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about seven. Hesaid be would go to the Leather a..
and have a game at cards.
Cross-examined—l am now kept by a young man. I
never was intimate with the prisoner; be was subject
to bleeding at the nose.
John Sparrow examined—l am an assistant constable
at Wolverhampton. On the Wednesday night in tree
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don, I searched a house of ill-fame near_ Darlington-
street. There I found Powell in bed with Ann Grif-
fiths. I did not apprehend him—he looked wild. The
next day I saw him with Diggory. William Edwards
was present ; he askedEd wards what he knew of Powell?,
He said he knew him at the Wheat Sheaf. On Friday
morning he was in Cobb. He said Edwards gave him
the clothes in the market-place, and Is. 6d. to go and
pawn them. He apprehended Edwards ; and the pri-
soner told him to his face he gave them to him. Edwards
said he could prove where he was that day. Powell
said he was at Mrs. Spilsbury's, at the Three Crowns,
from twelve to one that day. I walked from the Lea-
ther Bottle to the Cottage in five minutes under the hour.
Ann Griffiths—The prisoner slept with me on the
Wednesday night. When Sparrow came to examine
him, he trembled and said be thought he was coming
for him. The night before he had a white smock on.
John Diggory, the constable—ln consequence of the
murder,l went on Thursday, to Mrs. Moore's, the pawn-
broker's, in Darlington-street. At a little after seven,
I saw the prisoner in the market-place. He saw me,
and stepped faster than before. When I got near him,
I saw him throw something out of his pocket. I took
him into Clarke's shop, and left him while I went out.
I found a snap purse, containing duplicates in different
names. I asked, " What is your real name r and he
hesitated still. He said his name was Powell. I said,
" You are the man who murdered the woman." He
said, " I am not; you are mistaken:' I took him to
Moore's, where he saw Mrs. Moore. I asked her if she
knew him ? She said, " Yes, Mr. Diggory, that's the
man who brought the clothes here." He said she was
mistaken ; she said, " I swear he is the man." I gave
'him supper, and secured him for the night. When 1
went to him in the morning, he told me he was the
person who had brought the clothes to Mrs. Moore's. 1
asked where he got them ? He said Edwards gave them
to him, and he was to have Is. 6d. for pawning them.
I apprehended Edwards, and brought him to his face,
when he repeated the charge. Edwards denied it, and
said he could bring proof where he was all that day.
The prisoner said be could prove he was at the Three
Crowns between twelve and one, or one and two. I
received this bundle from Mrs. Moore ; a hammer and
fork were given into my charge at the same time. (The
articles were produced on the table).
Mary Spilsbury, the landlady of the Three Crowns,
said—The prisoner has been employed by me as a
brewer. I recollect the Wednesday before Christmas-
day. Before 12 o'clock, I was two or three times at
market. It was nut one when I returned the last time.
I remained in my house the whole day, between the
bar and the kitchen. During that time I did not see
the prisoner. Past four in the evening, he Oil come to
my house. He came to the bar-door, and told me be,
had just returned from the Asylum at Staffor4, and
talked about brewing. He asked for a pint of ale, and
I gave it him. In the morning, he came again, and we
had some conversation. I said nothing about Stafford
before the Coroner. In the morning be asked for a pint
of ale. He asked if I bad heard talk of the murder ?
I said I had. He asked where it was? I told him I
had beard at Upper Jordon. He asked how far it was?
I told him six or seven miles. He asked how long I
thought a man would be in going there and coming
back ? I told him I thought any man could go it in a
little above an hour. He asked another young man,
who seemed to be in distress, if he would go and see the
body ? • The other man said he would go. I told him
the constables were after the men, and if they would go
to Jackson's, the constables were there. I heard him
say, " Liverpool," to the other man. They did not go
towards Jackson's.
Mr. John Fouke, the surgeon, who examined the
body on the 2Sd of December, and at the Inquest, said,
on the left temple were several severe bruises, and the
skin broken. Beneath these bruises the bone was frac-
tured to the socket of the eye, and down to the upper
jaw. Behind the right ear, was a lacerated wound, an
inch or more in length, and the skin around it very
much bruised. There were bruises on each shoulder, a
bruise on the pit of the stomach, a bruise on the back
of the right hand, and the skin broken. On the 24th, I
opened the head, and found a quantity of extravasated
blood beneath the wound by the right ear. The in-
juries were sufficient to have caused instantaneous
death. The injuries on the temple might have been
caused by a heavy blunt instrument. The hammer
might have produced them. All the bruises might
have been produced by a hammer. The wound behind
the ear appeared to be done by a blunt.pointed or
edged instrument. the sharper prongs might have
produced this wound. The injury might have caused
death, but not instantaneously.
The prisoner, in his defence, said he was wholly in-
nocent. Had he been conscious of guilt, he had many
opportunities of escaping. He had caught the constable
Diggory acting improperly, and this was his revenge.
Mr. Justice LITTLEDALIS summed up the case with.'
great minuteness. He thought there was abundant
evidence to shew that the prisoner stole or received the
goods; and it was for the Jury, if they could, to dis-
connect that act from the murder. There were un-
doubtedly circumstances in his favour, which the Jury
would impartially consider.
The Jury deliberated for twenty adentes, and then returned a
wain of (hal*
Mr. Justice Ltro.naats, in a few weeds, and with emotion,
posed sentenced death, to be aerialist. execution on Thursday.
The prisoner did net betray any gardenias emotion on bearing
lore verdict. He was, however, very attentive to the proceedings,
and communicated occasionally with his Counsel during the trial.
NOTTINGHAM, MARCH 35.

Thomas Cleaver, aged nineteen, stood indicted for
having, on the 25th of September last, violently as-
saulted on the highway, in the parish of Gedling, John
Holmes, and for having taken from his person the
sum of 2s. 6d.
John Holmes deposed—l remember, on the 25th of
Scramher, beieg at the Black's Head, Carlton. The
prisoner was there. He came after me. He went
about ten Minutes before me. He was in the same part
of the house as I was. I have known the prisoner for
nine mouths. On returning home to Colwtck, the
prisoner came up and knocked me down. Then ano-
ther Dna came up and helped him. Cleaver kneeled
on my thighs, while they both rummaged my pockets.
The other man kneeled on me. I said, ie cleaver,
Cleaver, I know you," and he then hit me a violent
stroke on my right eye. After they had taken from
'two shillings and sixpence, I told Cleaver that I

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