The Sun. — 1850-04-11 (London, England)

BRUTAL MURDER IN SUFFOLK. SUDBURY, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10.—The trates of this borough were engaged until a late hour last night in investigating a charge of murder, which, for its cold-blooded atrocity, has not been equalled in this county for some years past. The accused is John Agar, and the victim of his brutality Charles Piper. The following evidence was adduced :  John Downes said he was in the club-room, at Ballingdon, on the evening of Saturday week. Charles Piper, the deceased, came into the room at about eleven o'clock. Witness, the deceased, and two persons named Constable and Elliston drank together. The prisoner, Robert Howard, and Henry Ginn came in at about twenty minutes to twelve. Several girls came in at the same time. At about a quarter to twelve they all left the house together. Witness saw Piper walking with Emma Cranfield, he had his arm over her shoulder. They went up the Bulmerhill, at some distance. When they were going down the hill witness heard the prisoner say, " Charles Piper, you shall go but a little further." Deceased asked him why? The prisoner then turned round and made a butt with his right hand at the lower part of the body of the deceased, at the same time saying, " That's why." Ile then made a second poke, but witness did not see what he had in his hand. Deceased immediately fell down, exclaiming " Oh my body ! oh my body ! I have a pain within me." He said nothing more. The prisoner then turned round to George Golding, one of the party, who ran away, and the prisoner ran after him, but did not get near him to strike him. William Piper, the deceased's brother, came up, and said " What's amiss ?" The. prisoner replied, " We will soon let you know, we serve you worse than I did your brother." The prisoner then made a thrust at William Piper, at the lower part of his body. Piper ran back, and the prisoner made a thrust at his thigh. When we got some distance down the road witness heard Elliston say to the prisoner, " We want that knife you stabbed the young man with." The prisoner said he had not got one. Other witnesses confirmed the above evidence. Mr. Mason, the surgeon, was then examined, and gave his opinion that death i resulted from a stab. The wound was about 11 inches long, two inches above the navel, and the omentum was protruding from the wound.  Several other witnesses were examined, after which the magistrates fully committed the prisoner to take his trial at the ensuing assizes for the wilful murder of Charles Piper.  „,, [ADVERTISEMENT,' —1 ne best Medicine for Complaints incidental to Females are Holloway's Pills.—Mrs. Talbot, of Mitcham, informs Professor Holloway that she considers it her bounden duty to acknowledge the astonishing benefit she has derived from taking his pills. At the age of forty-five she began to suffer from a general derangement of the system, langour, swoollen legs, and other ailments incident to females; and notwithstanding the most careful attention to the advice of eminent physicians, her weakness and debility continued to increase until she adopted another course, and took Holloway's Pills, and this inestimable medicine has restored her to a soundness of health and buoyancy of spirits which Os bad tot enjoyed for some years.—Sold by all Druggists, and Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand Lousiest.