The National Register.
London, England, 1820-07-31 00:00:00

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MONDAY, JULY 31, 1820.

1 his witmss deseribrd the state of tile bodies more
particokirly, but trot materiallythlicriog from the twiner
witotises.

W.lliam Cant a constable, proved, that on the
third floor there Was a box containing a consider:l'ole
quantity of plate, some Of it illafked T. P. Al. Titete
was no pbuidering on the premises. The rest of his
testimony was similar to that of the other wit,tesses.
Heaven pr0..e.1, that he found in the privy
some /tapers and a tin box, which he gave to the Coro-
ner's ury.
Adam Reid proved, that he well knew Mr. Parker
and his houskeeper—saw then. bodies. No one Inc('
in the house but those two; recognized the body of Sa
rah Brown; could not distinguish Mr. Parker; the shoe
and foot of ONC leg were nearly entire ; thenuilit it was
Parker's foot-and shoe; sow a good deal of jewellery on
the floor in the parlour; deceased had been a fancy
jeweller; witoesskileW SgtliC of the jewellery before as
belonging to the deceased.
Raven plover', that he made shoes for Mr.
Parker; saw the bodies; reco4nized Sarah Brown;
knew the shoe on the foot of the tither body; thinks it
was of witness's making ; had tome s:retched that shoe,
so as to break it on each side of the strap; had. doubt
of the shoe; Parker's foot was particularly high on the
instep; had no doubt the foot of the body was Parker's.
William Patten, a surgeon, proved that he sow the
bodies ; Parker's skull was fractured in several places;
the blows seemed to be given with a circular Wenn in-
strument ; thought it must have been a hammer; they
must hate caused instant death ; the female's head was
fractured in two places; the lice much bruised; the
fractures must have Caused instant death.

Thomas Colts, publican, at Portsmouth, proved, that
he saw the prisoner at Portsmouth a mouth before the
murder; lode,ed with wtiness; prisoner left witness on
the 10111 of February; he then owed 51.; borrowed 11.
of wiIIICSS then to 140 to 1,011(1011. Prisoner said he was
going there to sell sum.; it,,ods, and to see his father and
friends. Witness was repai : on the sth of March at
110011, by a !At-miring man, who took away the prisoner's
tronk—it was paid by a 51. time ; SAW the prisoner once
after this in Portsmouth. When ue lodgt:d wail witness
he went by the name olJanies Watson.
Cross-examined.—Prisoler had valuable gonds,chiefly
silk. When sober, the prisoner was rely peaceable and
quiet; had the optitalmia when living with witness;
(lid not wear speet.icles.
Francis Fataner—Coachman of the Ircro Coach;
drives all the way; recollects prisont r ; nu the 4111 of
March took bhp up at Mouse-hill, 3(i miles iron' Lon.
don; had a small bundle with him ; he sat on the box;
said he had come from town to M,iford by the Chiches-
ter coach that morning.; chewed witness a coral, which
Ise slid he had 'Omni ; it was in a .arnisind state; Irft
hist, at the Fountain Inn, Portsmouth, at six o'clock
that evening.

Cross-examincd—But not for the Way-bill should not
have remembered the day.
Ann Kirby lived at Portsmouth; an tin rortunate wo•
mall there; lint knew prisonerin November ; Knew Ii :u
by the name of Watson; know lion titl he left Pol.:s-
ummit) in February; he had a nephew there; the nephew
called hint Prisoner said he tva. lig to
duo to jr.ct some money; saw him on his :Thu:, from
I.undrai on the 411 of March , said he hail come limn
Woolwich friends; said he and another rode
on horseback to %louse Mil, and front thence lie came
by the coach; said tic arrived at ei.,111, and came to wit-
oess directly, prisoner slept with %%nuns that night, at
the Red Lion. Next day, at breakfast, prisoner sent a
mail r. Cole's, pith a note to pay 41. 1.5 i. trd. Tut:
shah row-m.(l with a trunk and sonic llJar,c in a paper.
Prisoner slept four nights more there with the witness.
fter Ihat, the winless wasafraid to sleep with him. Ile
threatened to kill witness, and w.ts su al.:rinei; to lus
sleep, would cry out in his sleep " What's that !" and
call on some name, Betsey or Sally. In consequence of
this witness lett prisoner. lie t ate witness ear-ringi and
a shawl, sod in money. Witness occasionally slept
with him .ifterwardv—lris behavidur in the night conti-
nued the saute. PI itoiler said he had killed two men
and one woman—the men its duals; it was a secret, and
witness must not divulge it. lle killed the woman by
striking her, but lie did not like to hear of it. Pt isimer
()lien went to the play alter he returned from Lotnion,
and dressed ditlert Illy to what he haul done before—a
hat instead of a cap, and white tip boots—let his whis-
kers grow, which he did not before, athl wore silver
spectacles.
This witness underwent a very long and severe cross-
examination, but she did not deviate materially I runt her
oriainal story.
%Vinton' Ouffey, nephew to the prisoner, was at Ports-
mouth in illarch ; first saw plot:inter at 1' nisnlonth in
November; his lialtle is James Neshett; lie went by the
name oh Watson in November; he said he went after
ins mother's name. On the 4th Ni arch saw th, ortstmer
at seven in the evening; said lie cane from W:,olvvich
by the coach, said he had seen witness's übothe.. at
*Woolwich. On the sth of ;March saw prisoner and
Ann 1> troy at the Red Lon, at holf.past Ik) 111 the morn-
ing; saw theta together again; alter he was