The Sun. — London, England, 1816-09-21 00:00:00

OLD BA I LEY. - , TRIAL OP 'JAMES TUCK, FOlt rift:ll..Dr.ft. Yesterday came on the trial of slentesfruck, la ail "-lord of 'the Bald-laced Stag public-,hone, nt En. . . 'field-chase, near Barnet., 'for the wilful nnirder of •John Draper, summoning Odicer bf the Court of Ittquests of Enfield, on the Sth of Augnst 'Front the Tong-continued,examinations.at the po lice otllce, and the. mystery still smiled to lvin g over the case, even when the commitment of the prisoner took place, the nublic interest was strougly excited. The Court Was crowded in every' parr soon' after 8 o'clock. 'On the Bench w e observ-, ed die Duke of Sussax, Lord MoiTtiottT., Lord YA*MOUTEI,am) several ,ot her chare'eteri of rank. The galleries and the body of thi . COnrt were thronged 'With elegaritly.;dressed siqnsien: Indeed, so strongly was . female . curiosity excited ou 016 ocosion., that several ladies were content to stfi'lid' l in the ,duck, within two or three feet of the pl'i-• soner. The yard in front. of the Justice-liall was flied with an anxion.s _multitude. So great was the_ inconvenience when the trial commenced; iii consequence of the sfepi being 'crowded, which prevented the witnesses, who had previously been ordered mit ' of Court, .front gaining-adadsbion, when called on. .without intick difficulty, that it was..foond necessary to emplay'a posse Of con stables to clear a passage ; which, after a Ilsirtk stroggie, they 'effected. Each side of the Old Bailey, almost to the end of the street, was filled with crnwds of persons. Soon oiler nine o'clock, the Ittconnktt having arrived in Court, Tuck was placed at the entraoce. of the•dock. He.is.a othielje loan,: his fea tures are toad and intelligpt. 'He was th'ested In a drab-coloured froek-coat, .bliff waistcoat, white cord smaliclothes, and drab.' gaiters. 'Br- . ing extremely lame, 11e Was itidillged with a during.,.bielrial. Ile was generally yernoldicd tor bear a strong resemblance to Mr,llitshis;on. Stret..rot4; tho , Cltrk of Atraigns, read i • tho•twontlictments -the, ; ptiOner. The fro., 0601 charged him ss-Vib•trie murder of Jo h n Draper, coutairied'l‘Vo.couuts: One' set forth therprisoner beaten tbe , .(leceased abebtallic'henti and neck . I,lantin, thertby inflicting' wounds and bruises. ‘,4tich . liad occlsioned death. , The oilier . stated:tiVitt prisoner. with his two hawk hall thrown ceisedkinickii certain Well', and. Caused lei's death by suffocation and drowning. Thy second hi tlicttnentcharged the. prisoner -with telonionSly. taking from the person of 1 1 . A.,:v.1).„ r er ?two 11. of:England Uotes,:lai property:: Pt) 'both inaietments the prisoner, in -an-,-atidible:s;oiee, pleAded " Not Guilty;" and tllC . rtilEQMEtr l y tillll3. of" you be tried I"lotVing; bee n . askedi, be , tittered the 'usual reepoifse. ! '' 4 ..llfOnd atattreonntryl" ir, a very bold and firm Manner.' Mr. Baron ChWIAST, Mr. Jmitice Ifin:Itov0;• and Mi..,)usticse lfuttatiouit arrived at ten (veto& when the prisoner Wliv illlllloii/Itlyptli tQ the bay, end die trial proceeded. The pleadings . were opened by Mr, WAL,P,ORD. end the eeseltated by Mr. .A rimtnw.s. • • Mr. Awninttyth, in addresbing the Jiiry, laid be- Yore•them a pretty full.'ontline,nf 'tWgreat body' of evidence already published in the examinations' before the Magistrates, and again detailed in the present tt'M. .He wegt - over. the transocthm , f the deceased on. the morning of the Bth--;--wlltit tappened ,in Tuck's , : honse in the evening--311(1 what occurred on the foliowing morning, • Friffil the situation 'Of the well' where the. deceased I,vuT. lround—from . it; distance from the road the de- ‘ ceased would ma welly take--troth the elvvated 'position of it's month--froth a fence . surruntiding' it, and sticks placed rarer it, rendering it altnot4 ikpossible that it person4oold fall in by accithmt '.,the conclusion was.almost irrebibtible, that vio lence bad been , einployesl'agaNst the deceased'. This conclusion was strengthened by the Cons idera. tint) of the posture in, whieh the body was found,-- lt Abend standing upright, Sul not of course ib the natural .posture of a .persou who had ill. Add to this, the blows Auto& on the tie- Ceated'S'head amtneck, which had not been oe• th4ioneti by any thing that.oecorred in the course of the evening, and could:not have been caused by the cireinnstance. , of the fall, had it happened accidentally. even..allowing that • the well bad been. differently pfeeed-o-,allowing that it was iditfe..rettayconstructedaboat the 11101011,411d1)either guarded bra fence or cross sticks r . —allowing even that the posture in whiels . the body wag found was quite nonfat- fat a person' who lm ut accidentally Mien in, anti that there were .110 to toss ofy . ;iii? - Ince upon it ; what, he would ask, bad become of the deceased's property on the following awn cog; and what Ike Inference, to which its abstrae• Lion led if It t‘qs certain he had property . to .a large amount in his poiseasion when he cane to .. . 1114 prisoner's house, its ht his hail intoxicated c(widition lie' was proud of declaring.. the extent +ot his 'coltd:ctior , p . d ; exhibiting them us his own, Rind , none looncl on his person next mortsitiv; The ftt ItScr must have been aware (if , thtrY protaiktrr fit;, the.--tisatta . of, the.. de. ietaseit ; and: it .Was strango'lhat between. seven, sp'clocle-in the. motning,,wlien he was taken out. sit thioNeelL and nine,: Avhen his non and brother arrived, the prisoner matte no inquiry about, its: recovery, .its loss, 'or , the manlier in which it was disposed 0f.,.-Af- it mureler:witsllins otabliiiied,' ins helseileVeil it would. appear by the evitlenceof -the .witieises,. theetuest ion then occurred, bywhont. - Anis it , cofitmitteil ? r anti in. v s bat way was the.vio-- 'Jenne effected i ife admitted tliiit', but' foe one or .two circumstances,' Se.verel tit tile numerous per sons who were in Deeper's otirrtritittrosi:the night when he Was mitrdered, migitiltwee - been suspect ed with',Os grod reason, as the pikenier, •g ver ,,i' vf , .the uf wonid be Srought aCWitnesleS s •and the prisoner.wonld lave.an opportunity at , examining, them, with the view of throwing the guilt oil himself upon them. But what particularly - brought home the charge. to, the prisoner, 'and tiktingok hot hint in this respect from the guest's est his house - , mils, that part'nf the property known'to be op Draper - when he wits Murdered On the Sth was paid „ :-. awa y :br, ,. tiis . p'rianiter, next.morning► in discharge of a debt to his brewer, without any account being .rendered of the way in which it conlel innocently titimc into his possession. l'here were two notes MCMllleti xs tieing given ca .Draper, and , paid by Tuck to Ida brewer about 8 o'clock sitorsulot! Ott he 9th. The fi rst oftise notes had iftetitt tuber anii,Aysnimarked Yittt the Ogures,;il), and the letterAotithe back t The other' was numbered I3j:112 - , and 'eras 'matted with the letters 1. B. With regard to the former", there.deasid Ise. no doubt3haup.rapsy bad it 011 the *forenoon of tb's tithostol bad uot parted with 't t ill be tame . to:tike Itousetsf the prisoner ; and ItterViVirs reason to Aieliete the . same of the' larter, although, it having been . received on th e lOth of July front Mrs. Street (who would identify it), it MIS Witty 'possible that it nti 4 ht have passed, from the deceased ln. the interval between that. and the Bth of Auguhtt .and have tome luto the hands of the prisoner , in the-way of ,business., It was a rule that, when' property belonging to a person from whom it had hen taken by violet ce was found iil.she possession of Huai:llyr party, the Lifter was presenter!: t o b e of the rubbery till lie. proved how he.inoo,.. erntly came by it. In. all hislong examinations Before the magistrate (protracted by the anxious desire'of the magistrate: to do justice to all par ties)' the tticonernevcr mentioned how lie got the notes ill:questivn. He dill not ascii any that he received either of •them from the Accused in . payment or the liquor with which lit, was sup plied .; and the Leat'ned Coun,el allOWed • that it , wes :something in favour of 'nick that he did. not tesoltlor his defence to an expedient so naturally , ttggested, or so easily invented:, It was *mitt bent upon hint, ilowEVer, to show bow he .Carne by property,surrdnoded - with such suspicion, and apparently, acquired by' so great a . crinwas the murder of its owner. Ile would, not trouble the Jury with' ilerribinolic importance of the case, - of which they Were aware; or •bespeak their patiebt attentintrtn the ovidente,o6o)ich he was ti*Stired ; bt4t would proceed to call the wititelies . fOr.the,prOtiCalltiOnitttill jeitve,the whole.to.rlsent; under the direction-of the. Learned Judge.. rticha rtl*Thomas,. being sworn, said; he is -•a sehoohn,aster; 4itil,fii,epi . st,school' at Bawer; anti was.aceitstomedsto iteCompany the deceased in 01 7 leetlpg',4lelitri; Abottriralflast tetro'clockoni Thursday niurititi, iliti Bth instant, the deceased,' who' Was statialositlprollicer fur the County Court, hiltl hi 'Enfield; cisme tO witness, •to. invite him 10 llCV)ntratiOiialip:put some executions into fOrce, :owl „le out' the defetultno:4 •to him ;. witmess, iteefttnpsenied hires , AA they Met one. Oldie 411011. named D:suiel Chappel,Whoto they arrested for a i l o bt anal e4,4ts of 21,...„1,85.. ; they too ! kihint lei the sign' of rise R6bittilontl- and Little john ; at Pottex's-liaroAttettle the.detendant sent tor Mr,.lttsyttohN,' his Attorney, to Sofia the . debt ; Mr. Reynold's . came, and pahl the debt for him in three It. !tote's, and the deceased gave hint Is. 341, in change out of them. The deceased polled out a little Ted .ptieket•timik, eontainin a large roll of Bank Notcu, iil order to taut the * three pound notes to them. • Mr, Reynolds remarked tot he &ceased that' he was ,- surprised he was not afraid to cat ry such- a quantity-of, Bank Notes about is th..; deCliaNt•el said-he always did so, and then put- t'ip his poeket-hoek. .Witneas aecompattiedAlte.dev ceased to the ‘Vltite Bear at Barnct,..aml earteill with him thereabout 10 ittintttts visit tieveuin the vu ening The decelsieti ita* not then eft hermrbes rir &sink ; and wits - 1 . 4.9S did not bins aftirivarth,, until li e was tHitell up . drowned nut of, the well ; the prisoner, Tuck, having , called ne2ii•morning, witoess; ond loforined'hini - that 111 i ithaper not drowned, _ . . . .... . , . ir James Smith deposed, that . lie was a .hai r-ares, scr, and lodg.es now at No. 21, John-street ,-Edge ware-toad 4 ,thnt uhourseven o'clock iii'llie e'ven ingot Tiitirsday, the Bth lust ant , witness ealled in at 0 public.liottse, ill I.IIII7aCG tohall. tt.'phit ot porter; there he S,.tiv the dectitied,' 'lt ii a; iii' the house a (warier of an 'haur,bitftiTe liim?. - ...1irt;.. ,tier was at striinger to . hint. Alter remainifiga‘ont it:dines hour, witoess.,ttecompanied the - ere sell, io'anot her hoti4e,.wherethey had 'another pint . .of beer; Ow &ceased had a horse and cart, atid'pro mised to carry witness, who Was goinglo. Cite,. hunt,• while the &eel-tied was going to Enfitld. Witness accompanied the • deceased to the house . 01 the pa isoner, the sign of the 13ild-fareilSt4,' A tt Enfield, where they arrived shout eight o r h a lf. , pHst eight o'elock •tu Theivening; being about two.. miles ; they had three glasses of gin anti:watt., two of which Witness paid for, ..hut he did nit knOw whether the deceased paid any ; he did not see hint. 'flue deceased was rather intoxicated, mid had sumesVordrwit It Robinson, the' black pugili s t; the deceased was offering to, fight,, and lie took out .•his pocket-book, and was offering to lay 101. or 201.: Robinson timid he-would trot strike hint, hut that if the.tlec'easeil struck bias, he wqn)ll take the lat of him i: the packet-book was a stoat redone, and had no lock to it that ItlitilM knows tlitr' deceased pia the book into his pocket. The prisoner came in and out of room several times in the way of his business.- ‘VitneSi eotreated` deceased .to go home, •but he . wntild pot ; sti,. about ten o'clock, witness wished hies a good night , and Oarted, and witncie set Writ ; in abOut .20 ininntes , after, the . deceased's Imrse and cart,, without aalriver,,overtottichim'on'the road; wh-1 setts got litto:thieart-iriiiHrove kuseit agoistAto thea 'llahl-faced Stig, 41tere`he found Mr.-Draper, whom hi again attempted to . prevail On theome home ; he suid ire would when he had had atm. : tber.glass ,or twti ; Ateitness . then 4tnitt 'an hour ;' with hint, 'during which thne .the.horse and.tart: .again Went from the door; the deeeassdand wit - notes went out to look fity,tltent, :anti in ertisviiii t : . i the field the deceased met the hostlefulttie .1141-! faced Stag, whom he laid boloht, by the collay;, and demanded to know from him where his horse: and curt was ? - The hostlersaid, he ,know. nothin '. about them. The deceated shook him ; they Wad:, 1 'waggle, and-both fell, hut the hostler tliC rib . strike him ; it was near the door. 'After Offing . the 116311er, MT. beeper attacked a haymake r ! , rand offered either t o wrest le .or boxwithiliin. He struck at the hayniaker; who in return.-gave hint two or. three ;hover or pushes to_ keep hill off; they were of no (ion - sequence, and amid nut hurt . 111111, lic puttied him from him in,fo s oAsn' ttii fence, with his Or, The. posh tvi6, i i i his face.--,. They were parted by witnes , , ; at Wie!ijiitki the prisoner's ssj te, who ; beimgllt tl ie aeFen!to into the pardon?, in which wtre.,ll4)biilllts 'ill black, iValpule, a botcher, kiclutts, a r;hristittlei, the landlord, and sonic °diets, stran g er* to Wit 'flicy itad s anotiret Mass. ittenar:t c.rotten atid l'etcr,Sautiders were some of, the others then tiresent. witness , couldrs*pra,:ail ou Draper.to : Hecompany beiikreft :fijin in. the above-named- company,.:•and set'ont.fhy himself nizahonhout I o'clock, as he could not.get lodging there ; he did not see priioner at tiny time iiiitcy .7. Tere iu their disputes. Witness set out for liox ton, and on the road he fivoifiok lic itec H 3 =it's" horse . and tart within half a mile of Enfield ; wit ocss did not kno,,,v where thedece, t t,sed lived; hitt glue gOt into the cart; and drove thelmrsei-- giving it its head, until it stopped . at a door, which, on witness - knocking, he fonad .to be - Mr. Draper's house. Mrs. Draper asked him where he left her husband, awl he mitl her he was at the Bald-faced Stag; she 'said she hoped he would get lodging there, Its R was late, Witness never Saw Draper pay for any litptotAttring the tittle he was at the Bahl-faced Stag, ati*did not see him, after parting with hint us. shone-mentioned, mail he • saw him. dead at three- o'clock .next day. The prisoner was not present whilst he was look ing at the deceased, hut' MIS about his bit siness in his house.. Nothing parsed between witntss and 'the 'prisoner about the.deCeased. Cross-exaMined,—At the time Draper proditced his pocket-book, there were a great number of persons. in 'the inoni.' The well was 20 or 30 yartii.troth the placd where the deceased wrestled with , the hostler. way ,was opcn to the well irons tbe plitce-where they wrestled. Draper was man who could make a good resistance, being very strong. Witness observed.part (tithe railing round the well was fulled down, when he saw it in the mi)iiiiifrafter the miSfortime happened. The feticeliSelf was quite rotten and decayed. The deceased Nvns generally accompanied b'y large bull-dog, who could -have talten his master's part very welt, and that dog was •fountl . next' mornit“ by the well, lie,examined.—On the night of the ath of Au gust ,Paper lost his Ong. When the deceased was taken in, afteribe settlie with the haytnaktr, lie did not see any-blows upon his:face. . Roberts was btisAler to the prisoner at the .13altt faCed Stag,. and re.membered Mr, Draper cot - 1116g to the lipase some time before . ty.rii.on the Bth , of Atig nst: the last time hi saw the , deceased: leas lir the yard,,after it Wl* (tat*, its company With a ruing num.! •it.was.wistoon light night ti Draper. 1,4 ? 0k him by the collar, and ity the senile witness down : ,he tahl:'tlie deceased " it you want any speaklo my master lie never gave-a blown at witness then, went into the rap= room and had a pint of beer, and afterwards his master, came tOhint end-said, " Go and look -for the, old min, he, haslosr his horse and cart :" in consequence of these,orders, lie went and looked lnrltitif,. but contd. find nothing but the birth the ; the tlog WA, ill the Close where the well 1,1• al ter this; lie went to lay f down in some straw over the' stables. His master sAId, nothing. more to hits.. Cross-examitied.-•-•The prisoner never said, Go and see if y am. master is-lying down," The weliwo R very large one ; it; was 8 feet arross, 4 not-tstore.. \Viten he saw the.wellin. she nuirti- Wit x the fence was- hooken..dossin.;._ he had hoe Jived a lot tniglit. iivith his master. The (lo . was .sitiali ;le bitch, . 31'.* I)ra pc r lusd been . ltrtacked 'hy airf,hody-,-tocunceived the dog was cwt. t;rrge cisough 10 Itt feilit• _ fie-extOilitietl.-1 4 1) . e. hyla or the• well, was not o.l•tx4ili,possil4l.y-tit+ee feiti.l4", , • it might : be - lett an eorre r , • Po 'a labouring:butt:tar:Oman, 001iy,,e1)kpritkinitiilge Farm, near the liabl•-lated' RI o'clock on Thursday• rtiOt,: , ..hw Wes passing, that- house in cantfiriuy Oth rwir 'Other mei!, and 'had his team of. horses :i k k,at t t, ontsule ankhatt . a' pot potler antotilp fotir of them and 'as- wittiest) is~as putt ttqniqg to g ai#ol,- he deceased chins t ip to Wm - him Ay the coll ar ; a nd tritfi be should wrestle' with him,; witness 'was' treSter treated scrbefore in ltis , life : tie said .h e , woultl - not. Wrestle, and Mr, Draper, -who was a stranger -to him, kiekedi him twigs oft the sliini, anti insisted -on wrestling r - they struggled, and both fell, bat no. blows passad on either side : witness hurt his elhow.a little.: be :believes' Mr. 'kilt a per received no hurt-; be did .trot.. courPhrin.— ,frk e y had two' strngglei 'and falls after, '‘Vitness, seeing " My friend, l'sAall not-hurt yon;"- and assisted him to get up. Find ing be emit - di - tot - release iiim;elf front the graip of the ifeeelsed; anditeing in a hurry to-g.s home toMtis wife and fancily., and take hot‘te his team, - Ise p,usherl ttie decreased front • hitn, auct he fell hack MD rfift, 6qt i receiv . rtf no' hint.. Witn ess th en went lionte,iiti-it-liettitil»o more mull next day..— Draper woe.g4uatl*iii" liquor. , .Cross-e:saminecl.- , -He cnuldnpt IWear that he might nOt - IttiVe. goo the deceekd a blow upon ilia head. -,,1 John li r alpnle . vent a butcher af 'Enfield. On .the t eyeninel')*: . "the Bth of Atigtit: he was at the prisoner's house, and Ivan:intim& the deceased emu hitt: loft, 4be front parlour: There 'were a -gobtl•irtituy pellfriitogether,; ,thel'e was a stuall ivithinnt;l4l by : witness ,staid , c its eons 'Draper INcallbittontbi4p knew Drape! . vOry, %van, and the‘ii*Cialsed teas well actraintetl" ; ;A)t)i Ttick's itiiifse. Att About,. half past. n ine wi t ors,. miaesioured to. pirstiatle Draper to go ittoniajz , thtd it.tqast.rite deceased 'went aiett.t- i ' te,ivfo g 4.4 . e..„*AtOtss. in thellY4n,......Dttrilti, he k w oto llt s about nilil) 1 11 5 i Wb as tv o a r s 1 . • i ll :: r the, - parlottr:lie• had vittariel•wirli • 11013 ' 1 11M bqt: the 131aelti.sOk i 'not kit you, (It - in hisr band, .hot taltimiettsiletitrlitt:.;:liftet hei'l.?lii;elll4llpir-lip:cfkeYttit'al)gbia6llc:' tit'itness sow the but did "not express thestim., treltnew t Well . very. well now, btinlitl, nor remark it !Afore , Pact' Btlt of Assg t ist. It'ba . d •e rail tauten it ; atul `wart tour ; yards from th' t ; road. ev e" carne Draper,' amiwlten talkin. 4 about wascriog did itOt show lai'q otes . There w as n o . thltiklitittlie-rott e n `to.prevent a d run k en ' c tiip:l) Ite.exithined.-11e- poeLet‘hook. w d ral>er as protince was talkie► ab - out - laying I U IC ri 'Ol 10' U R, moo s . Robinson and some others left it, about bait en hour afterwards. '"- Richard '!'homes re-examined.—There were no stated ilays - in, the year to go about the executions. John floliPes livell at Touettition. On the Stlt of Augu ' t,'"dhout three o'clock in•the atternooo, be e vent to•the 'laid-faced Stag, and saw t h e pri -Inner there;'. lie remained there till nearly 12 o'clock at night : and knew Draper very well. The deceased was in the habit of carrying a great. deal "-tifitiiiiitY about Mtn, anti witness had asSisted Win in liis executions.- A little after 8 o'clock Draper came to:Ttlek's.houserather in liquor, - ac.* companied• by a young man and a dog, which be had in liii - hand tied to a string or . chain.. It wee a youngish dog. The deceased talked rather loud in the parlottr. -The prisoner was in and alit of the room occasionally on his ine-iness: - Witness went otifinto the bar, and Draper went' out also . ::. they both reinnied again into the parlour. He disl;' , tiorsee - Drss e! quarrel with any body, old Saw no mOney T ar . rtitsced. Witness was called out again by • Mrs. 'Tuc k, to iettle a tittle matter, antral he Come Out of the bar the prisoner cense in. He there/Imi ' . into the parlour again, and it wes . agreed. 'het ha' should go home with Draper in his cart. 'About 1 , , m ' inutescliefore /I o'clock he missed the deceased out. of the room, and of the same time Crouch. Saunders, and Robinson went out : they were pit . gilists, training at Tuck's h ouse . Witness also at that tune missed Mr. Tuck : he was not to he:wen. • i •EJpon this 'be went outside the door, to see for Drape; anti his cart, but saw nothing of him Ag this time it was near eleven o'clock. He saw.no-. body, and the cart and horse were gone. tie red turned back into 'the room, DWI Said to 'the per.' sorts there, " I believe Draper - has given rue the slip, for I intended to go home with hitn, and be is gone." 'Witness then sat down, and had tt glass of gin and water, , He quitted the house entirely at about twelv e o ' c l oc k : before he left it.hc saw neith er C rouc h, Saßaileri,- or Robin' son.; .but Tuck cause into the _parlour again' ‘Vhell'l'th parlour , door. - was open he could n ot see.tht co t, ar. lite prtsoner.was absent Rho ne , ~ halt ',RI' si ir, and cameinto the parlour about i t quarter,quarter,o an hour beforewitness f ina lly quittect the : 49{is4.l Tuck' diem not seem to be at all Acre& • • theti, either in m tar :"the or' c o nd uc t. The way " the well.' from 'luck's bowie was through som e getei, bat. there was a door at the back of 6 5 tritse,, which led to the well, The %veil was " ear ici the 416ittle-ground; and witness believedthe r° was a slight fence between the two. The well woe ~.. between two toot-paths. Wh en w i tnes s saw the '..1.: Well' the top of it was I ;,ivercd over with furze. Tii• ap,eitnr.e,llvlfich . was left 'vas a triangle, and was aboutaoy rte over; the laigest witlth• was a 'Yar d ; rio , 'i little rise to the head of' the well, 0 ' • ~ ..N, •.: . - about,44l } straits in height. There were seer ui optighitt , sts surrounding the Well', and a feaC" • but ar the time .witness saw it, which was aftertit ° death of the deceased, the posts is brokt i : down, and part of the fence also. Witness did not think a' mutt couki have accidentally fallen into the well. - : Cross-examineil.--4here was no anoint' ob v : Struction to - ghing . to the well. Rom Pos t , ci t .. post'theve Insrght be a space 'of six feet. The l ' ilt „ tty w ass, as ,in e a ti - boi s te e in r , e et tf fno 7 ,r it ial l i r b : io rr itli l lt i s g yiel h a t lifi f i t na ir ln z b e it a ir n i: f i l .‘ i v l i t tl i ov t e o l: F 31 ;,: ii !: ::01 : rt . 4 u • t a r V i no tn t .43'1411:tel.iv:his (til t siti e'°ssf. the ba ' • ilst' °e . 'I . t - b t res 1 Jame; I'eat,lived at Cock-fosters, abou t , to.. -Miles from Enfield. On she.eveninice 1,.." e e t: h' August, he wis #t , Titeke3 house, and 'OW . I ' l . ;P o , . there, ,its the. front arlour. He was in hit co rn la , - perry about an hour . The:prisoner 'we!' g° " o ar aitti out - of room constintly: The lochs rd . . of,..the deceeied was wheelie went oti s t e 'l v r er t e h i e i v : kolis te ;. , tour to go home, as he supposed. lett in'the parlour when Draper went out; 9 ",.., 0 :. 7 orll t ' L in utuober he should suppose, '1 1 . 19 : 1t o,. .rttpitc' M.o'clock at Hight. He did 1144 -- WWI': t . leceaseiliit,ll any money Out of his pocke t ' 0140. naiili a parlour behind the bar. , nun to na `':•Cylisi-iticitnittred.'—Mrs. Tuck applied t 4 ke to I wo; h .o l l riVtv' some nioney; She asked for 101., op, aen of' (Or the 'brander. He suppliea 11 ? ro ot '61., and 'lttrw, at the same time, in M"' __, 101.: possession a pocket Of:nOtei to the aloof tot Ul . uer • or /21. She said 61. was enough to answer` s; -purpose.-. The 61. he. gave her was six .U.T onet r This Was a little before 9 o'clock, 'l'lle, 'P o g ot was about his busineis.all avid time . Wil ne ,d o cke the_ 'loner leave the pergola' a bout II °' ool to 'tftill'As edhis tvifefor the key.Of the be d-rn . ' go *to ed. , 0 , e ,0P 1 etc - 4;:tatinetl.-41e obtained five o f the r, i „ . (mai • .. ."!(`' "-e s he gave to • mit'. Tuck eiiniti iitig(gon, Mr. Paris's housemaid : the y wer iiiiiio d, new. notes : he did n'ot 'know where be U. the other note, bittit - waS Ito Old One.' ' ' ~.ug Ao t • Samuel Robinso n w a s, o n . the Bib' °' Du e t last, lodging at Tuck's house : he. saw,,eri! there, and sett lam et sitting in thecparlour o be we t .. i 1.0 teats 11 o'clock with oilier compaq .. . i o vills I : : 1 .out alone, and - scent up stairs • to h- 0 "' 1 Holmes, Ise believed, in the room: lit! ' Ciosi4xamined.—He • told Drircr , " lt , e s il t ,- . 10: was insulted. by him, that, he.woold % . ),,r''', ic o rss :I him, but w ou ld ta k e t h e 1 dAV of Glut, It % of f', i struck by hint : he remained its bed till nes' . .7. -ing; and never got up in the night. . 1 ' 0 0" 4 i• Richard Crouch was t ol yi• ,s, on 'tl i e.St 3 • ( c ot po w . • ~,. tu . F: ~ - l' , . entr ee f. gost‘at Tuck's howe, - a and silar. ) Mil' D l3 n or ;• . 1 he' saw him as late as b a lf,p n ot to its 0 4 , : t1 - o :isi , when the deceased went out. - ChOr.e' l 4 ,, o o 1 -4 g lodging there at the time, wa* no"K kit ll' ..•.• ..debt-. .... [Ate . '. - :Ctrisi-examinetl..--the plisa'n'cr , p u k e 'aeei 4 .- 1, fligeitill before he tonne Into' . the - h0°5201.5,,it1, r • Not ' Coming with a horse and ctIO , " ~„.ii (tilts • 1. „ i 1 1..., . „ , 41 'Bere is Mr. Draper corning, as good — , ~' AO" ii.;, , se erTr lived," and added. " I believe "%Woo° " 1- r . tt rooh nor. . 'nits') nr considerable prOpeity ;- hut' • - , 1 ; . T a t '1 1 ;,. i • laiii : offAir his relations have got it: )r i o vs. is ' become very poor, .aiol has been 11 1 1_ 0 0 0 0_ vi D i j ra h p . b er im t itteitirr,viciiginblet the „ iv a il l i t i t i l o - w l . s tic,k i ' l ' i s r y p tiefhili t, e i n l , r ,_ q I be on tercets of the -greatest intimacy .*" 10 10 1 a ll I ship. Draper was tuu.rb jucticitt‘ l . l .. 4trii i'i inA, dog with him, • which he bionght ili l i t.r ie.,;lt r i . l l . l . l 4l the hoit;e i he look' the chain and cpi. s ,.. o - ,•it'dOil.: •vdot qi i Ai r . 'l"iek's dog to hght . w,ill ll ''., , ri oet' The prisoner, however, took liioP.C.Al` o liiiers Mr."lnEk - , as Well as Mr. Wsipole, AU ' i: I