The Sun. — 1842-05-03 (London, England)

MATRICIDE AT MERTHYR. '• COMMITTAL OF THE MURDERER. ii:H.THYR, Aram 30.—Yesterday the accused, Richard Edwards' was brought up for examination before the Magistrates. The room in which the examination was taken and the street in front were completely crowded by the multitude, tad the prisoner, on being removed from the police-station, Pei saltited with loud yells from the populace. •The evidence which was given before the Coroner having een repeated, the following additional testimony was given: • Anne Williams, wife of Richard Williams, deposed that the I'rife• of- the prisoner came to her house the Saturday previous to the discovery of the murder. She said her husband h;old her to come, and that his mother was perfectly willing for omecome. Witness said she thougkt his mother was from ,as she had seen a cloak hanging over the window the Whole Friday, and the door shut all day, and that she had seen the prisoner peeping from the outside through the winbLwk;- he was pushing the cloak a little on one side through a h. en pane. Witness told him his wife had been leoking for anything winhim on the Saturday morning, and asked him if he had seen her Nis on.the Thursday °his Panther. The prisoner replied that he had seen wife night, and that she was gone from home. :months.himfor had not been iving with Gwenllian Jones proved her having seen the old woman alive on the 16th, which is two days later than was previously known. William Richards deposed to the prisoner's having beggep bit of bread of him on the Sunday after he absconod ; he maid he had not had a bit that day, and on being asked how it -wasano he was begging, he said that he had betn out of work two Chapel. he was single, and that he lodged near Dowlais Several other witnesses were examined, but their testimony vtas unimportant. The prisoner was asked if he had anything to say, at the saineer time being duly cautioned. He replied that he would lf,a.th make his statement then, and said ( in Welch) that on Monday morning I went to my mother's house. She had told tee that she was gointo Llanfabon on Friday, and would tjoaain till Saturday,morning. I asked Niary Treharne, ,ne next door neighbour, if she had seen any one looktidfor me, and when she had seen my mother ? She she had not seen my mother since yesterday evening; Athal my wife had been there on Saturday morning, and that her Zer.had turned her out of doors. She also told me, that my ife Was gone to Caer Drain, to a relation ; I went there after 'and asked her if she would come with me. She at first efUsed ;; but after a long conversation she consented, and we Zeft the house together about 7 o'clock in the evening. When egot to my mother's house there was no fire, and my wife rean right it, while I went into Evan Davis' o s shp. m'When ;returned; my wife was sitting in the corner ; she told emy dtrl other was under the'bed, dead. I said, " What did you say, ?",, She repeated what she had said. I went and looked, gotiquite distracted. Peggy took hold of me, and told dill to K. pacified, and I said, God, God, who has been here I,ng mother. We both of us pacified ourselves, and gen agreed,to say she was fr,im home. The sge next priGlamorganshire auslls.zes.soner was then fully committed to take his trial at