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the Warners denied all acqUsintance with..3.anes.
Witness then took the Whole party to noweatreets
leaving the cans of oil at the next door, in Greek.
street. The officers then went to Coekspursatreet,
and apprehended Colby in his master's shop.
Cross-examined lat • Me. Aspaxvis.—tie is a
parish officer; he WAS first applied to on Friday
14th, and then saw Colby, who. be was sold. as,,a
the person suspected. It was quite light at a quar-
ter before six. Colby,,when apprehended, was Ci
a light jacket, and during the traiisacticm win fur
about few or five minutes in sight of witness.
Crosasexamisied by Mr. ADOLPHUS, us Counsel
for the Waruers.—lt was about halt-past MX when
Jones arrived in Greek-street, When willies, en.
terrd the house there war no one present but
Warner. jun. and Jones. The passage was lighted •
by a window from the stairs. The oil netts at
Jones's feet. 'fibre was another mail come out of
room on the ground-floor, and asked what the •
noise sas about ? Witness did not know what. an-
swer was returned. A roan, who appeared to be a
cosehmase also came down, as did likewise the wife
of Warner, sen. IVitiless cannot tell whether the
wife did not come down first, and theta call her
husband.
lie-examined by Mr. A I.I.CY.—He is quite posie
live that Culbey was the men whom lie saw at tltc
shop. He had seen him twice before, on the two'
mornings preceding, while he was watching.
John Clinton. A police-officer, was
ill company wit!. the lost witness on the 18th of
September, and related the parrienlars of the trans.
action as given by hon. Ile further stated, that
the second can of oil which Shepherd Awnd himself
to Isere first seen when Jones stopped in Gieek-
street. was left there by a tams who immediately de-
. parted. The Warners explicitly denied all know-
ledge of the Prisoner, Jones. Witness asked the
elder Warner if he had any oil about ? lie
answered that he had not, and was willing that his
place should he searched. No oil was found et
either of the Warners' rooms; witness then asked
young Warner to spew him the cellar where he
kept his oil; he took witness into • yard et the
back of the house, and said he had no cellar. Wit-
ness then said he wait not to be trifled with, mid
that he would go down stairs. He then went down,
and saw a door on the left hand, on entering w holt
raw three :urge oil cam, which were empty
Witness then proceeded along a passage ender:
round, and observed a dour ember open, and
*ought he heard the noise of a boleti; he asked
"nog Warner, who was with him, if there was ally
petson in the room ? and he said "No!" Witness
kiasseked at the door, and a female voice from
'within said, " We are two lone women, and we are
stoked?" Witness said, " Open the dour, I only
smut to ask a question ; Mr. Warner hum told oic ii
glory, and I can't believe him." The door was
their opened mad a female pointed to a cellar, which
she said was Mr. Warner's. Young Warner
said the door was locked, but that witness might
break it open. Mrs. %Varner then came down with
the key of the door ; and upon starching the cellar
be found two cans of oil, a quart mea-ure, and sI
futiel. Witness learned that Mr. Warner curried
wit his business at 108, in the Adelphi. He accord-
ingly went there on the same morriirigs arid found
shout 4or 500 gallons. A number •1 empty-cater .
er'e also found, and among them three hearing
the risme of " Dare," the predecessor of the 'Pru-
secutor in his business.
In cross-examination, witness said lie could not
recollect ever having said.that he knew Colby by Ili,
white jacket. He had said that he knew tile :nail who
came on the Tuesday was the same he hid seen en
Hie Monday, because he ki.ew him by his white
jacket. He could not tell what dress Colby were
on the Tuesday ; to the best of his recollection
Colby at the moment of his apprehension lied on It
smock frock. He found a quart oil eau in Co:ttyN
11"sesion• Ile did not when at the house of Cob.
•s
by desire any one to give hum something to drink.
Ile gave a buy sixpence to get some pudding.
John Buchannari, errand-boy to a butelicr, re-
siding :text door to Mr. Warner, deposed, that he
knew the Prisoner Jones, and saw hint oil the IStli
September ; he had seen him befare that go twice
or fluke a week to Mr. Warner's, airways at an early
hour, and generally accompanied by noodle'. man.
They always carried cans. He bad seen inter
on a Saturday and receive money from Mr. ‘Vari,ei
anti. and sometimes from a female servant of Mr.
Warner's.

Cross-examined.—lle is not acquainted with
Jones ; be only knew him by seeing him bliug oil ;
he had the appearance of a lamplighter. lie does
not know 'hilt Mr. Warner is a master lamp-
lighter. He recollects going to How-street. 111'
taw the female servant of Alr. IVainer heferr
going to Bow.street in the middle of the (L.!.
He never said to her, " I am going to Boss_
street, and I'll be d---d if I don't do f.,r
your master;' nor, " be d---d it I do ;mr
go and give evidence; it will be a prime !bio.• for
me ;" nor, on his return home from
did he say, " He is found guilty ; I tart done
him."

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Mr. Edmonson was then again called up, and ide::-
tified the two Calls found w Jones's pusA-ssion.
which he knew ; one by having walked it wits Lis
own initials, and the other by it. *laving the tittuiP
bf " Dare" upon it. The oil in the calla allis
sperm oil,. which is not used for. the purpose of
street lamplighters. Mr. Shirk hUtVt edt it 111 r.
Dare.
Cross-examined—The servant liars left who (*ru-
ed the donr.ler Colby on the inottliog in cisierston.
He cannot say positively that the time ours rnart-
ed Dal e" had ever been in Mr. Starts's pos-
session.

Mr. Sink had hosted the oil in the two can*, and
found it to be sperm old, fluid* r us quality to that
which he hod on lots pretniiies. Ile succeeded
father, who hid taken the husinevs of Mr. Dart.
Witness hid never supplied Mr. Taylor of the
Opera Ilou•e; he did not know that tl.e Opera
!louse hid ever beets supplied by tither Mr. Diire
or his (witness's) father. Ile did not kiwi. that
Mr. Warner had ever supplied the"Opira
It was usual to send a full ran to a customer rod
bring beck an empty one.
This closed the case fur the prosecution.
The Prisoners being called on for their ilelcoce
Colby said be knew nothing at all of the trent-
action.
Jones said he foiled the oil under the Piuzzi,god

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