The Sun.
London, England, 1867-08-31 00:00:00

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be got opposite to the Royal Oak be 39,V7 ft moving
light. It was going on towards Stopsley. It was
at the other side of the chapel. He followed the
light and got up to the spot where the deceased
lay. James Burgess and his daughter were there
with the light. Worsley, Day, and Welch were also
there. The deceased was then lying on the right
band side of the road. His face and head were
covered with blood. It was not clotted; it ran freely.
It was then half-past 12 o'clock. Ile bad walked
slowly from Luton, because he had his wife with
him. Witness asked Worsley what wa3 the matter,
and he made answer, " Here's a man run over ; I'm
-if I know who he is." Witness held the light
over the dying man's face, and, seeing who lie was,
went for assistance, and he was then carried to the
Jolly Topers Inn. Welch helped to wash the blood
away from the wounds of the deceased.
henry Peters, a sawyer, said that on the night in
question he was at the Cross Keys, Luton, and he
went from there to the Wheatsheaf. He left the
house at 12 o'clock. When be got to the spot
where the deceased was lying he saw five men there.
It was then 25 minutes past 12 o'clock. The blood
was running freely from his forehead.
Henry Humphrey; a gamekeeper in the employ
of Mr. George Sowerby, of Petteridge Bury, said
that on the 12th of August he went to take out a
summons against William Worsley and Levi Welch
for poaching. On the road home from Luton he
called at the Barley Mow. While there William
Worsley came in, and placed himself up against the
mantleshelf, and said to a driver of witness's, named
Reynolds, " Well, Reynolds, what are they going
to do with us--a summons or a warrant?" The
reply was, " You'll see time enough." Worsley
said, "I don't care about your job if old Bradbury's
case was settled." Witness said, " The best thing
you can do is, if you know anything about it, to
speak it out and ease your mind." He had not
been in witness's time a game watcher, but he had
mentioned to the gamekeepers that be had seen
Worsley and Welch poaching. Witness did not
know that Worsley or Welch knew that he had seen
them poaching and told of it.
James Reynolds, a gamekeeper, said that he was
present when Worsley said, " I do not care a -
if I get two months for your job, if I could get over
Bradbury's job. I will never go poaching any more
if I can get over Bradbury's job." He begged one
penny from witness, as he had no money.
Thomas Young, a labourer, said that on Wed-
nesday last he was mowing clover in a field at
Round-green when he found a purse and part of a
pocket. The purse and pocket produced were the
same. On Thursday, while at work in the same
field, a labourer picked up part of another pocket,
and it was given to Inspector Smith. The purse
was found near an oak tree near the roadway. It
was GO yards from where Bradbury was found.
Wm. F. Barker, a draper's apprentice in Luton,
proved selling the deceased a shirt and trousers on
the day of his death for 10s. The articles produced
were the same. Another young man in the shop sold
deceased a vest and hat. Witness did not know de-
ceased, but he knew the clothes by the marks on
them. The clothes were bought at half-past Bin the
evening.
Mary Ann Worsley, wife of John Worsley, who
keep the Tiger Inn, said that Win. Worsley was in
the house on the night of the murder. It was then
between 10 and 11 o'clock. Ile came back to the
house on the Monday, and afterhe was gone witness
found the winch in the back kitchen. That was not
the proper place for it, and she was surprised to find
it there. Its usual place was in a cupboard. Wors-
ley had said on the previous Wednesday that he
should want to borrow the winch some day, and
witness said he should not get it. The winch was
rusty when witness found it after Worsley left the
house on the Monday. She had given the winch up
to Inspector Smith.
E. Kilby, recalled, said he bad told John Smith
that on the night of the murder he heard a scuffle in
the road near the Royal Oak. He was frightened.
The Coroner said the witness had been sworn at a
previous sitting of the court to tell the whole truth.
How was it he had stated nothing about the scuffle ?
The witness said he thought he had told all about
it. After the scuffle, which he thought was a row
between them, he heard one of them say, " Come
on, if you are coming, you - fool." It was then
three minutes past 12. No one passed along the road
but Worsley and Day. Worsley and Day passed
witness on the road three or four minutes before he
heard the struggle and scuffling.

The Coroner said he would read the depositions
over to the witness, and he would ask him not to
keep anything more back if he knew it.

The witness said that he heard Welch say to Day
after the scuffle, " Come on, Jemmy, you---- fool,
if you are coming." That was just after witness
heard the scuffle. He had seen Day striking Lucifers
to get a light just after the scuffle. He struck seve-
ral lights both before, after, and during the scuffle.
The scuffle took place in the road in front of the
chapel.

Police-constable Mariner said that at half-past
1 o'clock on the morning of the 4th inst. he saw the
deceased seated in front of the Jolly Topers Inn.
Worsley, Welch, and Day were there. Welch was
washing the blood off his face. Worsley said, "We
have got a man lying here. We don't know whe-
ther he's drunk, or what is the matter with him.
We think we had better offer up a short prayer for
him." The pockets of the deceased had been cut
off. Witness noticed something sticking out of the
pocket of Worsley. It looked like, and witness
thought that it was, a gun-barrel. Worsley left
shortly after. Witness examined the roadway where
the deceased had been found, and he saw two pools
of blood in the road. There was a mark on the
roadway as if some one had been pulled across it.
The trousers produced were those worn by the de-
ceased. They created a feeling of horror in the
court, for they were all over spotted and splashed
with blood.

Inspector G. Smith said that the Royal Oak is
150 yards from the spot where the deceased was
found lying. The pools of blood were four yards
further down the road. It was 60 yards from where
Kilsby saw Day. Witness found the new clothes of
the deceased in two hedges. One bundle was found
in a hedge 90 yards from where Bradbury lay. The
other one was discovered in a hedge 150 yards off.
It takes about 20 minutes to walk from Luton to
the scene of the murder. Last Saturday witness
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given to him by Young. Worsley, Welch, and Day
lived in the High-town, Luton.

Superintendent Pope said that after the remand of
the prisoners last Tuesday, Worsley accused Welch
of robbing the deceased. His statement was taken
down and read to Welch in the presence of Worsley.
lie then accused Worsley of knocking the deceased
down with a pin with a bundle to it which is used
for the purpose of closing up or opening up a range
to make it larger or smaller, and robbing him.
The Coroner said the jury ought not to make use
of any statement made by one prisoner against the
other. They could not give any evidence against
each other.

A labourer named Kennedy proved that he
saw the three prisoners walking from Round-green
on the night in question. .
Elizabeth Chalkley, a girl, proved that she walked
out with Kilby on the night of the murder. It was
between 12 and 1 ; she saw lights near the Chapel.
The coroner summed up the case at great length,
and he said that there could be no 3oubt after the
doctor's evidence that the deceased had lost his life
by violence. It would be for the jury to say whe-
ther they thought there was sufficient :evidence to
prove who caused that violent death. He thought
that the finding of the articles in the field was very

strong evidence against the prisoners. 'They ought
not to take the statement which one prisoner had
made against the other, for the jury must recollect
that each of the prisoners had perjured himself at
the first inquiry. It was for the jury to consider
the facts and draw their own conclusions.
The jury, after deliberating for 10 minutes in

private, returned into court with a verdict of wilful

murder against William Worsley and Levi Welch

The Coroner then made out his warrant for the

,rial of the accused.