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enence 3 advice tdge by Helenalermun ijr for )03Lti011 its for place, island ratnall, d down j forth-as, but or them the fort tnd sea s army he illu-e light-:s place om thesterday0 a uan-xoitatiou Forty greater be re-lid SUC-)tton is r be re-s being it some rs com-3e into enemy, he cotin our very far1 manu-? result ell, par-d. You orthern inion of e action ; to thenoisy as ever, ana v asmngton a scene or unusual brilliancy. War as yet has shown those away from the scene of warfare but few of its horrors.THE MURDER OF A GAMEKEEPER AT DITCH LEY,Chablbuky, Dec. 26.—To-day the adjourned examination of the prisoner John Hall, charged with the murder of Lord Dillon’s gamekeeper, Moulder, Jft the of Thursday last, took place here.She facts this fatal encounter were briefly narrated last day, when it was stated that, whileMoulding was watching, with another keeper named Curtis, in Ditcliley - wood, they encountered two poachers, one of whom, said to be the prisoner Hall, j turned upon the keepers* and, firing his gun at them, j shot Moulder through the body, causing instantaneous j death. The inquest was resumed and concluded to-day, i when the evidence connecting the prisoner with the I crime was formally completed.J The principal witnesses were the gamekeeper Curtis,| and the prisoner's accomplice, Tuckey, wiio was ad-i mitted as evidence.j Curtis deposed : I am keeper for Lord Dillon. On | Thursday last I was out watching with the deceased in I Shears-copse. About one o’clock ia the morning j we heard persons in the wood, and went towards 1 the spot where we heard the footsteps. We saw ! two men cross a drive in the wood. We followed j them quietly. When within about ten or eleven yards | the man who was furthest off turned round, raised his gun to his shoulder, and tired. Stephen Moulder dropped down- immediately. I was about a yard from him. He was a little in advance of me on my ri»ht side. Neither I nor the poachers had then spoken. Moulder appeared to die directly. The man who fired ran away immediately. As soon as Moulder dropped I ran and seized the other man ; it was John Tuckey. When I had hold of him he cried out, u Mate I mate V* 1 took him to the shepherd's house, and, while going there, he said to me, “ 1 don’t think my butty meant shooting him. ” Tuckey did not resist much when taken. When the man fired I thought it was John Hall.John Tuckey deposed : John Hall and I were out poaching on Thursday night, the Oth inst,, and Friday morning. We went to Shears-copse. Hall had a gun, which I saw loaded. The birds were flying about, when I saw Hall suddenly turn round and fire his gun, and immediately after I was collared by the gamekeeper and knocked down. Hall was about five yards in advance of me when he fired. The keeper, Moulder, was behind me, and the shots passed me. I had not heard if any one was near, as I am deaf. I did not know what he shot at. The gun produced is the one Hall shot with. He ran away and jumped over a gate.Footmarks of the prisoner were traced from the gate over which Hall leaped towards Charlbury, and those footmarks were found to correspond with the prisoner** shoes, distinct impressions being left ou the soil.The surgeon who examined the deceased found sixty-two shots in the body, and eight were lodged in the heart itself.Other evidence was given, clearly identifying theErisoner. The prisoner was also heard to say in a publh*-ouse, the night before the murder, that he should not mind shooting a man.The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of wilful murder against John Hall, and he was accordingly committed to Oxford gaol.Mb. W. E. Forster, M.P.—This gentleman
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Evening Star and Dial
London, Middlesex, GB
Fri, Dec 27, 1861
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