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

I fire. Witness had since opened the skull, but found
previously another wound on the right side of the head,
I which would account for the accumulation of extrava-
sated blood underneath the scalp. The wound did not
I pass through the external portion of the scalp, but had
caused a laceration of the internal part, whence the
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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-
tiou, 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 Bunco, 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 thought
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 heard 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 he heard a noise against
the door which goes oat 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
(Ezgleston), 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 Bunco, 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 Hatto 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 Bunee's, deposed, that he got
up in the night of Tuesday, when Mr. Goodwin gave
the alarm of fire. Had previously heard Hatto call
Bunce.