The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-09 00:00:00

not tell what they were, and he said he should require ,
three or four days to make his investigation. He had
seen Dr. Taylor again that morning, and he pronounced
that the spots were blood, but thought they were of
some standing—that was, that they had not come there
within a day or two. He said he could not pronounce
whether it was human blood or not. He added that, if
there had been blood upon the trousers, and manure
water had been applied, it would change the colour so
materially that it would be very diffictilt indeed to tell
the date of the spots, as it would make them look much
older than they would otherwise appear. Dr. Taylor
added that the trousers had been dirtied since the spots
of blood had been upon them. Witness proceeded to
say that he had ascertained that Hatto did not eat his
supper on the night of the murder, having given it to
Eggleston, whereas Hatto had told him that he had

eaten it, and afterwards went to bed.
The Coroner here desired that the prisoner should be
introduced. On being brought into the room in custody
of an Eton constable, he looked anxiously round,
and appeared somewhat disturbed by the pressure of the
crowd round the door. The bustle and confusion caused

by his entry having subsided,
The Coroner addressed him as follows :—Moses Hatto
since our last meeting further evidence has been adduced
against you. That which was before taken was read over
to rill on the last occasion ; you shall now hear what
has been produced to-day.

Prisoner--Yes, sir.
(A. rush at the door at this moment caused some in-
terruption, ti o
and appeared to disconcert the prisoner, who
listened n
with great apparent anxiety to the observations
u
addressed to him.)
The clerk here read through the depositions, the pri-
soner watching attentively the various points as he
proceeded. The testimony of the several witnesses hav-

ing been gone through,
The Coroner said—lt is my duty to caution you now,
as I have already previously done, and to tell you that
you are not bound to say anything. Whatever you do
say will be taken down in writing, and will be given in
evidence against you at your trial. You have heard
the depositions taken, before, and also those taken to-'
day, and I ask you now whether you have anything to
say?
Prisoner—l did not tell that carter that I was com-
ing here for a parcel on Thursday night. (This was in
allusion to a mistake in Eggleston's evidence, rectified
by Inspector Langley's deposition.)
Coroner—We are not going into the matter now.
What do you say about the murder ?
Prisoner—Well, I can say that I am innocent

" from" it.
Coroner —Have you anything more to say ?
Prisoner—No, sir ; I don't know that I hav'e any

thing more to say ?
Coroner—Don't know. Do you mean that you have
nothing more to say ?
Prisoner—No, sir ; I have not anything more to say.
The prisoner here signed his declaration with a firm

hand, and withdrew in custody.
The Coroner then proceeded to sum up. He said—l
shall not go again into the disgusting details of the
fearful crime, but shall content myself with making such
remarks as the evidence suggests, so far as it implicates
the prisoner in custody, at the same time reminding you
that no part of it appears to criminate any one else.
You find, gentlemen, that Mr. Goodwin, the respect.
able occupier of the house wherein the murder was com-
mitted, had left his home between six and seven on
Tuesday evening, for the purpose of visiting his rela-
tions at Langley, and there it has been proved he re-
mained from half-past six till a quarter to 11—the dis-
tance seems to be about half an hour's ride—and he
reached home about half-past 11, He entered by the
north door of the house by a latch key that was left
on the latch ; the opposite or south door was also found
on the latch ; which was usually bolted at bed-time.
You have heard that it was Mr. Goodwin who first
gave the alarm on his return home, having found that
there was a fire in deceased's bed-room, which was ex-
tinguished by Hatto and the farm labourers. The
instrument of death seems to have been a poker, which
was broken just above the wider part, and was found
in the room of the deceased with human hair upon it,
and identified as the one she had in her hand the
day before, taken from Mr. Goodwin's room.
Now, gentlemen, let me call your particular atten-
tion to the passage-door by which you enter the
kitchen—there is found the deceased's tooth, a hair-
pin, much blood, and a blow on the door post as if
made by a blunt instrument like a poker. If the
nstrument by which the blow was given was the
poker, the assassin must have gone into the deceased's
bed-room to get the poker, and if the fatal. blow took
place in the passage, then the body must have been car-
ed up stairs (blood being traced from the passage-door
to the bed-room), or it might have been that a struggle
first took place in the bed-room, and she might have
run down stairs to give the alarm, and there received a
blow which disabled her from opening the passage-door,
and then, returning to the bed-room, and being' fol-
lowed, the fatal blow must have been given there. But,
either way, there must have been blows and loud
screaming at the passage-door, which must have been
heard in the kitchen where Hatto was waiting for Mr.
Goodwin or up stairs in her bed-room. No doubt the
body was set fire to by the perpetrator of the horrid
deed, and it might have been the person's intention to
burn the house too, to avoid detection. The doctor's
evidence points out to you a large smearing of blood, as
if the body had been dragged from the entrance of the
room to the spot where it was found. Then, gentlemen,
look again. As the deceased left Bunce's cottage near
or about nine, and as the inmates of that cottage were
all in bed soon after, that fact must have been known
to any person about the premises. Soon after, or about
that time, it is !probable the tragedy commenced,
for the body could not have been so much consumed
and charred in a much less time than two or three
hours. I observed a sprinkling of blood on the facing
of the door-post on the side of the door next to the
kitchen. Hatto told Mr. Goodwin he thought some one
had been about the place. Hatto also said he heard a
rumbling noise against the door, about a quarter before
11, whilst in his bed-room, that he then laid down for a
quarter of an hour, and afterwards hearing the dog bark
he got up. He told Bunce that he heard a noise in the
house, and was not satisfied ; but if there were any
noise in the house it must have been before 11, and
must, I submit to you, have been heard by Hatto. It
is remarkable that be gave no alarm till the dogs had
barked, when the body was partly consumed. It is
also a remarkable circumstance that when Bunce told
Hatto to go to a gate on the other side of the yard,
while he watched at the entrance gate, that Hatto had
left his post, and got his trousers wet and dirty. I
think now it becomes important to refer to Mrs. Bunce's
evidence. You know, gentlemen, that her cottage is
only a few yards from Mr. Goodwin's residence.
Between eight and nine the deceased was in Bunce's
house. She remained there about a quarter of an
hour, and then left to get (as she said) Hatto's
supper, and told Mrs. Bunce that as soon as she
had done she should go to bed or sit in her own
room, as Hatto's conversation was so " indiffer-
ent"
and
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him.
her, but we are in ignorance what those words were.
Hatto says "he came out of the house with the woman
who was murdered, when she went to Bunce's cottage ;
and, as the back door leading into the house was open,
it might have been then entered." You don't hear that
any one else was about the premises. Now, what are
the suspicious circumstances against Hatto ? First,
after getting into the water in the farmyard, he washes
his trousers, assigning as a reason that he had got- into
the water ; upon those trousers, which were worn by
him on the night of the murder, are found spots of blood.
Secondly, when he was up stairs, after the fire was ex-
tinguished, he was seen to tilt water on the floor, near
to the deceased's bedroom door, on some blood, and rub
it with his hand. Again, what was his conduct after
Mr. Goodwin came home, and before the murder was
discovered ? After he had taken Mr. Goodwin's horse
to the stable, Hatto returned to the kitchen, where he
was sitting when Mr. Goodwin came home ; and on that
gentleman's second examination, he told you that, when
he had opened the passage door to get a light, Hatto,
before he had groomed the horse, came back into the
kitchen making a humming noise. Hatto then asked
Mr. Goodwin if he had seen anything wrong or words to
hat effect. Then Mr. Goodwin had not been up stairs,
You recollect that it is in evidence that Coker,
farmer's boy, slept with Hatto on the Wednesday, when
Hatto said he hoped he should have a better night than
he had had the night before, and for the first two hours
of that night he was so restless that the lad could not
get to sleep. The next night Mr. Goodwin ordered two
other men to sleep with him. Mr. Goodwin has lost
two
romral
razors a ring, and several other small articles
s bed-room. I don't much k th• in importance
attaches to this, as he did not miss them till Thursday,
and a great many persons
the melancholy spot. It
had been in the house to visit
Boner has given any does not appear that the pri-
expla
which may lead to the nation, or disclosed any thing
this horrd deed. The
of the perpetrator of
fact for your consideration last, but not the least important
on is, that the premises were
found secure when Mr. Goodwin ca
only exception that the south door wag
on the
with the
e latch only,
and not bolted as usual, so that the murderer might