The Sun. — 1847-10-25 (London, England)

GRAVESEND. GRAVESEND, OCT. 23.—William Wilson was op •ain brought up before the Magistrates at eleven o' c/ ock this morning, when further evidence in respe cl,`. to the charge of his having caused the death of hi!: reputed wife was gone into. The miserable man was apparently in a deeper state of dejection of mind,, and evidently labouring under greater physical debility than during the previous examinations before the bench into this certainly doubtful case, in so f as the immediate cause of the death of the unforti u late woman is involved.  Police-constable Lewis, who had not been previously examined, either before the coroner or n is gistrates, now deposed that between two and tl iree o'clock on Wednesday, when on duty in the sta ti onhouse the witness, Elizabeth Rose, came to him and told him that there was a woman killed by her 7 husband in a house in New-court, to which he ii n mediately proceeded, and on going in he saw the pri. sc .ner in a room on the ground floor, sitting on a chair and alone, but he did not know then that be was the alleged murderer of his wife. Witness stood at the d oor, and John Bridal, the prisoner's landlord, cam e in, and pointing to the prisoner, said, " That is the 7 man who killed the woman." At that moment Mr. E .undens, the doctor, came in and went up stairs, wh et a he (witness) took the prisoner into custody and foil o wed the doctor up stairs. The prisoner sat down iin a chair, and the doctor, after feeling the pulse of deceased, told the witness that she was dead. Will:,ness upon this said to the prisoner, " You must come with me, you are my prisoner." The prisoner fell fro rt L the chair on the floor, and continued in a fit and i n sensible for about three minutes. When he reco v ered Bridal said to him, " Oh, Wilson, what have you done ?" Prisoner replied, "Oh, Bridal, lamal- te artbroken, ruined man." Prisoner appeared to wi t ness to be in great mental agony. On the way to the station-house prisoner told Bridal, who was sup orting him by the arm, to let him "walk by himself ' i vith the policeman" (witness), and then said that th ,e deceased, whose name was Mary Ann Pewter, w as not his wife. He made no statement whatever resp ec ting her death, or the cause of it, to witness. The prisoner, who during the delivery of the i fore• going evidence seemed to be greatly agitate I, was asked by the Mayor if he wished to ask the v 6,tness any question ? but he declined either doing so, or, as the eviLknee was now closed, saying anything. Mr. Oakes (after some consultation with the Itt ayor and the other four mQgistrates present) said, t at he was of opinion that the death of the deceased r rsulted from the violence used towards her by the pri ironer; that, although a charge of murder could not I e; susttaeinne to in ( sustained, bas it notdi:ir.oak appear that the prisoner h Ed inLddtotakevaewacye b thee woman's life, yet it WL evidentes) didt h abte dh ies eiorugl ide gn ob ti,s da futtey as r hearing the evidence a magistrate if he did not send the case as on, 3 of marrnbsleaupgrhistoenretrowaajsurtybefnor committedtria for trial at the next assizes for the county of Kent on the charge of manslaughter. All the witnesses were bound in heavy person 4  recognizances to appear and give evidence at the trial.  The court was again this day densely crowded to hear the decision of the magistrates, as a report bad been circulated that the prisoner would be discharged, the inquest jury having given a verdict tantamount to a declaration that they were of opinion that the death of the woman was the result of natural causes.