halesworth. As he did not report himself as usual on Tuesday, at the police-station, a search was made, which resulted in the finding of the body in a shallow stream which runs through the town. The poor man was lying on his back, with his bands in front of him as if when he died he had been endeavouring to force back some person with whom he was struggling. Close by were his handcuffs and his hat, whilst his staff was found in the osier ground which bordered the stream.  A man named John Ducker has been apprehended charged with the murder, and also a man named Stephen Warren, and the wife of the latter. The facts against Ducker seem to be these. That about 6 o'clock on Tuesday morning the deceased and  ucker were beard by a woman who was going out washing scuffling at the corner of a court called Clark's-buildings, which leads from Chediston -street to the stream where the body was found. It is known that the deceased was watching Ducker, who bears a very bad character, and from a truss of hay found in Ducker's house, which is situate in Clark's•buildings, it is supposed that the deceased stopped Ducker and endeavoured to search him; that Ducker made off, ran through the water, and Tye catching him in the osier ground they had a struggle there. Then it is thought Ducker succeeded 10 breakiug fiuui the deceased and ran into the water, where Tye followed him, and after a further scuffle Tye was knocked down and held under the water until he was dead. The face of the deceased bears marks of many blows, but none which would seem of sufficient violence to cause death. Ducker is more punished than the deceased. He is a man between 6J and 70 years of age, but of great strength.  About twelvemonths since the deceased received very severe injuries when endeavouring to secure two men who were committing a felony. An in is to be opened to-night.  ANOTHER FAILURE OF THE NETV POACHING ACf.  At the Keele Petty Sessions on Tuesday three well-known poachers, named Thos. Parton, Wm. Leyton, and Joseph Williams, were charged before Mr. T. F. Twemlow, the Rev. C. H. Mainwaring, and Mr. F. S. Broade, with being unlawfully in possession of game. About six o'clock on the morning of Nov. 19, Police-officers Bradshaw, Taylor, and Rushton, of the county force, were on duty in the turnpike road at Seabridge, and met the defendants, whom they stopped and searched. They found on Parton a bag with nine rabbits and a hare; on Williams seven rabbits, a hare, a net, and a quan tits of pegs; on Leighton eight rabbits, a hare, and a net. The nets were damp, and the sharp ends of the pegs were damp and dirty, us if just used. On the following day Bradshaw, accompanied by a gamekeeper of Mr. Davenport, of the Maer, went round the covers of the estate, and in one of the fields found a number of peg holes, and the soil of the field was of a similar nature to the dirt on the pegs found on the prisoner Williams. The facts of the cases (each prisoner being tried separately), having been brought out in evidence, _ _  Mr. Twemlow said it a conviction could take place on suspicion, of course the magistrates could have no doubt in this case, but they were bound by the act of Parliament, and it certainly seemed to him that the evidence was not sufficient to show that the prisoners came into possession of the game unlawfully, though there was no moral doubt of it. Therefore, as far as he was concerned, he should decline to convict.  Mr. Mainwaring said he had little doubt about the case being clearly proved against the prisoners, and he could not concur with Mr. Twemlow's remarks.  Mr. Broade, not having heard the whole of the first case, aeclined to take any part in the adjudication, and it requiring two magistrates to convict, the prisoners were discharged.—Birmingham Post.