The Sun.
London, England, 1836-05-13 00:00:00

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my eyes, I'll go to the Crown." This was about
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Sarah Steel, examined by Mr. CHAMBERS—Resided at Mredr:
Dtimide.not hear any thing more than
that
from the well where the body of Mrs. Haggerstone was found,
On the night of the 16th, after she was in bed she was woke..e
up by the child ; she then beard a noise outside the house like
people quarrelling. She heard a womai.'s voice ;
in conse-
quence of this she asked her husband to go to the door; ho
did so, and came back again. Witness then went to the door
herself, when she heard a woman scream twice, which ap-
peared to come from the well. She afterwards heard a woman
say, " Oh my dear children I oh my dear baby !" it wag then
turned one o'clock. She 1: new that by her clock being by her
room door. \Vent to the well immediately; at this time all
noise had ceased. Saw the woman taken out of the well.
Mrs. Haggerstone, when alive, knew where the well was.
George Green assisted in taking the body of Mrs. Hagger-
stone out of the well. This witness corroborated the state-
ment of Hodges and his wife as to the refusal of the prisoner
to get up when he was told that his wife was dead.
William Cleaver found a bonnet with but one string and a
shawl, near the well ; afterwards found the other string in a
field near the Winding Shot Field.
Joseph Johnson found a cap in the Winding Shot FieU on
the Monday after the body of Mrs. Haggerstone was Nand in
the well. Witness also found a stick. There was a mark on
the hank as if some one had been sitting there.
Cross-examined by Mr. DOANE—The bank was a sloping
one, and appeared as if' a person had sat upon it. There was
no mark of footsteps there.
Henry Hart, a constable, went to hiaggerstone's house, 021
Sunday morning, accompanied by Mr. Serle. Hagge-esione
was in bed, and wintess called him up. He came to t,ne door
almost directly ; he had then his trowsers on. Wiviess asked
him why' he did not get up when people came to tees him about
his wife ; he said he could not tell the reason but turning to
Hodges's bed, which was in the same roor4 he said, "
my eyes ! this is all through that Clarridke," to which Hodges
reolied " D—n my eyes ! you have got into a b—y fin°
mess at last." Took him to the well, and said to him, " Hag-
gerstone, this is where your wife was found, he looked into
the well and said, yes; there is some of the bread swimming
now. Witness had not told him that she had any bread-
Afterwards took him to the White Hart, where the body was,
when he said, " Oh, the poor dear creature." Witness then
let him go at large, but took him into custody again the same
day,
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