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tared, called out very quickly, " Now men, bow mem, sow."
Some et the =is then ream& , Barite was orte el theca,
and he took a pistol from under his coat. While the I
struggle between Harrop and the man spoken to, as being
the hot of the peg, wee going on, the officer beard the re-
port of a firearm, and be was immediately wounded above
hie right eye. In a very short tune after the diet shot
wit-
ner heard soother report, and perceived a bullet whizzing
poet him. Darinlit the truggle the officer distinctly saw
Wavle, whom he wilily hooey' fora year beßurke •
bad known for two or /ears. Then= with whom Barmy
was more eeptlehdly tamed. wrenched himself away mid ma
awe through a hedge. The officer having poneemed biertelf
of one of the bludgeons threw it at the fugitive and hit
him on the forehead . Just at this time three shots were
heard at a distance of about ninety yards ; the report came
from the part to which the other men had rut. Immediately
after the Sting a moan was heard, and the deemed en-
claimed, "O dear." When witame west up to the wounded
awn he found it was Jump, sad be waa removed to a
eeighbouring home, in which, in a few minutes,
he died. After death small pieces of paper were found
is the perforations made to Jump's wet. Oae of those
perforations was on the left breast. Both the arms of wit.
nem were very much bruised by blows from the bludgeons
need by Ward and another of the men.
Oeunsel for the ' crose-examised Harrop as to the
natters of the ex • coonected with the shots spoken of.
He said the shots were fired with great rapidity, snob as
they might, have been had they come from a revolver ; but
he could not say whether it ems a revolver or DOt lie
hid Dever positively said it wee a revolver. He saw
the Odd which Burke had ia his band. That was not, he
binned, a evivolver, bat a pistol. He bed never said that the
*me of paper found were " in the hales" el Jump's coat,
but "in one of the holes." The wittier produced two
bullets which were taken from Jump's body.
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Samuel Daniel Lees, M.D.. wee examined far the prose-
cution—He was ailed to attend the dreamed immediately
after the occurrence described by previous witnesms. There
was • wound on the head, but not dangerous. A bullet was
toned under the skin of the back. which was ex-
tracted. This bullet, the witness thought, was made
of lead piping. He made • pat mortem examination
of • more particular nature. On this examination
Dr. Lees traced the course of the bullet, which bad entered
under the wooed rib, passed on to the fourth, and per-
forating the upper lobe of the left lung aimed two quirts of
blood to flow into the chest, which was found in • liquid
state when the examination took place. The bullets ex-
tracted were described se being rough, and one having " •
shank on it." This witness went to the New ihuley, Salford,
to examine Wei de, and be found a wound on hit forehead.
There was another wound found on the body of Jump,
caused by • bullet entering at the breast bone and going
in the thioal marrow ; either this or the wound in the lung
wee sufficient to produce death. Dr. Lees went to the
New Bailey, Salford, to examine Ward, and he found his
forehead wounded in such a way as it might have been by
the bludgeon thrown by and spoken of by Sergeant &wrap.
Samuel Williamson, grocer, who lived near the spot
where Jump was murdered, was on the night of the mur-
der disturbed by the report of • firearm. He immediately
went to the window, and he saw • man firing again, there
being three shots in all. He saw several men near the
spot going through the stile near to which Jump was found
in • dying condition. Willies:sem, a few hours after the
murder, found • piece of paper which had evidently been
used as wadding ; on this paper the words, "Michael
Burke" were written. This paper dropped from Jump's
ooat in witness's house, end could not have been blown
there by any accident, such as a gust of wind.
Another wither, whose mune was Smith, was called. lie
lived very near the some of the murder, and en the night
referred to, bairn two shots fired, be rose, partially droned
himself, and went out, when he found the deceased
Grouching on his hands and knees. He said, "0 dear."
In entleavouriog to get up, he fell three CUM. Sergeant
Harrop came up, and asked the dying man if he meld
speak, but there was no reply. Jump was at once removed
to Williamson's house, where he almost immediately died.
Eli Ogden, who lived in Senallithaw Fold, said on the
night of the murder he was disturbed out of his sleep by the
sounds of angry voices, and co going to the window be maw
four men, and in a while the fifth came up. Alter the five
men had gone away be beard • shot at the end of the last
witness's house ; and on going out be heard a man groaning
and saying, " Oh."
The wife of the lag witness being examined, corroborated
the testimony of her husband.
William Booth, another resident at Smallshaw Fold,
said, he beard two shots, and then he got out of bed. He
heard footsteps a short distance from his house. He
looked through the window and he saw two men running
towards the railway bridge. They were a few yards apart;
one was rather taller than the other, the tall man
first. This man had nothing oa hie heed. They were run-
ning as fast as they could. it was about • minute after he
heard the second shot that he noticed the two men.
Constable Dunn, of Ashton, proved that on the morning
of the affmy be went to Williamson's house, where Ji.inp
had been taken, and there he received from Williamson a
piece of paper on which was written the words " Knott"
. and ' Burke."
Williamson, on being recalled, stated that he found the
pito, of paper on his doorstep and gave it to the officer
Dunn. He then noticed the name upon the paper.
The witness Dons, in continuation, said the paper when
he received it smelt of gunpowder. On the mime day be
searched the prisoner Burke 's house.
Cross-examined—He was on duty in the neighbourhood
of the affray. He heard five shota that morning, first two
and then three, quickly after each other. He was about
half a mile away from the place.
Thomas Ludlam, superintendent of police, said be re.
mired information on the 28th of June which induced him
togo to • cottage at Smallthaw Fold, where he saw Jump
lying dead. He afterwards smirched the neighbourhood,
and found in the field a large stick (produced) and also •
brown cloth cap. He produced an account-book belonging
to Knott, and a plaster cast of the footprint found at
Smalcabewsfold.
Richard Pickering, supenoterdent of police at Rochdsle,
said that Johnson stated to him that he wanted to make •
statement about this affair, and, being taken into the chief
coustoble's office, asked him (Johnson) if he was to under-
stand that he volunteered a statement. He said he was.
Witness said, "Then I must caution you to be careful,
as it may be given in evidence; are you now disposed
to make a statement!" He said, " Yea,' sod be
then made • statement which witoess took down in
writing. "1 want to see you about this matter ; about Ward
coming to my house on morning after the affair—l mean
Saturday morning. John Ward came to my house at wiz
o'clock in the morning sod knocked at the door. I was in
bed, but went down, and opened the house door. On open-
ing it, 1 found John Ward standing there. I took the key
from my pocket, and went to my workshop, a cellar close
by. Nlard said there bad been a row at Ashton with
the police, and one or two of the police, he suspected,
would be dead. About 8 o'clock Michael Burke came to toy
(Alba, Ward being still there, and stated that Police-con-
stable Jump was shot and deed, and that the other was not
expected to lire one moment from another." Johnson sow
said, ' Before Imy any more I will have a magistrate pre.
sent." Witness then went out, and met Mr. King, assistant
chief-constable, and brought him back to the office where
Johnson was, and told him, in Johnson's presence, what be
bad said ; Johnson then said, "When Burke cam* to the
cellar, Ward said ' I shot first.' `No,' says Burke, ' I
shot first, and thought I bed blown his arm off.'" John-
, non again desired to have • magistrate present, and wit-
nem brought Mr. Hegiebrittoro, • magistrate.
The learned Judge explained with regard to thew con-
versations that Johnson's statement was °widow* only
against himself and not against the others. The jury
must not assume that because Johnson said these conversa-
tions took place, that they did actually occur.
Examination continued :—When Mr. fleginbottoni came
in, Johnson commenced rambling in his talk, and the
magistrate took no statement down. On the afternoon of
the 9th of July he was assisting in removing Barlow, John-
son, Burke, and Ward; previously the evidence
had been given as to the paper bearing Burke's
name. In consequence of Burke's request to a police
officer, witness went into the cell, and Burke said, " I
want to make • statement : I'll not suffer for another ;
I'll tell the whole affair." Burke was toes taken into
the office, where he made • statement, which witness
took down in writing ; he afterwards read it over to him,
and he mid it was correct, and affixed his mark as signa-
ture to it. (The document, as read by the learned comma
in his opening statement, was then produced and real.)
On the 10th of July Burke was in • cell at Ashton, and
witness was at the door of the cell with him. Toole bad
been brought into an adjacent cell, and Burke said, "The
man in the next house is one of the two men whom
I named yesterday." On the 14th of July Burke was
brought out of his cell to see his wife, and he then
offered to go with witness to show where Ward had
concealed the pistol. On the next morning Burke was
taken to Smallshaw Fold, end pointing out a place near
the fold, said that was the place where Ward stood when
he shot Jump; that Ward then ran atom: Oreemlane,
and he (Burke) to the right.
In cross-examination, the witness said the statement was
not taken down word for word as Burke spoke it. It was,
however, the purport of his statement, and Burka said it
wee correct.
The witness was questioned by Mr. Ernest Jones as to
the state in which Johnson was when be made the Meta.
merit which had been repeated. Witness said that the man
appeared to have been drinking, and immediately after
making the statement he rambled, and talked such iansanne
that nothing more which he said was taken down after Mr.
Eleginhottom came in.
Dr, Leas being recalled, said he had examined Johnson
whoa Mr. Hegiabottom was there, sod found him in • very
weak sod de reseed rate ; so much so, that he recommended
his removal from the cell.
Joseph Knott, beerbouse keeper, Ashtoo-unier-Lyne,
said Burke was at his house on the 10th of February last.
He kept a memorsodum book of the beer get by his cus-
tomers; and es the 10th of February there was an entry
what the name of lichsei Berke (the prisoner) for the

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amount of lie. 4d. The paper produced was in his hod-
writing, cad was given by kin to Burke.
The court then rose, and the hearing of the *Mb was
adjourned till the following day. The jury were locked
up for the night, being aroortmedated in a neighbouring hotel
under the supervision of the sheriff's offictrs.