The Sun.
London, England, 1816-08-27 00:00:00

the Ifoy,:lo Mr. Tack to know If
boy went out at the bat k door, and returned
l'Ae same way about ten minitces t sa'‘'d
'She might do Xs she like[!, sVhi'ell 'she scrs'ed
ur with a pint of porter and twopenny . worth
of bread and cheese : we only reneoined the're
about twenty minutes; when we went away we
lett the above-mentioned boy, the old hostler,
'the maid-servant and three Irishmen, in the
tap-room : when I went home I went to bed ;
sleep in the Stable : when we Millie okay from
the stable that night, the watchman told as lie
,'Was then 'going to call the hour of 12 ; when
we left the hay-field with the last load, we left se-
veral men in the field gathering up their tools :
Johnson dill not go in with Bucket and me.to the
Bald-faced Stag, he united off at the corner of the
street togO to Cock Foster, where he lotiged : I
did not see any person leave the house during my
stay thete: whilst ,l was in the tap-room, I saw
the out hosiler showing the boy how be,tripped the
marrup,but I do not know what man he meant.
Mr. Tuck, at what hour, do you shut up ?
A. Sometimes at twelve, and sometimes at one : I
have .t gt'eat deal of company at my house,during
the time the prize fighters are training.
Witness continued—Next morning we passed
the Halt!-faced Stag in our way to London ; I
heard that etas taken out of the well; Yip-
kin: told as that the girl had told him so.
Isenjamin Potts, the prisoner's boy called in.
Q. Do you know, if, on the night that Mr.
Draper was.there, a nia4 of the name of Bucket,
and Austin his boy, cattle to the Bald-faced Stag
and bid a pint of beer and some bread and :Sense,
amid that your thistre,s sent you to your toaster'
to know if she might serve them ?—A. I have uo
recollection of ally part of it.
Q Do you 'recollect the old hustler to he shOtv-
ing you, in the tap-room, how lie triHied op the
old man's beds I—A. Yes,. I rec,dt,i t wfls
but wbo, the old man be inertia vyas I do not I;inm :
In. s‘iild the ,old whO was tipsy,. I have,nO
recollection '.UI %On) was in the tap-room at tttr
rime 'theist swere'several Irishmen,. who use the
halite, and work (Or Mt. P,tris. Bucket and Aus-
tin Were iu the habit of coming to my master's to
take bread and cheesc, and beer ; but whether
they came that. night' Or no I do not remember.
We n,ere' always in, the habit of shutting up about
ten, seldom, later.
Draper 'sworn.--I am brother to the. de-
ceased: Robinson, the 'black man, who was pre-
sent at the exaMinatipn of the body, never said
any thing to meirliont opening the pocket-books,
or examiunig the Contents ; he. never made use of
;illy Stich expressions ; neither diol my nephew
say, 0 ! tics, rvi, all' I's right ; and the two pocket-
lmioks now, priultreed are those foamd upon hint.
nride no inquiry about a small book'; I did not
loom what property he' had about him. I am
!Aire it itubilitiall; the black man, made use of any
toich expressions, I should have heard him. lam
sure' be ncver made use of words to that effect.
IL yid Draper, jun: snfinn.—l am son of the
dec eased. searehed my father's pockets, and no
other hooks were found upon him but those now.
proAttced. 14113 sure Robinson, the black man,
Ifettr'r.dcSircd me to exatniuc the contents of. the

books, and see if they wer4 right nor did I tell
hill; tli,►t all was right, nor use any other words
to that effect,' I gave the.bOoks to my (wele af-
terwaids, in the presence of the beadle, and saw
him examine them, but no mites were in Om.
Ile did not know wh4t property his father' had
about hint.

Isere the 'Magistrate rentarkett the contratlie-

tory evidence 'given by the different. witnesses;
that Griinch, &owlets, and Robinson, the
man, were not eXamined,on oath, their de-
claration being given voluntarily ;'that it was also
vet y necessary to have I I illiard, the watchman, to
examine him as to thy tinie of night that the.boy,
Wio. Austin, and the other went to the pri-
soner's house, where they bad the. pint of porter
and bread and cheese, as all the Witnesses mostly
differ as to the hour, whiCli was very material to
know ; and he would wish to examine him before
he saw any of the'other witnesses.
,Prisoner,—Please your Worship, there is a, light
cart and horse of mine at the door, in which my
boy and
,servant maict came up, and also a pdst.
chaise, in which my, wife ca e ; if Read, sen. the
Officer, goes, be illayit4ke either ; he will be there

in an hour and a halt. T
hewatchman works I. u r
Mr. Paris, he will find him; sand lie will get a
freih horse at my place, and he will be back at

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TA !his the Magistrate consented, and Read
was dispatched. for the watohman, and ,the
°Her was reminded omtil, seven o'clock.

At eight, o'clock William Ilead,'sen. the officer,
'concil from grifield with the watchman, when
iv gate the following evidence, Tuck having been
ircrionsly, remanded, to be brought up on another
lay ;--

Thomas Hilliard being sworn, says, I live at
Cock-Foster, and am a watchman, employed by
Mr. Paris : toy extent is confined to round his
house and, premises I ,go on Kt, 9 .o'cloOt, and
'come off. at sin the moroini, haVe-bein there,
every night these two years. Ott the- night be-
fore the ohm was ,found drowned, the night -1
mean is the one thejob was done, tlu left Me
between 10 and 12 o'clock, and went down to the
Stag.. Ido not recollect whether Bucket, Austin,
or Johnson asked me what' it was o'clock : they.
are all servants of Mr. Paris. I think in half an
hwir after they•left me 'called the hohr of twelve,
and did not see any more Of them "all that night
it was near the stahlel parted with them, to the
'bet of my recollection, Bucket and Austin were
going to London next morning with a load,
.and
they fiesfred me to call them, which I believe I
did. I never. heard Bucket, Austin, qrJohmou.
mak e any molt ion of: what had passed., I
went
to bed about five-in tho: morning. 1 ant allowed
eight hours' sleep : I returned back to Mr. Paris's
to work a little after one o'clock, when I heard
that a man was found drowned In the well at the
Bald-faced Stag.
Qucbtion by Mr.. nine o'clock,
*hen you went on the tratch'that i)ight, do you
knOW if the hayttialters and rickmaC“•rs bad left

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it work ?—A. At nine do not linow, j)ot

I went round tl) call tile 11(..v : 1 i+ebt

the premises, bat I .did not see any. 1 cOftid -not
see the rick-yard on aceonnt of the trees. It was
between eleven' and twelv# I saw Bucket, &C,