The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-12 00:00:00

stain arising from blue vitriol was seen in front.-
The left wristband was stiffened, and the stiffening
was found to be owing to its containing a quantity
of soap not washed out, and not found in the other
wristband or in the body of the shirt. This wristband
presented one long yellow mark arising from iron-
mould, and several greenish-coloured spots arising
from a solution of blue vitriol. There was not the
slightest trace of sugar of lead in this wristband.
The quart bottle contained a colourless liquid,
which was found on analysis to be a solution of ace-
tate of sugar of lead, without any admixture of
blue vitriol, or any preparation of iron or copper.
The spade presented mark of iron rust intermixed
with chalk, clay, and a few granules of wheat
starch. 7. The wicker basket.—On portions of the
wickerwork inside there were small stains of a
bright red colour. These were found to be owing
to blood, the blood having apparently coagulated as
it came in contact with them. This blood, like
that found in the groove of the button, had the ap-
pearance of fresh blood. The conclusions which I
draw from this examination and analysis are,—that
there were stains of blood inside the handle of the
knife, on the button, and on the corduroy trousers,
on the outside of the gaiters, on the shirt, and on
the wickerwork of the inside of the basket ; that
the stains found on the inside of the handle of the
knife, on the button of the corduroy trousers, and
on the wickerwork of the basket, had the appear-
ance of coagulated blood. This appearance would
be assumed by blood issuing from the body of a
living person, or of one recently dead, that is, be-
fore the blood had naturally set or coagulated. That
some of the small bloodstains on the shirt have been
apparently produced by blood reaching it from the
outside. That the bloodstains above-mentioned
present the characters of human blood. At the
same time there are no certain criteria by which,
in the dry state, human can be distinguished from
animal bl led. No certain opinion can be given of
the date at which the stains were produced on the
handle of the knife and gaiters. The stains found
on the button and the wickerwork of the basket
have the appearance and properties of recent or
fresh blood. Soap in large quantities and blue
♦itriol have been applied to the left wristband of
the shirt—the soap subsequently to the washing
of the shirt, and the production of the stains from
blue vitriol. The lotion in the bottle would not
account for the ippearance and condition of the
wristband.

Several witnesses were then examined, whose
evidence was taken before the recorder and reported
in The Sun of Tuesday last.
After the examination of those witnesses the pri-
soner was remanded till Tuesday next, and in the
meantime the police will make a further search for
the clothes of the prisoner, there being strong rea-
sons for supposing that a portion at least of them
have been burned, and that those taken by the
police on the Monday following the murder were
either some old clothes belonging to the prisoner,
or some that he had obtained from another labourer.
On this hypothesis the garden of the prisoner and
one or two others have been dug up. It is gene-
rally believed that the prisoner went out the night
after the murder for the purpose of concealing the
clothes, and also to dispose of the body of the mur-
dered man.