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

THE ALLEGED MURDER AT  GRAVESEND.  GRAVESEND, OCT. 23.—William Wilson was again brought up before the Magistrates at eleven o'clock this morning, when further evidence in respect to the charge of his having caused the death of his 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 far as the immediate cause of the death of the unfortunate woman is involved.  Police-constable Lewis, who had not been previously examined, either before the coroner or magistrates, now deposed that between two and three o'clock on Wednesday., when on duty in the stationhouse the witness, Elizabeth Rose, carne to him and told him that there was a woman killed by her husband in a house in New-court, to which he immediately proceeded, and on going in he saw the prisoner in a room on the ground floor, sitting on a chair and alone, hut he did not know then that he was the alleged murderer of his wife. Witness stood at the door, and John Bridal, the prisoner's landlord, came in, and pointing to the prisoner, said, " That is the man who killed the woman." At that moment Mr. Saunders, the doctor, came in and went up stairs, when he (witness) took the prisoner into custody and followed the doctor up stairs. The prisoner sat down on a chair, and the doctor, after feeling the pulse of deceased, told the witness that she was dead. Witness upon this said to the prisoner, " You must come with me, you are my prisoner." the prisoner fell from the chair on the floor, and continued in a fit and insensible for about three minutes. When he recovered Bridal said to him, " Oh, Wilson, what have you done ?" Prisoner replied, "Oh, Bridal, lam a heartbroken, ruined man." Prisoner appeared to witness to be in great mental agony. On the way to the station-house prisoner told Bridal, who was supporting him by the arm, tolet him "walk by himself with the policeman" (witness), and then said that the deceased, whose name was Mary Ann Pewter, was not (hinhl eeiaans manslaughter .swife.oauh lie made no statement whatever respecting her death, or the cause of it, to witness. The prisoner, who during the delivery of the fore • going evidence seemed to be greatly agitated, was asked by the Mayor if he wished to ask the witness any question ? but he declined either doing so, or, as the evidence was now closed, saying anything. Mr. Oakes (after some consultation with the Mayor and the other four magistrates present) said, that he was of opinion that the death of the deceased resulted from the violence used towards her by the prisoner ; that, although a charge of murder could not be sustained, as it did not appear that the prisoner had intended to take away the woman's life, yet it was evihrnter(l‘toira. jOurakefso) that he would not, after as aring the. evidence be did, be discharging his duty magistrate if he did not send the case as one of ixent on the charge of The prisoner was Jaen trial.t. next assizes for the countycommitted for trial at the manslaughter. All the witnesses were bound in heavy Personal