The Sun. — 1828-11-10 (London, England)

HORRIBLE MURDER OF A BOY.  (Frena the Suffolk Chronicle of Saturday.)  It is our painful duty to record another horrible murder which has this week disgraced the western part of this county. It was perpetrated at Milder), the adjoining village to Monks' Eleigh, and within the distance of seven or eight miles froM Polstead, the scene of Corder's diabolical murder of Maria Marten. Last Tuesday morning, about nine o'clock, the body of a little boy, between nine and ten yearS of age, in the service of Mr. William Woodgate, farmer, was found in a field some distance from the_ house, with his throat cut, and quite deal. The body was removed to the church, and an inquest was held that afternoon, before J. WaiAnan, gent., Coroner. The following are the facts then deposed to, as nearly as we could learn : William Woodgate, jun., saw the deceased (George Ansel') about six o'clock on the morning of Tuesday, attd he ordered him to go and fetch up the cows, which were in a field some distance from the house. The deceased immediately went, and he did not see him again afterwards; the morning was very foggy. A considerable time having elapsed, and the boy not returning, Mr. Woodgate's. father inquired if the boy had been sent for the cows as usual, and on his son's answering in the affirmative, Mr. Woodgate, sen., went down the fields in the direction in which the boy had been sent, and is going across a field called Little Bloomfields he discovered the body lying weltering in blood. The deceased had evidently walked some distance after the horrid act had been committed, as marks of blood were visible on the ground for the space of sixty or seventy yards from the spot where the body was found. The body was just.warm when it was. first discovered. Suspieion fell on a person named CieeTe Partridge, who was also in the employment of Mr. Woodgate, and who had been hatdming in a field the day previous to the murder, but had not been seen at his work on the day on which the murder was committed.  The inquest was adjourned until Thursday morning. Constables were sent in search of Partridge, and they took him about fire o'clock in the afternoon, on the road from Preston, in the direction of his father's house at Monks' Elcigh, where healso resided. He With taken to the Lion, at Monks' Eleigh, and, on searching him, a large clasp-knife was found in:his pocket, with marks of blood visible on the blade, and also three finger-marks on the handle. His slop also had marks of blood on it, especially one large spot on the left breast.----(The knife was a large clasp one, with a white handle, and a blade shaped like a razor.)—He was detained at the he was visited by the Rector of Tilden two or public-house that night. On the following day three times.  The Jury,assembledagaiu on Thursday morn!(1 gr,viart. the‘o(o:l(titgl ract buthosuo:::on a f,treirilevarpdrsi saodnj oerurlnveads soon after conducted into the room. After it,lemendetapioesnit,ioi,,n.hoitc'htlriee lated principally Ids. et o te se nhadp. prehension of Partridge, and the circumstances connected with it, the Rev. Mr. Haiiward was called on to give evidence. It has been stated, that during the time Partridge was detained at the public house he was visited by this gemtleman. Previous to the oath being administered to him, a long conversation took place between Mr. H. and the Coroner, the former contending his information was obtained under a promise that he would not divulge it without the permission of the party who ,ave.it ; and the latter, that it was his (the Coroner's) duty to obtain all the inforillation in his power relative to the cause of the death of the deceased. Mr. Hallward then requested permission to withdraw into another room with the prisoner. This was granted, and ,the)' were accompanied by the Rev. Gee Smith, , magistrate, who was present during the whole investigation on Thursday. On their return into the jury-room Mr. H—Baid he could not obtain permission of the prisoner to divulge what had