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tiles sake, that he would not. saying,' if
i‘NO ill, her lussbapd knew •nothi, and could
itutaltiChap no assistance: He (Leary) id consequence
[
, t with them. They went to-the end -of Gray's
Itin e, and turned into shriek-field, where Clifford
anda
his wife began to quarrel. She asked liim if he
_synetnd to go aolveland that.night ? Sbe then slipped
,ss ikateanier ftati ',oder bee gloak,- and struck him
/Clifford) on the bead, 10Melted hiM down, and re-
peated her bloWs, after which she *walked away--
Slattery was present; bad on Clifford's coat ; he
helped to drag the body by the legi.iroo the pond,.
where it was fiwind ; Mrs. Clifford afterviards 'put the
hammer in Leafs rocirn."—Here 'theti ended this
extraordinary narration, in which the prisoner admit!
ted that he felt a hammer in the bosom of Mrs. Clif-,
ford previous to the murder—sees her draw forth'
the instrument of death, and inflict the dendliO
wound, and yet never attenlile,.d to _ in*ltre—T-1,
Could any thing be pore preposterous-could atiyl
thing sound less like the defence of a.than who was
innocent of the crime imputed to him ? And if it,
could, how was it to be reconciled with die statement
which he at first made ? Was not eveiy particle of
his recital totally at variance with the statement of
Mrs. Clifford ? How was *ate circurcistaike of the
key found on the outside if the prisoner's dOOr to be.
accounted for—and in what manner were all the
other contradictory statements to be elucidated ? A
hammer was found is die- peisonees idoiri;. hidden.
under some coals, wbie* was marked with lime or
whiting. This Mr. Helstone, 'tl+, prisonies'inasfei„,
would prove to have bca_ in his are and cu4odi i:
and yet he would insinuate, that it bad-been put into
his room by Mrs. Clifford, after the murder was per-
petrated. The Learned Counsel, after some further
comments on the conflicting stories of the prisoner,
proceeded to state, that Mrs. Clifford would be con-
firmed in her evidence by Mrs.. Singleton, her land-
lady, and Mrs. Champion. With respect to Slattery,
of whom the Court had beard—he did not intend to
call him, although be did not wish to'deprive the
prisoner of the benefit of his testimony, if he thought
proper to call him, and had him in Court for that
purpose; but this man had, either wilfuily or other-
wise, se grossly prevai itated in the stories he had
already told, that he did rot think any thing he
r could say was deserving of credence. To those he
had already mentioned, would be added persona who
would prove the acknowledgment on the partbf the
prisoner, that the .knife found by the side of the pond
was his property, and the testimony of a Mr. M'Car-
thy, with whom the prisoner had some conversation
after he was in confinement, and to whom he did not
deny his guilt, although he expressed a wish to prove i
that he was at home on the night of the Murder.— I
Then come the facts of some marks' of blood having I
been found on the prisoner's coat, which he said had i
spirted from the wounds of the deceased. A pair of j
breeches, too, which-it wculd be proved were worn I
by the prisoner on the day of the murder, would,
also be produced, which also bore marks of blood,
which, .rt was evident, an attempt had been made
with the use of lime-water to eradicate. If the blood,
as the prisoner had stated, had spirted from the'
wounds of the decrased, and had fallen on his coat
it was equally probable that it inight.haveon fallen on
pis breeches, and csequer.tly there was 'lto trecessitY,
for the attempt which he had made at concealment,
hence might he deduced a new proof of his guilt.
Mr. AtiDREWs concluded his opening, by eshortin
the Jury patiently to weigh all the lasts which would I
be submitted to their judgment, and to come to such;
a conclusion, as from an impartial view of the whole,
they mi&ht deem just.
Mr. WALYORD then proceeded- to call witnesses in
support of the indictment.'
William Broaghton examined.
He deposed that he is a brickmaker. On the mor-
ning of the 26th of July he .happened to be near Mr.
Adams's brickfield. • Therj.4a pond in that field.—
In consequence of some aibetnatiOn which he re-
ceived, he went to that pond. He saw something is
the water, which praied to be the body of a man.—.
He also saw a shoe and a.hae by the side of the pond;
found some great cuts on the side of the head of the
body. He took it to the Prince Regent public house.
Cross•examined by Mr. 4voL 11111 S) on the part of the
Prisoner.
Q: At what time was this ?—A. At about a quar-
ter before five.

Rotert Shutitenvorth examined.
He went to the pond alluded to by last witness.—
Saw the boily--examined the pockets--found only
threehalf pence ; one of the ',cam was turned inside
out. He saw the hat—it was broken as if by,blows.
Looked at the ground near the pond—saw three holes,
as if struck with a hammer. Near this spot saw upon
a plaintain leaf some brains lying. He gave these
brains to Daniel Brewer, who took them to the
Prince Regent public house, where the hat and shoe
were also taken.
Croir.examined zi Mr. iincLiflVS.
Q. Them were a great nuMbes of persons there at
that time, who would of course go away impressed
with what they had seen ?—A. Yes.
Daniel Brewer examined.
Is ;.• bricklayer. He likewise went to the spot de-
scribed. Saw the deceased just after he was taken
obt of the water. Saw blood and brains near the
pond. Took a little of the brains, and laid it down
at the Prince RegZnt public house, by the head of the
deceased.

Phinit Price examined.
Is the landlord of the Prince Regent public house.
A knife was given to him by a young man named
Law. It was a black handled knife, and broken .t
the point. Nothing else WAS brought to him but
some brains, and a hat and shoe, the latter tie handed
to Cook, the officer.
John' Law examined.

Is a bricklayer. lie, like the other witnesses, was
on the spot where the murder was corumitted between
six and seven o'clock is the morning ot Monday.—
He foluid:a knife near the edge of the pond, which
he took to.thariace Regent public house, and gave
it to the laiidlord.
• 'Nook, the officer, here produced the hat. At the
got it from Mr. Price there were some •cuts
upon it, with some blood. There were breaks upon
it, which seemed to have been given with a hammer.
They were distinguished by some marks of whiting
or lime."
John Higginbottom also produced the knife which
was alluded to by a former witness.