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The crimping, 1w preventing the irritability of the fibre front being gradually exhausted, 4ems to preserve it so hard and crisp, that it breaks under t he teeth ; and a fresh fish not crimped is generally tough. The red colour of trout, salmon, and char, is owing to a coloured oil, whi h may be extracted by alcohol ; 1 1 4 this accounts for the want of it in fish that have fed c ll . and after sp awn ing. I n general the depth of the red L e°l 4ur, and the quantity of curd are proportional.—Edin “4, Otserrer. No. 11,205. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 8, 1828. SOCIETY for the DISCHARGE and RELIEF of PERSONS IMPRISONED for SMALL DEBTS, throughout ENGLAND and WALES, established 1772. PRESIDENT—The Earl of ROMNEY, VICE .PRESIDENTS. The Lord DE DUNSTANVILLE. • Lord KENYON. The Right Hon. ROBERT PEEL, M.P. _ Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, Bart. M.P. TREASURER--BENJAMIN BOND CABBELL, Esq. AUDITORS. CHAS. E. PIGOU, Esq. and JOHN PEPYS, Esq. Craven-street, Strand, August 6, 1825. Th e cases of 69 Debtors were this day Considered, of whom 57 were approved, four rejected, six inadmissible, and two referred for character. Two hundred and twenty-eight Debtors, of whom one hundred and eighty-six had wives and five hundred and fur tY-two children, have been discharged from the Prisons of England and Wales, since the meeting held on the 2d "July, the expense of whose liberation, including every expense connected with the Charity, was 506/. 7s. ; and the following BENEFACTIONS RECEIVED SINCE THE LAST MONTH S REPORT:- s. d. Robert Batson, Esq. Treasurer of Captain 100 1) 0 Curtis's Charity 5 0 0 C ompromise for an assault upon the son of Mr Sherreff, keeper of Aylesbury gaol, remitted by W. Gleadah, Esq 5 0 0 The Hun. Robert Henley Eden?M.P. ...... A. f 5 0 Then- Las Wrightson, Esq. A. 2 2 0 C. Hutchison, Esq. Executor of W. Hutchi son, Esq. deceased, for a Legacy left to the Society, 1001.—less duty, 10 per cent 9O 0 0 he Dowager Countess of Radnor A. 5 5 0 Aiieo moos '"e Countess of Balcarras 4 0 0 The lion. and Rev. St. C. Cost, 2 yrs'. subscrip 4 4 0 the Right Hon. Thomas Grenville A. 2 0 0 "atnuel Mitchell, Esq., 4th donation 5 0 0 The Rev. Dr. Frewin A. 2 2 0 k iehard Berens, Esq. two years' subscription... 4 4 0 ~, Rey. G. Waddington, per Cocks and Co. A. 2 2 0 R 'ehard Terry, Esq., per Willis and Co. 2 0 0 -e Rt. Hon . Ld. Dynevor, per Hoare and Co. 10 0 Sir Thos. S. Gooch, Bart. M.P., per ditto A. n 3 0 ~ o6 n Spencer Stanhope, Esq. Half a year's Dividend on 1,000/., 3 per Cent Console given in perpetuity by Sir Francis urdett,ice-President nW. 2/ EM. I/ C. 11. 21., A Lady 11. 6 0 0 r,„ •, •, 4MI in the Letter Box, 1/., ditto, 108 1 10 0 th 4 enefactions are received by Benj. Bend Cabbell, Esq., Treasurer, No. 1, Brick-court, Temple ; also by t t h i e following. Bankers, Messrs. Drummond, Cocks, Herries, th 4 Otnersleys, Hoarea, Whitmore , V eres , Dorrien ; and by e ccretary, No. 7, Craven-street, Strand, where the ": 01 " may be seen, by those who are inclined to support \ \r he Charity, and where the Society meet on the first e4 lnesday iu every month. ROBERT BALMANNO, Secretary. THE POLSTEAD MURDER. TRIAL OF W. CORDER. NORFOLK CIRCUIT. BURY ST. EDMUND'S, THURSDAY, Auc. V. The anxiety to witness the trial of this prisoner was manifested by the assembling of hundreds of well-dressed persons of both sexes, round the front and back entrances to the Shire Hall, at the early hour of five o'clock in the morning ; and notwith standing the rain continued to fall incessantly, they remained (except those who were carried away in a state of exhaustion from the pressure of the dense crowd) till nine o'clock, when the Lord Chief Baron (Alexander) arrived near the Hall. The external regulations were so bad, that nearly a quarter of an hour elapsed before the few Javelin-men who were in front of the Court could force a passage to give his Lordship and the High Sheriff ingress to the Court. The moment his Lordship gained admis sion, the scene that presented itself in front of the Court beggars all description. The barristers who attend this Circuit (and amongst them we observed the Counsel for the prosecution) were endeavouring to force their way to the hall-door, sweating and struggling against the opposing pressure of the crowd, and some of them at the moment they had almost attained their object were carried back to the verge of the crowd in an exhausted state. When his Lordship had taken his seat on the bench, the names of the Jury who had been summoned to try the pri soner, were called over; but the crowd was so nu merous, and the Sheriff's force so ineffective, that it was impossible to make way for them into the Court. —They were, after the lapse of nearly an hour, brought over the heads of the crowd into the passage leading into the Hall; some with their coats torn, their shoes off, and nearly fainting. We never wit nessed anything like it, the pressure of the crowd at the trial of Thurtell, at Hertford, was not a tithe part equal to what presented itself on this occasion. At an early hour great numbers assembled round the gaol, to take a view of the prisoner as he passed into the Court. He left the gaol at a quarter before nine o'clock, previous to which he attired himself in a new suit of black, with much care, and combed his hair over his foreheacl, which he had previously worn turned up in front. He is not an ill-looking man, and appears about twenty-four years of age. It may be said of him, that he is not otherwise re markable than as appearing sulky and ill-tempered. After he had dressed himself, he said to an officer who was present, " I understand there are a great number of witnesses to be called against me ?" The officer replied, " Yes, about twenty-four." Corder said, " What are the names of the Judges ?" On being informed, he said, " I believe they are very old men, and are very humane Judges." He was . told they were exceedingly humane ; Corder replied, " Well, whatever may be my fate, I shall meet it with fortitude." He was removed in a chaise cart from the gaol to the Hall, and he hung down his head all the way ; but he seemed little affected by the shouts and hootings of the thousands who were congregated. On his being taken into the felons' room in the lower part of the Hall, he said to Mr. Orridge, the Governor of the gaol, " What a great number of persons—l scarcely ever saw such a crowd." Corder's wife's brother was introdueed-to him; and the former being in tears, Corder told him " not to give way to grief on his account, as it might turn out better than he might expect." Twelve Jurymen were at length assembled, after challenge of two, and William Corder was called up. On entering the dock, he bowed respectfully to the Court, and during the reading of the indictment seemed very attentive. (The indictment contained eleven counts, and whilst the Clerk was reading the tenth, the crowd overpowered the officers, and there was a tremendous rush into Court) The prisoner, in a clear and distinct tone, pronounced the words Net Guilty. A well-executed model of the Red Barn and pre mises was placed on the table of the Court. It seems to have taken its name from the tiles that cover part of it, and consists of a long wheat barn, with two divisions for corn, between which is the floor for threshing out the corn, and whereon the waggons are driven iii harvest time, on one side tiled, and on the other, a chaff-house also tiled. Be hind the barn is a projection or lean-to, and round a farm-yard, yet further in the rear, a thatched shed for shelter of the cattle in wet weather. Tlie long roof of the barn was also thatched. There is a gate at the end of the yard, dividing .the thatched shed. The Jury were sworn, and the prisoner given in charge. The crime was committed on the 18th of May, 1827. Amongst the numerous counts, one charged the shooting the deceased on the left side of the face with a pistol--with having stabbed her on the left side between the fifth and sixth ribs with a sword—with having strangled her with a handker chief, and with having smothered and suffocated her, by burying her beneath the barn floor. Mr. ANDREWS (with whom was Mr. KELLY) opened the case for the prosecution at half-past ten. He stated the prisoner to be the son of respectable parents at Polstead. His father was a farmer there, and, after his death, his mother, with the assistance of her sons (the prisoner one of them), carried on the farm. Maria Martin, with whose murder the prisoner stood charged, was in a humble walk of life. The prisoner and deceased, previous to May, 1827, became intimate, and an illegitimate child was the fruit of that intimacy. The child was weakly, and afterwards died. The prisoner had been heard to say to Maria Martin, " You will be taken up on account of another bastard child you have had." She said to him, " If I am to go to gaol, you shall go too." Thew had been heard to quarrel also about a five-pound . note. On the 18th of May the prisoner came to the deceased, and said, " Now, Maria, you have been disappointed a great many times; you shall go with me." She objected, because people would know her. It was agreed that certain clothes should be taken in a bag, and also in the bag was put a basket containing a re . ticule. Corder left the house by one door, and the girl by another. From that period none of the girl's friends had any tidings of her 'except such as the pri soner himself had given. Previous to their quitting, Corder told her that Baalem, a constable, had shown him a letter, directing him to take her up on a charge of bastardy. Various pretexts were made use of cboyutnht feorh prisonererabsence to tli the fromfriends them, h oefruth and e deceased fu r thei r to not t hearing from her. I n answer to , a question about her having more children, he said, " No, she will h av e no more. She has had her number." He was asked whether she was far off. He answered, " No, she is net far from home. _ She is where I can go to her at any t ime, but n o one else can see her !" After the harvest was got in, Corder left Polstead. w ith the person who drove him, h e sa id , p n H h e had is‘vay not seen Maria Mrstin since May." Before he went he shook hands with the father, saying, " I shall marry your daughter soon, and havebought a new suit of clothes for the purpose." Subsequently, in Oct., the father received a letter from prisoner, stating, that the deceased and he were married, and expressing surprise that no reply had been received by her to a letter she had written about the marriage. The parents at lengt:t became suspicious about the fate of their daughter. The father became anxious to search the barn. He went and searched, and in the upper part of the barn the body was found. The father, the mother, the sister, and the surgeon, would describe the body, the dress, and their identity. In company with a local officer, Lee, the police-officer, appre hended the prisoner at Ealing, who, on his apprehen sion, denied having known Maria Martin. He thrice denied having known her. Lee searched the house, and found a black velvet reticule, to which Mrs. Martin, the mother would speak. Pistols were also found in the house by Lee, and a sword, which had been compared with the hole in the stays, and a hole in the left side of the body. It had been sharpened for the prisoner before he left Polstead, and seen in his possession there. These were th e main facts that would be deposed to; there were others upon which he (the Learned Counsel) did not feel it necessary to dwell. He next alluded to the various idle and unfounded_ reports which had p re _ wiled; and after cautioning the .Tury to dismiss all prejudice from their minds, at eleven o'clock con cluded an able and temperate address, calling upon the Jury to discharge their duty according to their oaths. During this address the prisoner stood un moved. Anne Martin is the wife of Thomas Martin, of Polstead. Her husband had a daughter named Maria. Knew the prisoner at Polstead 17 years years, who was acquainted with Maria intimately. He became so about 12 months before May, 1827. He came to her cottage frequently. In 1826 Maria was with child ; she was not delivered of it at her father's house, but at Sudbury. Cannot say when she left; she returned to her father's about seven weeks before the 18th May. The infant she brought died about a fortnight afterwards. Corder conti nued to come after. (Whilst the witness was under examination, prisoner was busy writing a note.) — Has heard Corder and deceased converse together; not about the child, but about the burial of it. (The prisoner here took a pair of spectacles from his pocket and put them on.) He heard them talk of the child as connected with Sudbury, and at diffe rent times about a five pound note. The deceased always told prisoner he had taken the child's bread away and her's. (He had acknowledged this child as his.) She had had another child by another mall. It was after this prisoner had been told by the de ceased that he had taken away their bread. Had heard him say to deceased that the parish officers would take her up for her bastard children. It was before the 18th May; could not hear what else was said. About a week before the 18th heard them talk about the note. The 18th May was Friday. On the previous Monday Corder came and remained half an hour. Maria went away with him. She said she was going to Ipswich. She was to remain at Mrs. Corder's, at his home, till Monday morning. They went away together. She came back between three and four o'clock in the morning. Witness saw Corder on the Monday. Heard him tell Maria that he should go to Ipswich on Wednesday night, and should drive her thither. They did not go. Cor der said it was Stoke fair, and gave that as a rea son for not going. He was at the cottage two or three times on the Monday. [The prisoner looked very steadfastly on the witness with his spectacles on.] Maria and he then fixed Thursday night to go. They did not go. .Corder gave as the reason the dangerous illness of his brother James, whose death was hourly expected. On the Friday witness was at home and Maria with her. Saw Corder that day. He came betwixt 11 and .12 o'clock. Wit ness was up-stairs with Maria. Corder came up to them. Said to Maria, " Conte Maria, make haste, I am going." She said, " how can I go at this time of the day ?" He replied, " Never mind." She said, " How can I go at this time of the day without any body seeing me ?" He replied, "Never mind, you have been disappointed many times and shall not be again." Witness remained in the room. Maria said, " How am I to go ?" He said, " You can go up to the Red Barn, and stop till I come to you with my horse and gig." Things were put into a bag. She said, " How am I to order my things ?" He said he would take them and carry them up to the barn, and come back and walk with her. She repeated her question. He said, " There's none of my workmen in the fields or near the barn, and I'm sure the coast is quite clear." Then the things were put into a brown holland bag, which belonged to Maria. There were a reticule, wicker basket, a velvet reticule, two pair of black silk stockings, a black silk gown, a cambric skirt, and several other things. Witness would know the reticule; had seen it frequently. Corder took the bag in his hand, and went away with it. Maria then dressed herself in men's clothes. Don't know where she had them from. They were blue trowsars, striped waistcoat, and brown coat. Witness helped her to dress. She had on also her shift, under petti coat, stays, a white handkerchief, a green and red striped, and a silk one. The petticoat was flannel; the shift was of Irish linen. Witness had seen the shift more than once before; Maria made it herself. Tke stays were of white jean. Witness had seen her doing something with the stays before that day ; she laced them on, The day before she went away, she put the busk and bones in; the busk was of ash, and went down the front ; Maria had put it in instead of bone ; witness had seen it more than once before it was put in. Master Rainham made it. She had shoes on of damask satin, with leather foreparts. After she was tlms dressed Cor der returned. Witness saw him. Maria was pp stairs then. Witness saw Corder before she came down. He said, " Mrs. Martin, the reason I go to Ips wich to -day is, because J. Baalem, the constable, has come into the stable to me to-day, and told me that he had got a letter from Mr. Whitmore from Lon don, and in that letter there was a warrant to have Maria taken up and prosecuted for bar bastard chila dren." Maria remained still up stairs. Witness said, " Oh, William, if you had but married Maria before the child was born all this would have been settled." He said, " Mrs. Martin, don't make your self at all uneasy, for I'm going to Ipswich to-day to get a license to he married to-morrow waning," Witness said, ",William, what will you do if she can't be married ?" Corder assured her Maria should be ' his lawful wife before he came home. Witness repeated, " What willyou do if you can't?" He said, ." I'll get her a place somewhere till such times as we can he married." Maria came down after this, and asked witness to go into the yard to see if there was any body about to see her go away. She was then in man's clothes. Nothiag was said about the clothes. They went away. Maria had a man's hat on, and in her hair a large comb, and two ' side combs. She had ear-rings. She had had these a good while. Witness had seen them fre quently. They went away about h a lf- past twe l ve. They went oat at different doors. He went out at the o t s r next not road.front of Theytile house. M ar i a went call it th e f i p nt d ear , but out at what is called the back door, which is in fact the front. Th e y went; she by the field and the fen, and met him is the road. Witness saw them meet. They both got over the gate, and went across the field togethet. The gate is from the road into the field. The name of the field is Hare hill Field. They walked both together. There is a path in the field. There is a barn near the field —it is the Red Barn. There are two fields be tween Hare-hill and the barn. They went across the field towards the barn. Saw neither of them afterwards that day. Has not seen Maria Martin since. Corder had with him a gun when he went away. He said, in reply to witness's question," Is this gun charged, William ?" " Yes;" and she added," then I'll move it away on account of the child." Maria had a green cotton umbrella, the handle at top was of some sort of bone. It was fastened with a but ton. Witness had seen the umbrella before fre quently. Saw Corder next on the Saturday night, but did not speak to him. She was near to him, but she was in a shop, and he was in the chamber, where she supposed his brother James lay ill. Saw him next on the Monday morning at her house, about nine o'clock. Witness said, " William, what have you done with Maria ?" He said, " I have left her at Ipswich. I have got her a comfortable place ; she is going down with Miss Rowland by the water side." Witness said, " William, what will she do for clothes ?" He sa id, " Miss Rowland has got plenty, and would not let me send for any." added, " I have got a licence, but it must go up to London to be signed, and I can't marry until a month or six weeks." He said further, " I hav e changedacheque for 201. and given her the money." Witness asked which way they went to Ipswich ? He said by Stratford. Witness said, " where did she dress?" He said she put her things on •at the barn, and put the great coat over them to hide her till they could get into a bye lane. The great coat and hat were put into the seat of the box, and she put her own hat on. Witness's son is named George, who told her something which she after wards mentioned to Corder. It was on the 18th of May George told her this. Witness men ' tinned it to Corder the next week after Maria was gone. She said, " William, you did not go from the barn so soon as you told me you should." He said, " Yes, that I'm sure I did, for I left within half an hour or three-quarters of the time I left here." She said, " No, William, that you did not, for my George saw you go down the Thistly-lane with a pick-axe on your shoulder." The Thistly lane is near the Red Barn. Corder said, " That was rot me. It was Tom Acres, who had been planting trees upon Mr. Hoy's hill." The prisoner's brother James died about Polstead fair time, in July, last year. Saw prisoner frequently between then and SepteMber. Sometimes two or three times in a day. He al ways said she was purely well, and was at Yarmouth at home there with Miss Rowland, Sometimes witness (lid not see him for a day. It was when he told them he was going to see Maria, On inquiring after Maria on his return, he always answered, " purely well." He said, " I shall take her home at Michaelmas, and put her into the farm." Never received any letter from Maria after this. Used to ask Corder why Maria had not written ? He said, " she has got a bad hand. He often said this. Re came to take leave of witness before he went away from Polstead. Said he was going to the water side for his health. Should go to Yarmouth, and take Maria with him, and be married at Ipswich.— Did not see him again till he was apprehended. Has not seen the dead body : she was ill at the time, Has seen all the articles of dress foand.--- Maria had a wen upon her neck. She had had 4 cough a good while. One of her teeth had been drawn, and one had decayed out. One, the left side of the upper jaw—the other, the right side of the lower jaw, she believed. A silk handkerchief was round the neck—it was of yellow flowers and red ground. It was put over her chin and ear-rings, On witness inquiring for this, Corder said it was lost. Remembers - James Corder's funeral. Pri soner was at it. Witness was there. Prisoner had with him an umbrella. It was Maria's, James was biiried a little time after Maria had gone away.— Witness, after the funeral, had a conversation with Corder. She said, " William, you had got Maria's umbrella at your brother James's funeral," He said, " It was not Maria's, but Deborah Prykes', and I. am going to send it home. It was not Maria's, but one just like it," Again, a week be fore he went away, he said, "I have been to Ips wich to see Maria, and should have got dripping wet if she had not lent me her umbrella, which I am to return to her." She came from Yarmouth to Ipswich with Miss Rowland, Corder had shown to witness a gold ring a short time before his brother Thomas was drowned. He said it was Maria's wedding-ring. He said he had bought it at Col chester, Maria and prisoner had been that day away together. Witness saw two pistols in Corder s pos session after Maria came home with the infant child from Sudbury. Cross-examined by Mr. Ilitommei—Has three children under her care; her husband's, besides Maria. Maria did not seem to be anxious to be married to Corder. They were not . absent three months when they went to Sudbury. Prisoner brought deceased home in his gig, knowing the death of the child. It died in her arms. They went away together to have it buried. Knew no thing about the child not being buried at SudburY. Never made any inquiry about it. Maria always told her it was buried at Sudbury. Corder told her the two nights they were absent they were at Mrs. Corder's. Maria said so too. They told witness to tell the father they had been to Sudbury. Maria dressed a little fine. She and her sister sometimes quarrelled about it, and she, and witness, and her father too. Maria was sometimes very low about it. When they went away, on the 18th, Maria's sister and George were present. No secret was made about it. Corder snapped his pistols by the fire, when he showed them. On that day he took two slices of ham from his pocket for Maria. He gave money to the witness weekly for the child. She lied five pounds a quarter for her child by Mr. Matthews. Never heard the bastardy wasraat mentioned by any one except by Corder. Maria never went out of the door after she came from Sudbury, except the two nights, and the Sunday night prior to the 18th of May. Airiness and her husband were afraid Maria would be taken up. When she went away on the 18th she was crying. Corder often braight a gun to the house. Was examined before the . Coroner (Mr. \Yuman), who is also attorney for the prose cution. Mr. Wayruan, the Coroner, examined her upon her oath. No Magistrate was there, nor was the prisoner ; he was in gaol at the tinie. Does not know whether Corder was in the so= at the In quest when she was examined. Thomas Corder was drowned before the 18th of May. The marriage was talked about at that time. Corder, when they ;Fere talking about the five-punar;ote, said, Ss Uaria, don't talk about it; as long'as jl have a shilling, you and your child shall not want." They seemed very fond of each other. This witness gave her evidence very well. Thomas Martin, is a mole-catcher at Pe,lstpdt— itlihia was his daughier; she ‘4ll4abnut 2ii years old in May last year ; the last time he saw her was on the 17th of May ; did not see her on the 18th; he went out early. Knows the prisoner, who had been in the habit of coming to the house of witness fre quently. Found out on the 19th that they had gone nw4v. Saw Corder on the Sunday sit his house, wfio said, I have taken your daughter to Ipswich, to be Married to her, but the licence must go to London before we can be married." Corder said he had got her the place with Miss a sister to a young man Ile had gone to school with at Hadleigh. Saw him frequently afterwards, till September, and the answer to his enquiries always was, that his daughter was quite well. Ahota a month or five weeks after she went away, witness first asked Corder why she did not write. The answer was, "a sore on the back of her hand pre vents her holding a pen," Asked hint once after that the meaning of her not writing. Corder said, ,‘ She is so full of business that she has not time to write." Corder came to take leave of witness in September. Had seen him about a week before. Said he had got a new suit of clothes to be married in. After this witness received two letters; they were given to Mr, Wayman, or somebody, at the first examination. Heard nothing more from him after those letters. Searched the Red Barn en the 19th April last, in the front of which there is a yard. The witness described the model. The gate ►s six feet high, or perhaps higher. Some one was with him. The bays of the barn were covered with litter. Mrs. Corder's bailiff, William Pryke, was in before him. They began to poke down in the straw to see if they could find anything; the straw was thick, and they removed it ; at the second or third time of rolling it off, they found some large loose stones in the bay, on the right going in. Witness thought there must have been something there, for the ,earth seemed to have been disturbed ; poked down with the handle of a rake and mole-spike he had with him ; he turned something up black (Pryke assisted him), and some thing that appeared to be flesh stuck to the spike. Previous to this they had cleared the earth off a few inches down. Both were struck upon► seeing this, and waited for some one to come and help. The mole-spike is round, and sharp at one end. Pryke went to see for somebody; they did up the doors, and witness waited near the barn. It was on a Sa turday. No one came back with Pryke. Witness went home, and returned in about two hours. Went into the barn with Pryke and William Bowtell. They cleared the earth away till they came to a body. They then cleared towards the head part, and found a handkerchief that appeared to be tied round her neck. The outside of it seemed of one colour, but on undoing the folds they could see the colour. They then cleared towards the feet. The body was lying down, but not stretched out. It occupied about three feet and a half. The legs were drawn up, and the head was bent down a little into the earth, There were three of them, but they did not know what to do without somebody else. Wit. tress went away, and returned to the barn with one other person. Found Pryke and Bowtell there. They had not then gone so far as to find the shoes. Got Mr. Whitmore, of Polstead, to come, who came and advised witness to lot it alone till the Coroner came, who came on the Sunday, and witness was present, as was Mr. Lorton, the surgeon. The body was then taken from the hole. They put a door down, and raised the body up to it. When they turned the mouth up I thought it looked like my daughter's, Maria Martin. She had a wen on the centre of her neck. She always had a husky sough a year before she went away. The things found upon the body were given to Baalem, the constable. (Witness described the things.) The shawl was underneath the body wben it was taken up. There were ear-rings and a busk with the stays. These were partly decayed. There was something that looked like the piece of a shift. Combs were taken out of the hair, Cross-examined by Mr. TiRODt:RICK—Pryke and myself tried to find'the body; we had tried about with the spike before the litter was removed; it produced a piece of flesh about two inches deep on the spike; I know it was very near the hip where the spike struck, about the middle of the body ; I was examined at the cock, at Polstead, three weeks ow the Inquest, by the Coroner, who is the attorney for this prosecution ; I was examined on my oath ; there was no Magistrate or Jury pre sent, Mr. ANDREWS--It was at the Inquest. Mr. BRODERICK--NO, Sir, the attoruoy for the prosecution examined the witnesses ou oath; no Ma gistrate heitig present at the time; the body had been again taken up. Ani Martin--I am the sister of Maria Martin; I remember my sister leaving our house on the 18th of May with Corder; she had men's clothes on; I saw her before she put her hat on; she had a comb in her hair; I heard say Maria was to change her dress at the barn ; Corder said they were to be married by license next day ; I have seen Corder repeatedly since; he told me Maria was living at Ipswich ith a lady and gentleman, and she had gone with them to the water side to wait till she could be married; I have" seen a dead body; I saw it on a Sunday in April last, when the Coroner was there ; I saw the body taken out of the grave in the barn, and laid upon a dear ; I had seen the body before; it was my sister's body; I knew it by the things she had on, by her features and her mouth, and her face generally; there was ?, siitc and a cotton handkerchief on the body; the cotton one was a green striped one; it Was round the neck part when I first saw it; I can't say the last time I saw it ; there were also ear-rings ; I saw one in one of the ears; I had seen my sister ; when she was alive, wear these ear-rings; my sister had lost two teeth, one on the right side, and one on the left; the one on the left was the upper jaw, and the one op the right' the lower jaw ; she had a wen on her neck, and was troubled with a dry cough for some time ; they were James Corder's clothes which Maria wore when she went away; I heard Si'illiarn, Corder say they were James Corder's, CrosS-examined by Mr, PRENDERCAsT.—Maria was crying wilen she left home; I have not heard my sister say she was going to be married to Cor der; I understood they were 'going to be married, because William Corder said so; I was in the habit of quarrelling. with Maria sometimes, and so was my mother, but not very often. George Martin—l alp a brother of Maria Mar tin, and am nine years of age. I remember Maria going away with William Corder. She went alone when she went out of the door. William Corder was at my father's that day, and he went out at the same time. Corder had a glut wth him. He said the gun was loaded, I t ie :iaid to my mother, " don't let the ehiid meddle with the gun; it is loaded." Ire had a bag, which he carried up to the barn fore. It was about half-past twelve wheo my sister went out. I never saw her afti.'r. I saw Corder after, the same day. I saw him come from the barn with a pick-axe, it: was about half-past three o'clock. 149 wa;i going homewards from the barn. Ile came over the corner of Broad-field, and then went along Thistly-lane, and that was in the direction of his own house. I saw oohody else at the time. 1 was iii I,Velb..*ld, It was about twenty rods from him. I was cutting grass for the donkey. I knew Corder very well, and I am quite sure it was him. My sister Maria was crying when she went out of doors. Phoebe Stow, examined by Mr. El; , :txr—l lived at Polstead, and knew Corder. My house is aqut thirty rods from the barn ; it is the nearest cottage to the barn; I remembey Ore pri. saner calling at my cottage in MT( last year, I can not say the exact day, but it was about one o'clock ; I had known him fos agoodmanyyears; he said to me, " Mrs. Stow, has rot your husband got an old siiade to ieua me ?" I got a spade and took it to him ; was unwell at that time, having lately lleen confined; he said, " ho w are you ?" I said, "'very weak, an4_ very low ;" he said 'c ott look had enoughz 'Qat), am in each a hurry I cannot stop to talk to)1 1 , _,1 he then went away ; I was co !l fikcf 91.1 t h h 4 i ' l t c wa ' s April, and was churched that day' month led the before I was churched that Corde r r d b e c: , t wain that spade; I do not remember seeing Co I can't say w h o day; the spade came Wk.,. was ibnutnitY;utihN°vtilts'h Coohred(elar);' brought it back Corder last harvest ; I began the cOlver" was dead and b:aried, and I asked him where the child was that Maria Martin had by him; he it she would never have any more said she i s a young woman, and she certainly would have more children yet; no , he said, Maria M art i n will never be troubled with any more children ; I sa i d, what do you go by ? fie said, she has had her number ; I said, that neither you nor I can tell that ; he said, I can, but I'll tie Cursed if ever the will have any I it 5....... _,,,,... ir-1 ' • ' more; I 84, :d r i tifri . iy yi;til - -", .' ::• I t*Maria ' 7 .7 Martin, why \ 7 . t youlivf.-Aj , th . ,ber , ~ e answer ed, she is li'kel.`e I 44 :go txt )* at' day or any hour, just wheA " I ji.4e; I.saidv ?erhaps you are rather jealous when you are away from her—perhap, you think somebody else is with her; he replied, when I am not with her, I am sure nobody else i,. TIP . th her. Cross-examined by Mr. BRoDERICK—I am not a gossip; I am not a talkative woman; I don't know that Corder managed his mother's farm ; I know no thing about it ;he was looker-over of the land ;my husband worked on the farm, but I know no more for that ; I had lent the men tools at chance times ; I had never lent Corder any tools before; I did not tell my husband that Corder had borrowed a spade, and had mentioned lending Corder the spade b e f ore I was exami ne d b y Mr. Wayman; I was examined before the Jury at the time they went to the . barn, and also at the Cock public-house; I did not say one word of the conversation with Corder about Maria Martin havin g no more children at the time I was examined before the former Jury ; I was exa mined afterwards at Mr. Creswell's, the Magistrate ; I was sworn; but the prisoner was not present. It was at that time I mentioned the conversation I had had with Corder. Re-examined by Mr. KELI.I"---I was asked no questions about conversation with Corder at the• Coroner's Inquest. By Mr. BRopEtucK—The other cottages, nearest the barn are half a mile from it. • . Rachael Bugg, examined by Mr. ANDREWS-1 live at a farm-house at Polstead ; I remember Cor der coming to my house in harvest time, about Au gust, 1827; he said that Maria Martin would never he my mistress, for she was gone to France with the steam-packet. William Martin, examined by Mr. KF,LLY-1 arn a first-cousin of Maria Martin, and I know the pri soner; I had a conversation with the prisoner, in August last year, concerning Maria Martin ; 1 asked him where she was ; I understood she was at Sud bury ; he replied that she was not, but she was where he could see her any day that ha liked; this was at the prisoner's house, .and he gave me a phut of harvest beer, and I told him lint to talk load, fev fear the people indoors should hear him. Francis Stow—.l am a labourer, liVing at Pol stead ; I harvested with Mrs. Corder last year; thk• prisoner managed the business, and paid me ; I knot, the Red Barn; the first corn off Mrs. Corder's land that year was put into the Red Barn ; I attended with nearly the whole of it; I believe i unhitched the two first loads; the prisoner came up while unpitched the first or second load ; they were put in the bay where the body waa found ; I do not know of the prisoner giving callers to put the corn there there was a lock o n the door; the bays of the bas were ready foddered (littered) when we got the eon to the barn; I recollect Corder coming one day, either at dinner or beavor (lunch), and saying that, he would give me a pound note if I would curt h;.s throat; he was smiling at the timo, Cross-examined by Mr. BRODERICK.+:M v wife never told me she had lent the prisoner a spade; mentioned to the Jury that the prisoner offered me a pound to cut his throat. William Martin recalled, :ittd examined by Mr. Ilnotnßictc---I was not examined before the Coro. per's Jury ; I never was examined any where except at this place. W. Townes, examined by Mr. KELLY —I live at Polstead ; I have been a good many years in Mrs. Corder's employ. W. Corder assisted in managing. her farm; I know the Red Barn ; I assisted in fill ing it with corn last harvest, sometime in the for e _ part of August; it was filled by order of \V ; .iliam Corder. I heard him give the order to put the wheat there. Ho named the field America MI. I do not know that ho said which bay it was to he put into.. The corn was commonly put into the right bay, It was littered before the corn was put in. It was an old litter, but 1 can't say how long it had been in. It was s,O littered that the earth underneath could not t a ta seen. The barn was deare:it from corn before Stoke Fair, which is on the lea of May. I threshed the last wheat that WaS put in the barn last year. I began to thresh it in Febreary last, and finished in March. As I took out the sheaves as soon as I had room, I began to lay th: , straw. I did not remove the old litter in this. I could not see the ground. Cross-examined by Mr. BRODERICK-4i is usual to litter the bays before corn is put in. I have known Corder eighteen years. I never saw hint out of temper. He was a very good..natured man to ore , He lost three of his brothers and a father within the last two years. Wm. ilryke—li am farming bailiff to Mrs. Cordei•,. I recullee4 Corder leaving Polstead for Colhester, on the 18th of Sept em b er , 1527 . I had conversation with him respectin g th e business, as I wac ; go i ng to manage it I wanted to learn all about it. Mari:% M4rOn's name was mentioned. He said he had not zeen her since May. He said no more, only he spoke very highly of her. I assisted Thos. Martin in searching the barn., Martin discovered the place where the body was. I had a rake in my hand, a n d assisted t 2, remove the earth. The body was lying on, the right side, doubled up. I attended again on the Sunday morning, when the Coroner's Jury was there. I locked up the barn on Saturday night, and, unlocked it on Sunday, and found the body in th e same state. Cross-examined—The prisoner had been very ill before I drove him in September over to Colchestei. He said that Maria Martin was a deserving girl, and 5p01 , ,0 of her with great affection ; I was not exa m;ned before the Coroner; I was there the whole of the day ; an application uas made to the Corona to LAW Corder present while tise witnesses were , being examined before the. Jury, but he refused, LORD CIIIEFBAW,),N—That is somewhat singu%r, is it not ? Mr, I3RoDstacK—Yes, and also singular that the C' Q rpner should swear witnesses three week; after wards, no Magistrate or Jury being present, and, in addition to that,should ' he also be attorney for the prosecution, Witness continued—The prisoner was a good botuted man, There have been preachings near the barn, but not in the barn, LORD CHIEF BARON- - What'preaching ? Is not that very unusual ? Mr. BRODERICK--Yes, my Lord; there were preachings, and thousands of persons present ; and the prisoner treated as a guilty man before his tri a l. Witness—There wer e 5,000 persons to hear the. Parson preach ; his name is Young. LORD CHIEF BARON—Scandalous ! W as t h e preacher a Memb er o f the Church of England ? Witness—No, my Lord, a Dissenter; I knoll also puppet•-shows carried about, r m . _ "--le , and 1 ._sentin g the that bills have been placarded about the mr 4 ...,_,, scene of the murder. Coroner, said, Mr. ANDREW'S, on the part of M. li, he ri - • i avman the p o..ner was admitted • the Inquest-room, and the, evidence into the 16th of May, was read over to him. ti b M A ( N ee two letters given y r. J.NDREWS —I pro father of the deceased. to me by Mr. Martin, the correct plan of the it The map produced is .zt Stoke Fair fell on la the barn li : e h x at nin t ine 1827. I was out of it. before that time, and the corn was Mr. Chap Cross -examined--I was bound over to prosecute ; I was C hurchwarden of Polstead; I knew of shows Preachings, but I did not interfere, as I did not know I had power to interfere; there have been shows in Bury during the Assizes on the subject of the murder—a Ca»zera Obseura ; I did not interfere. Re -examined—I am not a Magistrate of Bury, and had na power to do so. Thomas Martin recalled—l received two letters from the prisoner—one dated 18th October last year, and the other dated 23d. I gave them to Chaplin; these may be the letters, but I can't say. George Gardiner, examined by Mr. ANDnEw:;— .. I believe - the two letters produced to be the hand writing of the prisoner ; I have correi-ponded wir h him frequently, and saw him write; 1 had a eenver sation wit!' Corder about the middle of summer la , t, PRICE 7D.