The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1867-04-05 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

THE SHOCKING MURDER OF' A WIFE NEAR CHAD WELL HEATH. An inquest was held on Saturday at the White Horse, Chadwell-heath, on Sarah Ann Bacon, a married women, aged at, whose husband had given himself up to the police on a charge of having murdered her. The police found the dead body of a woman lying on the right hand side of the Bernier& road, near Afark'agate, in a large pool of blood, and about one hundred yards from the body a knife covered with blood. Further evidences went to show that the accused had been married to deceased about fire yeare, and that she was the mother of two ehiliren, both girle, one akei three years and the other 13 month'. Whilst her husband went to work at Chelmeford she had ran him into debt some .P.. 5 althocos h his wages were only some ISe. or .£1 per week. On the morning of the olivine nee he name home and fonnd his wife had gone to Ilford to deliver up the key and clear out the house. It then came out that their goods had all been taken for rent. The itemised made an exclamation of deep indignation, and then cat down and cried, and said, "Oh, I have had enough to bear for this month pat, and this is the last." He then went upstairs and changed his trousers, and on coming dawn he said to a woman who was minding his children, " Which way do you think Sarah will come?" and on her replying she did not know, he said he would go Chadwell.heath, and he might meet her. He then kiseed his children, and eaid " Good bye," and she did not see him afterwards. It was further proved by a man named Edward Pepper, whom accused met, that he walked with him to the pnblie-honee by Mark's.gate, and they went in and bad a drink together, and while there he complained of his wife's conduot in getting him into debt, and said he would give any man se. who would out Ms head off. While they were drinking Bacon saw deceased coming up the void, arid he then said he wanted to have a word or two with her, and left, and accused and deceased went away together. He retutted in about a quarter of an hour and showed him hie hands and troweers smeared with blood, and said to Pepper, "Teddy. I give myself up, take me, I have killed my wife." Wimess replied, "Nonsense ! " And he said, "Look at the blood on my hands and my knee ! " Ile then went to the police. Corroborative evidence was produced. Verdict—. Wilful murder ageinet James Bacon," who was committed for trial on the coroner's warrant.  James Bacon, the agricultural labourer, who murdered his wife, Sarah Ann Bacon, by stabbing her in her throat, on Thursday afternoon, in the Romford high road near Chad well, was brought before the bench of magistrates, Mr. G. Fry, chairman, for final examination. The prisoner is a stupid-looking young man, and scarcely teemed to be fully conscious of his awful position. Mr Griffis appeared for the defence; and Mr. Inspector Nightingale, of the IC division of police, attended to conduct the case. The same witnesses were examined as were called at the coroner's inquest on Saturday, on view of the body of the murdered woman, when the jary returned a verdict of "Wilful murder" against the prisoner, and he was committed to Chelmsford gaol for trial at the next &mires. It appeared that the wretched man had threatened to take her life a few days previously to her terrible death, in consequence of her getting into debt unknown to him. Mr. Wright, surgeon, of Romford, said the wound on the left side of her throat just under the ear was a fearful out into the throat. She died from exhaustion, having bled to death. The prisoner was committed for trial.