The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-05-17 00:00:00

In another book produced by another constable, was a note,
showing that prisoner was studying the properties of
strychnine, but the Attorney-General said it did not show
more than the prisoner was pursuing medical studies.
Elizabeth Hawkes was next examined : I keep a boarding.
house in Beaufort-buildings, Strand. The prisoner was
at my hause on the Ist of December last. I had some con-
versation with Palmer on the 19th of November. I
purchased some game for him on Ist Dec —a turkey and
brace of pheasants, and the porter purchased the fish. I
packed it up in a hamper. I had no conversation with
Palmer about the port& purchased or the things. I wrote
the direction on the hamper. The porter gave her the
direction. I had not been paid for the things. Palmer
came to her house on the Ist of Dec. I did not see Palmer
to tell him what had been done with the hamper. The
direction within on the hamper was W. W. Ward, Esq.,
Stoke-upon-Trent. Staffordshire.
Mr. George Herring was then called and examined by
Mr. Welsby : I reside at New-cross. I am independent.
I have known the prisoner two years. I saw the deceased
at Shrewsbury races. Mr. Fisher, Mr. Jones, and myself
were in a room adjoining the prisoner's and Cook's. On
the Thursday morning I saw Cook. I don't know whether
he had any money on Wednesday. I saw him with some
money in bank notes, they were crumpled up. I was not
enabled to ascertain the amount, but there was a consider-
able quantity of notes. Cook showed me his betting-book.
It contained entries made on the Shrewsbury races. On
Monday the 15th of November I received a letter from
Palmer. The letter was handed in and read, as follows :

" Nov. 18, 1855.
" My dear Sir,—l shall feel much obliged if you will
give me a call at 70, Beaufort-buildings, Strand, to-
morrow (Monday), about half-past two o'clock.—l am,
dear sir, yours, &c., War. PALMER.
I received the letter on the Monday morning, and I called
there that day. I found Palmer there, and he as ed what I
would take. I declined to take anything. I then asked
him about Mr. Cook. He said, " He's all right, the phys;-
clan gave a dose of calomel and advised him not to come
out, it being a damp or wet day. Palmer said what
I want to see you about is to settle his account. Whine he
was saying this he took a half sheet of paper ont of his
pocket and said this is it.. I rose to take it, and he said
I had better take it ,town ; this will be a cheque against you.
At that time he pointed to some paper lying on the table. I
wrote on that paper from his dictation. I have here the
paper. I wrote on that occasion, receive of Ingham £350 ;
Bath £3OO ; Green £l4O ; Morris £2OO ; Nelson £3O. He
asked me how much 1 made it; I replied £1,020. He said
that was the same as Cook made it. He then told me to
pay myself £6, and Shelley £3O, and that if I saw another
person he named I was to tell him that Cook would be up
on Thursday or Fi iday and settle with him himself, and that
if he gave me £l6 it would make £l,OOO remaining. Out
of that he told me to take £2OO to pay my own bill. I
stopped writing and looked up, and said I know no differ-
ence between you. He then said I was to pay Paddock £350
aid Pratt £450, and the three payments would make one
thousand pounds. He then gave me Padwick's and Pratt's
addresses, which I wrote down. He then said " You had
better write out a cheque for Pratt end Padwick, and send
them at once." I told him I had but one plain cheque in
my pccket. He said, " You can easily fill up a cheque on
half a sheet of paper." I refused to do so. I had not re-
ceived the money. Palmer said it was all right, as Cook
was not to see it. Palmer wished me particularly to pay
Mr. Pratt £450; his words were, " you must pay Pratt as
it is for a joint bill of sale on the mare." He
told me he was going to sea Pratt and Padwick, and he
would tell them I would send them the money. Previous
to this I told him I would call on them after I got the
money at Tattersalls' ; be then said what is there between
us, and I said £45. Palmer said you owed me £4O on the
Liverpool meeting, and I said 1 was to st ttle that with Mr.
Sargent. He said, " But you ha; e not settled it yet, as I
have done that." He went on, therefore, "If I give you
£lO, that will be right." At the same time he took out of
his pocket a £5O Bank of England note, but I was
unable to give him £22—the change. I gave him at
his request my cheque for £2O and nine sovereigns. I
don't know the number of the £5O note, He pressed me
to send the cheques immediately to Padwick and Pratt,
because it would then be before bank hours. lie said
" when you settle this account, write down word to
either Cook or me." I turned round and said I should
certainly write to Mr. Cook, believing I was settling his
account. Palmer said it did not matter much who I
wrote to. I said if I address Mr. Cook, at Mr. Palmer's,
Rugeley, Stafford, it will be correct, will it not ? He
said, yes, After leaving him, I went to Tattersales, and