The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1866-12-21 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

THE CARA'S BILL MURDER.  The young men who has been some time in custody because he confessed to having perpetrated the atrocious outrage and murder that was committed at earee-hill, near Newcaatle, in April 'nit, was brought up for trial at the Durham Assizea on Monday. It may be necessary to recall the eironmstauces of the horrible case. A little girl, named Sarah Melvin, five years of age, the child of a hawker arid his wife, who lived apart from each other, on the 13th of April last, going from her mother's home to where her father lived, in the suburbs of Newcastle, loot her way. It was in the evenieg and tartially dark, when arose, paseing along anarrow path at Carr's hill , found the chit t's body where it had been caat down on the way. Round her neck searing was tied tightly, which had suffocated her; her hands were bound together with a eimilar cord; and when the corpse was examined it became manifest that the child bad been horribly outraged and wounded before her death. The police oould not discover the murderer, and justice was for seine timo at fault, although Government offered a reward of £lOO to whoever could detest the perpetrator of the crime. At thie juncture a young man named Cuthbert Itodharn Carr, 18 years of age, the son of a respectable man, living close to where the body had been discovered, gave himself up to the police, confessing that he had mordeled the child. He had taken her in his acme to a loft belonging to his father, and having there committed the crime, carried the body and left it where it was discovered. He was always looked upon by his family as weak in intellect, but bad notwithstanding been at one time seen, ebbed by hie father to work at a glass factory. When he was placed in the dock en Monday, en being asked to plead, he said, in a clear and distinct voice, '' I am guilty." The Judge (Mr. Jll,tiee Lush) imp:tired if the prisoner knew what it wee he wise pleading to After his counsel and solicitor had spoken with him, Carr said that he would continue to pldad guilty unless his father apologised to him for having bound him to work in the glassworks. Judge: Are you aware that if yon pe slat in that plea I will sentence you to be hanged Prisoner, I plead guilty null, and will take all the consequesees thereof. Judges Do you know that you will be hanged:if yea persist in that plea? Prisoner: I cannot act against my conscience, however it may be with me. His father approached the dock and conferred with him, after which he said he would plead not guilty on the condition he had formerly stated. The jury were empanelled to decide whether he was fit to plead at all. Dr. Robert Smith, of Sedgfield 14111111SIO Asylum, and Dr. Shaw, surgeon to Durham Gaol, testified that the prisoner was not, in their estimation, fit to plead, and the jury found a verdict accordingly. Tae Judge: Let the primmer be kept in grid custody till her Majesty's pleasure is known.  Strange Life and Death of a Law-writer:— Oa Tuesday morning an inquest was hold 111 Bricklane, Spite Wields, on the body of Mr. Elrington Limmir g, aged 67 years. The deer mod was a law-writer, employed at Weterlow's' and he lived in the top room of No. 8, Church•street, Bpitaltielde. For the 16 years past during which he lodged there he never showed anyone to enter his apartment, and it was never once cleaned out. On Saturday night last his nephew had the door forced open, and deceased wee found dead, his head resting on • piece of wood on hie bedstead. The room had been originally well furnished, a piano occupying one side of it; bat heaps of rubbisb and dirt wem piled all around. The ashes reached over the hobs cf the grate, and tbe ceiling was perfectly blacken.-d with soot. Deceased died from long.staneing oonsumption, accelerated by the condition in which be lived, and the jury returned a verdict to that effect.