The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-04 00:00:00

tage at Brilgmere. He was in great danger. I
remained tvo hours with him, and attended him till
his death. There was no hope of his recovery.
The deceasci was informed of his state. He was
shot in the lower part of his bowels on the right
side. He ded on the Monday following.
Peter Edvard Farrars, clerk to Messrs. Brough-
ton and SpeLkwell, went to Berrington's farm on
the morning of the 28th of November, and found
the body of 3each, and Maddocks wounded. He
seemed veryill, and said he was afraid he should
never get beter. Witness sent for Mr. Akroyd, a
magistrate, and the deceased's statement was taken.
The words w?re deceased's own, it was read over
to him, and he swore to the truth of it.

The man's lying declaration was then put in.
ran thus:--

" Last night,the 27th of November, I and others went
out to watch. lbout two o'clock James was with me, we
saw four men riming through the wood, they went to-
wards the pit, nit could not get any further. We ad-
vanced to them one of them fired at me when five yards
off, the other fired at Beach, who fell dead. I could not
see the men distinctly. They were dressed in velveteen
coats ; one was lather taller than the other. They gave us
no warning at al." _ _

Charles Lawton, superintendent of police for the
Nantwich diArict, went to Danks's house on the
Sunday morniig. He searched it, and found a
gun. Had di:ected search to be made for both the
prisoners, but failed in discovering them. He gave
the gun to Lovett, the gunsmith.
Sohn Lovett, a gunsmith at Nantwich, received
the gun from Lawton. He examined it. It had
been recently discharged. [Some shot was placed
in the witness's hands.] It is very-much deformed,
but looks about No. 4. [Some more shot, taken
from Geach's body, was produced.] It appears a
larger size, No. 3 I should think. The one shot
found in Geach's heart is smaller than either of the
others.

The proof of the gun being in the same state as
when it was found closed the case for the prosecu-
tion.

His Lordship then adjourned the Court until the
next morning.

SATURDAY, APRIL 2.
The trial was resumed this morning at . nine
o'clock.

Mr. Morgan Lloyil naarp.mpil tlio jnry in &fano°
of the prisoners, and contended that the fact relied
upon by the prosecution, that Bolton's gun being
loaded with No. 1 shot conclusively proved his
guilt, had failed, inasmuch as the shot found in
Maddocks' body was shown to be No. 3. The
learned gentleman, animadverted severely on the
testimony of Malkin and Lear, the approvers, who
were on their own showing members of the party
who killed the unfortunate man, and who, instead
of being put on their trial for an offence which
would have subjected them to ten years' penal ser-
vitude, had been summarily convicted by the magi-
strates in order that they might give evidence in
the case. As to Oakes, the main pillar of the pro-
secution, a man continually in prison from fifteen
years of age, Mr. Lloyd designated him " as a com-
pound of human depravity, crawling along the
ground, ready to betray his comrades," and strongly
urged that he was utterly unworthy of belief.
The learned judge summed up with great minute-
ness and at considerable length, and
The jury, having retired, returned after an ab-
sence of 40 minutes with a verdict of guilty against
both prisoners.

His lordship put on the black cap, and speaking
almost inaudibly from the excitement of his feel-
ings, said,—Richard Bolton and John Danks, after
a long, pains-taking and careful trial, the jury who
have considered your case have found you both
guilty of wilful murder, a verdict fully warranted
by the evidence in the case and leaving no doubt
on my mind, nor can it leave on the minds of any
one who heard it, any doubt that each of you are
guilty. I do not wish to enlarge upon the enormity
of the crime. Wilfully and deliberately you sent
two of your fellow-creatures before their God, giv-
ing them no notice of the act you were about to per-
petrate, but you shot them wilfully and knowingly
murdered them both, and for the murder of one of
them I have now to pass sentence upon you. Your days
are numbered, andyou have now but a short time to
live, the rest of your time in this world you will
count by hours, and shortly by minutes. Think
seriously, then, of the position you stand in : reflect
that you will be speedily called on to appear before
that God whom you have so grievously offended. I
entreat you to indulge no hope that mercy will be
extended to you in this world, and I entreat you to
humble yourselves in penitence before God, to con-
fess your sins to him, and to seek his pardon by the
only atonement you can make. Attend to the
instruction you will receive ere the sentence of the
law shall be finally carried out. "It is now my
painful duty to conclude by passing sentence on you
that you be severally taken hence to—
Danks at this moment fell forward with his face
upon the front of the dock. The turnkeys sup-
ported him, and when he had recovered his con-
sciousness the learned Judge passed sentence of
death in the usual terms.

Dan ks was removed in a fainting state, but Bolton,
who exhibited great firmness throughout the trial,
walked from the dock with a composed step.
In the course of the day, in sentencing a man for
passing bad halfcrowns at Birkenhead, Mr. Justice
Hill stated that the judges had unanimously come
to the conclusion that on a second conviction for
uttering false coin they would invariably inflict the
punishment of penal servitude.

NORFOLK CIRCUIT.—NORWICH, APRIL 2.
Mr. Sergeant Tozer sat yesterday and to-day in
the Guildhall, and disposed of many of the criminal
cases.
The bill in the case of child murder was ignored
by the grand jury.