The preacher who saw Charlotte Dymond and Matthew Weeks on the moor was Reverend William B. J. H. Houghton. He encountered the couple in 1844, shortly before Dymond's tragic death. Houghton later testified about their interaction, which raised suspicions surrounding Weeks, ultimately leading to his arrest and trial for Dymond's murder. The case garnered significant attention and remains a notable part of local folklore in Cornwall.
Charlotte Dymond was murdered on Sunday the 14th of April 1844. Mathew Weeks was accused of her murder and later hung at bodmin goal for the crime although there is speculation as to whether Mathew was the real killer. Every year on the anniversary of her death, people head to rough tor in the hope of seeing her ghost, who has been spotted in the area on several occasions.
Charlotte Dymond's prospective employer in Blisland was named Matthew Weeks.
There is no hangman character in the ballad "Charlotte Dymond." The ballad tells the story of the murder of Charlotte Dymond by her boyfriend, Matthew Weeks, but it does not mention a hangman. Matthew was actually executed by hanging for his crime.
The judge for the Charlotte Dymond murder case was Sir George Rooke. He presided over the trial of Matthew Weeks, who was accused and subsequently convicted of Charlotte Dymond's murder in 1844.
She was murdered by her boyfriend, Matthew Weeks,when they were going out.
i think he was 22
well it was Mattew weeks because he admitted to it.
matthew weeks was engaged to charlotte dymond but he was also accuesed of murdering her and was ater hung
He was hanged because he was supposedly guilty of murdering Charlotte Dymond
After Charlotte Dymond told Matthew Weeks on Bodmin Moor that she loved another, he made and 8 1/2 inch slither neck with an old-fashioned razor. x
Matthew weeks was hanged at bodmin jail after staying in jail for being found guilty for charlotte dymond's murder.
It's about a servant named Charlotte Dymond, who went out with her boyfriend Matthew Weeks And how he murdered her because she loved someone else He was hung for his crime later It's a story about love, betrayal and blood I'm doing it as an English homework, very beautiful yet sad