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usistras ; on the night previous to the mo►der hs

Canoe home eioolt tell aud nod that be

should go out the nest mornotoc betweru one •od
two o'clock, boot whit t we he sctosll) went oot
sloe could out •tste.

Julio Smith. shepherd to Mr. Tessler, stated
that lit lodged 0 the some I ttttt sr with Ely Cos,
and tot the Sunday tnormrog that the muider wee
committed lit lieurd I gib nut shim* four o'clock ;
at five he beard the report of a prrtul ur Kau; it
seemed to proceed Irma Cruckemissmcoriser. bnti
being its the habit of many gnats go 0; he
did not much notice the elfEllmstotecr.
Mr. Marie. suige ttttt of •Epe..m. deserVud the

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mangled state in ranch he the b. iI . ui Cu*
upon his being called in, and stAted his bel of that
the murder was rtfecttil by strangulation. lie
searched the wickets of the ,Tressed ; there was
no money its them; a handkerchief tivia tied round
his neck. with the knot !NI 64. earl iu ;he knot
was introduced a 11,44 *licit. with a hook at the

end, as if for the purpose of ',Asia* it, with eit.
traorditiary tightness.
Charles Tatmeis, a; labourer, stated, that as he
wee standing with another mato serer Crockciihritn.
corner on the Sunday of the murder, at, reboot five
in the morning, lie heard some person excision 111 a
mournful manner, 6, Oh, Lind ! Oh, Lora I" unit
immediately said to the oilier mon, " Their is
some 'trawl shot by a spring-gun." They lorrlo tt
about the pack and up and down the 1(1%1 in dis-
cover from whom the exclamation procecrledr hot
could Pee no person. The place Owe he shwa,
when lie heard the voice, is very near Ciockenliain:
corner.
Thomas Page, residing neat door to the Prisoner,
deposed, that on the unwiring of the murder lie
heard the report of a gun to the direction of
Crockeirlistuscorrier at live o'clock. Aliont three
quarters of. ea hour afterwards lie got op arid
opened his window, and 1:48 ;remelting the Prisoner
in the. gardeti, spoke to I , end inquired elicit
o'clock it was. He hail a dark-colourrd coat oil,
but he could not recollect what other cloil.es he
wasdreseed in, not being at the window Mote thaw
a few seconds.,
Joseph Crompton, *Area to Mr. Lsdbrock, of
EPIUIn, piloted that he assisted in rerrirmir.g the
body of Ely Coe to the house of Mr. Teem, mid
afterwards returned to the place whore the lowlier
was committed to make his ob•ervatiossit. lie
busies and trees, were mach broke; as if or virilreit
struggle lied takeu place, and there were Marmite
marks on the ground whit h denoted the frame
commence. At one place it appeared as if the toe
of a snail's shoe lied caught in the gro.iitsol; oral
close by lie futind set inside sock of a .111. r, made
out of ea old hat, and cot to a men's rote. [The
sock was then produced to the Maxi•tiotrs, arid
fitted to the shoe of the Prisonear; it appeared :o
correspond with the site of his shoe.]
blab the aisle,. maid. that *hew Ise spprelienderT
the Prisoner the second time, he made his:l'l.ol-
- his shoes, and-he then discovered two socks sts
milir to the one produced by the last witness, of
the same material., end cut in the same Manner ;
one of them appeared to him much more worn than
the other.
The Magistrates 'carefully compared the sot ks
found by May to the shoes of the Prisoner, nod the
one found by Crompton. The latter appeared
at t three quarters of an inch longer than the
Others, but in other respectv much resembled them.

May further stated, that having been informed
thut a bloody ni had been seen at the Itou.e i.f
the Prisoner subsequent to the murder, he .earth-
ed and found an article of that description : there
were several spots of blood in the Centre ii.
During the confinement of the Prisoner in otol,
he was asked what clothes he had on the (toy of
the murder, mid described, *Mono nutter tinily,
a pair of grey trowsers, very much foded mot torn.

Flail, the officer, Stated, that ott the 4 It instant
he searched the cottage of the Pr.soner, but in
consettoence of having no warrant, and O..l►.ntie
being at that time, but slightly suspected, he was
not very strict in the search. On the 11th in•tsut
he again searched, and then discovered between
his bed and the sacking a pair a grey trows►r..
much faded and torn, and stained with blood ; he
also found a waistcoat, upon which were several
spots of blood t a torn shirt was f►uud ut the stance
time. and he remarked that the shirt and waistcoat
were both torn at a place under the aria, as if vet,'
by the same motion or exertion at the same time.
A hat wai also discovered with marks on the frus.t,
hearing the appearance of blood. He had care—
fully examined the place where the murder was
committed, and it appeared by the marks of bloOd
upon 'sane gates, and particularly upon a tree by
a breach in the fence opposite the Prisoner's house,
that the murderer had made his retreat from
Crockenham-corner in a direct line with Osborne's
house, over the fence in free of it. He l.ad been
informed that Osborne smelly wore short boot•,
but there was a person who would mate that on the
day of the murder he saw him in shoes.
James Coombs, a labourer, corroborated the lat.
ter part of Hall's statement.
James Saunders, head gardener to Mr. Northey,

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was called to identify the clasp knife found near
the body of Cox, as belotiKing to the Prisoner; hut
although he had frequently tern a .iontl.or knife in
his porserseon, he could not say that the bloody
knife produced wits the same,
The Prisoner protested his innocence in the moq
solemn manner, and raid, that however appear:wt.. •
were against him, he phoul I be able to . xplueel
every •ivisg. He was attended by 81r. Alley and
Mr. Hamer, and recoi 1111 l ended to keep silence in
the present stage of the business.
The Chairanati, after a consultation with the
other Msgistrates, addressed the Ps isomer. and ...eel,
that nudes all the circumstances of the ta.r i.e
telt it his duty to commit I for trial.
The examination was attended by a vast nuinhe r
of the gentry of the surrounding
Pritio..er is young snail, apparently vi,,setil -27
of age, lair e plexteu., and 11;41et ; I,r hu•
beau wrerat yeas to the navy. mitt t•ei tett under
Captain Coin towd.u. ) Wide.
The Over-t rt. .4 Ep,ost: were hound over to
• prortcnie, amid the is iree,ssr. to attend and give their
evidence at the tit to 4.,:rea.

The Ajax, SicvvmsoN. G with
ten dais, 115 butt', Ii anived at Hull.

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