The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-05 00:00:00

fire. Witness had since opened the skull, but found
previously another wound on the right side of the head,
which would account for the accumulation of extrava-
sated blood underneath the scalp. The wound did not
pass through the external portion of the scalp, but had
caused a laceration of the internal part, whence the
blood had effused. Upon moving the skull, which was
not fractured, and the covering membranes of the brain,
the blood vessels appeared to be in a state of conges-
tion, both on the surface of the brain and at the base,
but without any general effusion. An internal exami-
nation of the body proved that deceased was not en-
ceinte. As to whether recent violence had been offered
to the deceased it was impossible to say, from the cir-
cumstance of the lower portion of the body being so
injured by the fire. Witness was of opinion that death
was occasioned by the injuries inflicted by blows on the
head, which brought on concussion of the brain, and
that death ensued before the commencement of the
burning of the body. There was blood upon the door,
and on the floor of the room near the door, as if the
body had been dragged along. Along the passage there
were, here and there, drops of blood, and there was the
mark of a bloody hand on the wall of the passage up-
stairs, nearly opposite the bedroom door of the deceased.
Blood was similarly smeared on the upper half of the
bedroom door outside. There was also the same appear-
ance on the door, about two feet from the bottom,
Jane Bunce, the wife of the farm bailiff, deposed that
on the night of Tuesday, after she had gone to bed, she
was awoke by the barking of the dogs, and she!t,lionght
it was caused by a party of " batfowlers," or Sparrow
catchers, coming into the yard. There were two carters
and two boys, all of whom were in bed. Her husband
said he must get up, and he did so ; while dressing him-
self witness heard Hatto call out " Bunce, get up, for I
think there is some one about the place ;" that was about
half-past 10. Her husband got up and put the colts in
' the yard, from which they had broken out. Deceased
was in witness's cottage at about 8 o'clock. She brought
a piece of sticking-plaster to put on witness's bad fin-
ger. After deceased had dressed witness's finger she
said "I must go into the house and get the boy s supper
out." Deceased added that when she had done so she
should go upstairs and sit in her room, as the boy's
(Hatto) conversation was so " indifferent" that she could
not sit with him, neither should she. That was all the
conversation that took place between deceased and wit-
ness. Witness had beard Hatto say since the murder
that he came out of the house with deceased, and that
he went to the stable when she went to the cottage.
Since the murder Hatto said be heard a noise against
the door which goes out of the kitchen into the pass-
age, and witness blamed him for not coming to tell
her husband. Hatto meant that he heard the noise
on Tuesday night, but he did not mention any par-
ticular hour. Deceased told witness on the Tuesday
night that she and Hatto had had words together. Wit-
ness did not understand deceased to mean that words
had passed between them that night. None of the
lodgers got up until after witness's husband had put the
colts to rights. One of them, the second-team carter
(Eggleston), met witness's husband as he was coming
into the cottage.
In answer to questions from the coroner,
Mr.'Goodwin said that Hatto was a civil and obliging
servant, and had borne up to the present time a good
character.

John Bunce, husband to the above witness, was re-
called.— He added that when Hatto and himself went
round the yard he threw some gravel up at the house-
keeper's window, and Hatto told him not to do so again,
as she was asleep, and it would only disturb her. There
then appeared to be a candle burning in deceased's room.
Never took any notice of what Hatt°, and deceased said.
They did not belong to him. They lived in the house,
and he knew very little about their movements.
William Eggleston, a carter in the employ of Mr.
Goodwin, and lodging at Bunce's, deposed, that he got
up in the night of Tuesday, when Mr. Goodwin gave
the alarm of fire. Had previously heard Hatto call

Dunce.
Dr. Robarts here returned, and said he had compared
the tooth found by Mr. Goodwin in the passage on
Tuesday night, and ascertained that it belonged to the
body of the deceased. It exactly fitted the jaw of the
deceased.

William Eggleston further deposed that he and others
went into the house. Witness heard Mr. Goodwin say
he thought the poor woman was burnt to death. Wit-
ness took water up, and threw it into the room. Hatto
assisted in carrying the water. When the smoke had
cleared away witness saw the body of deceased lying on
the floor, with the legs burnt off. After that witness
sat up with Mr. Goodwin and others all night. By de-
sire of Mr. Goodwin witness and Jonathan Davis slept
with Hatto last night. Hatto was anxious that some-
body should sleep with him. Hatto never mentioned
anything about the murder ; he was asleep in less than
five minutes. This morning Hatto's nose bled, and he
sat down on the foot of the bed. Witness and Hatto
got up about 4 o'clock, and Hatto then complained that
his nose was about to bleed. Had never known Hatto's
nose to bleed before. On the night of the murder,
when they were extinguishing the fire, witness saw
LIMO slop some water near the doorpost outside, and
rub his hand over the blood, as if to rub it off. That was
after the fire was put out and when the other men had
gone downstairs. Did not observe anything very par-
ticular in Hatto's manner while they were employed to-
gether in extinguishing the fire.
Jonathan Davis, the other carter, who slept last night
with Hatto, deposed that Hatto talked ofhisrazors, but
nothing was mentioned about the murder or the fire.
Hatto's nose burst out bleeding when they all grouped
together at 4 that morning. Hatto's nose bled while he
was putting on his clothes. Last night, as they were
going to bed, Hatto offered to sell witness one of his
razors for a shilling.
Police-superintendent Symington produced a pair of
trousers which Hatto wore on Tuesday last ; there
were marks of blood on them, and the blood had been
pronounced to be human blood. He deposed that he
had observed marks of blood at 'the bottom of Hatto's
bed ; the marks appeared to be partially obliterated, and
the blood was of longer standing than that morning.
Witness also produced a jacket on which were marks of
blood ; but it was explained that Hatto had been em-
ployed to remove the body, and that the blood might
have been communicated to the garments by that means.
Mr. Clearc (the foreman) said, it was a suspicious cir-
cumstance that Hatto should have fallen into a pool of
water in the yard, when looking round on Tuesday
night, and so induced the necessity for washing his trou-
sers. They had been partly washed, and were hanging
to dry in Mr. Goodwin's kitchen on the Wednesday
morning.
Superintendent Symington further deposed that he
had searched the bedroom of Hatto, and found the
trousers now produced. He also produced an envelope,
found in the box of Hatto, containing apparently the
address of deceased's mother. It was addressed "Mrs.
R. Sturgin, Parsonage-green, Cochfield, Sudbury, Suf-
folk. Paid." Witness also found several letters from
Hatto's friends in his box. Witness had thoroughly
searched the premises, but could find nothing likely to
give any certain clue to the guilty parties. Witness
produced the tooth and hair pin found by Mr.
Goodwin.

William Coker, a boy
l•n the service of Mr. Goodwin,
and living at the cottage, deposed that he slept with
Hatto on the night after the murder. Hatto said he
hniogphetdbheefosrhe. should have
jumped a pleasanter night than he had the
about in the bed very much,
and appeared very uneasy.
Hatto was here introduced, and asked to sign the evi-
dence given by him on Wednesday.
Th e Coroner said that Hatto stool in a peculiar posi-
tion,as being the only person left on the premises with
the deceased. The whole of the depositions would be
read over to him, and ho could make any observations
he pleased upon them, but whatever he said would be
taken down and produced in evidence against him should
the jury find a verdict of guilty against him.
The prisoner, who appeared perfectly unmoved, is of
' middle size and about thirty years of age. His counte-
nance was pale, and there was a restless movement of his
eyes, but there was nothing in his general demeanour to
convey the impression that he was capable of committing
so horrid and revolting a crime as that for which he was
detained on suspicion. He listened to the evidence
attentively, but without emotion, and it is rather remark-
able that never since the commission of the murder has •
he expressed any probable clue to the mystery.
The Coroner then proceeded to sum up the evidence
and charge the jury. .He then cautioned the prisoner in
the usual way.
The prisoner said,—I can say nothing at all about the
murder except that I myself am innocent of the crime.
I have nothing further to say.
The Coroner said, the case had occupied a consider-
able space of time, and every means had been used to
procure information. Of one thing there could be no
doubt—one of the most diabolical and cruel murders on
record had been committed at the Burnham Abbey farm.
It was possible that some one might have entered the
house while the deceased was absent at • Bunce's. The
oply strong fact against Hatto was,
that,
admission, he was the last person seen b
withy his own
admission, thenden-
ceased previous to her corpse being found. The con-
duct of Hatto was not altogether clear from suspicion,
jury
of blood in the pas-
sago that there was no legal
evidence
w abi
itioi tell the
inThesago would warrant the suspicion that deceased was
first attacked in the chamber, and that she ran down-
stairs to give the alarm, when she was attacked and
murdered. The tooth was found downstairs, but the
broken poker was found in the bedroom of deceased.
The marks on the doorpost were such as would have
been made by the blow of a poker. No robbery of any
extent had been committed, and there seemed almost a
total absence of sufficient motive for the murder. On
the whole, there was no evidence to fix the guilt on
Hatto or au othery person, and it would be for the jury
to consider
ewhethercase.
sean open verdict would not best meet
thc justice of th
The jury consulted together for an hour, and the in-
quest was again adjourned until next week.

ARRIVAL AT AUSTRALIA OF THE GOVERNMENT EMI.
GRANTS IN HER MAJESTY'S SHIP HERCULES.-By a letter
from this ship, dated Melbourne, August 3, to hand this
morning, we announce the safe arrival of the Hercules
at her destination. She was supposed lost, or to have
met with some disaster, no report having been made of her
arrival at the Cape on her passage out. She left Cork
on the 14th of April, after having been detained there
for three months on account of smallpox and typhus
fever breaking out among the emigrants, which resulted
in her taking out only 3SO out of 756 emigrants, from
the Hebrides. She made the passage to the Cape in 61
days, having had unusually calm weather. On first
leaving Cork, she had a few cases of fever lingering in
the ship, but the general health of the people improved
gradually, and the number of deaths amounted to four
only.—Portsmouth Ile, ald.
The Right lion. Benjamin and Mrs. Disraeli are
receiving a few select friends at Hughendon Manor
House, near Wycombe, Bucks.