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seethed his nanse'to it in the presence of the Gentle- 'lent into his nester's roots.—(Mr. Justice Haient
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Mee already alluded-to, and atitnOwledged it to be bee remarked, that it was in evidence the peireer
la full and candid statetbent of the whisk transaction. wasquite dressed when he went up to his mashes
—The Learned, &leant concluded by exhorting roomiand consequently had not his night cap on.)
the Jury to listen with calmness and impartiality ' ELEANOR Taos es examined.
to the evidence which he should Submit to their ,Was cook in Mr. Boner's family—was in the habit
consideration, and to come to that conclusion which, of making the servants' beds. On the night of the
tinder all the circumstances, their consciences might 31st of Isley she made the bed of the prisoner. She
dictate. The first witness was then called. put on two coarse sheets—saw the bloody sheets
SUSANNAU CURNICE examined. which were brought down from her late master's
,:She lived servant with "the late Mr. Thompson room, and believed one of them to be the sheet which
Don_ ar ;—be lived at Chisliburs. t; in the county of she had put on the prisoner's bed.
`Lent. The Prisoner at the bar wits a servant to
Mr.. Bonar ; had been In his serviee about three . Mawr Swerremi examined.
Went to Mr. Bonar's house oat the morning of the
weeks or a month before her master's death. Wit. 31st of May, at eight o'clock. Went up into Mr.
seas was housemaid ; the prisoner slept in what was Boner's room ; saw the dreadful scene there exhibi.
termed. the servants' hall ; no other man servant ted ; afterwards went into the servants' hall, saw the
`slept in the house. Witness got up on Monday bundle of bloody sheets lying on the floor; Mr. Smith
morning, the 31st of May, shortly after six o'clock; - told her to take them up stairs; she did so, and lift
*she went to the anti-chamber of her master's room ; them io Mr. Boner's chamber ; they were wrapped
found the door locked on the outside; was surprised, up in a coarse sheet ; these she afterwards gave to Foy
lt unlocked it, and went in. Saw some footmarks the officer.
eading from her master's bed-reom, and observed Mr. Justice HEATH. asked Susannah Curnick wile.
that the rush-light, which usually burnt in the end- then her master and mistress's watches remained tin.
room, was gone. Shortly afterwards saw the Pri- touched ? and she answered, that they were bush at
goner in a passage near the housekeeper's room ; he the beads of the beds.
vas dressed,. all but his coat, and looked clean and; STEPHEN LAVENDER examined.
neat. He looked after her as. she went down the. Is an officer of Bow.street ; was sent down to Chisle-
passage. Called Mary Clarke, her mistress's maid, horst ; found a coarse sheet at the foot of the i rise-
at harf!past seven : told her what she had observed ner's bed, on the ground. There was a small spot of
near hes master's bed-chamber, and went with her to blood upon ID.--Elieri he produced the sheet, and
examine the footsteps; kneltdown, and saw thatit was Eleanor Thomas recogoited it as one which sht• had
blood which was on the floor ; was dreadfully alarm- put on the prisoner's bed the night le;fore.l—Saw
ed, as was Mary Clatt ; ran down to the laundry, the body of Mr. Bouar. It appeared to him, that
and called Penelope F . SH returned with them, Mr. Bonar had been killed 'by the blow of some
and went into her master's apartment; the window heavy instrument on the head.- His skull was fr., e-
was opened, and witness saw her master lying dead tiered. He found near the body a kitchen poker,
upon the floor, in a stream of blood ;he was covered which he believed to be the instrument with which
over with a counterpane. The other servants of the the blows mere inflicted.—[Here the poker was pro-
house all• came in—she did not see the prisoner duced. ]—lt appealed to be newly bitted, and was
among them—this was at half-past seven—a surge:n bent about the centre ; k retained the marks of blood.
was sent for. Witness was afterwards standing at He also found a japanned candlestick by the side of
the door, when the prisoner said he would go for Mr. Bonar, which appeared to be trampled on. it
was hltiady, as if the foot which trampled upon it had
Mr. Astley Cooper. Saw him previously bring down
out of her master's room some sheets wrapped up in been bloody. Saw the prisoner brought down in
something which was extremely bloody. He said custody from London ;he was in the care of Adkins
his mistress yet breathed, and advised them to go to ; and Forrester.; knew that the Coroner's Jury was
her, and endeavour to render her some assistance.— sitting in the evening ; while they were sitting .(be-
After this the Prisoner went to London. Witness tween eleven and twelve o'clock) heard that the pri.
found a japanned candlestick in her master's chain- j soner had cut his throat ; weut to him, and found
ber, such as was used by the servants. It was not that lie had so done ; a surgeon, was sent for, and the
such a candlestick is her master male use of. wound was sewed up ; witness remained with die pri-
soner constantly for several days afterwards • on the
Cross-examined by Mr. POOLEY.
'Saw prisoner bring the sheets down from Mr. Bo- Bth of June the wound broke mit afresh ; Prisoner
seemed alarmed, and desired to see Mr. Bonar's son;
nar's bed-room, which was at ,a great distance from
the servant's-hall. It was not uncommon for the Pl4' and witne-s heard the prisoner,
wiMrth. oirtnparromcaisemeOr threat, make a confession, which
toner to look round after her when he passed her in a'l
was reduced to writing by Mr. Astley Cooper; this
passage. was afterwards read over to the prisoner. and he
MARY CLARKE examined. signed it; it was also signed by Mr. Bonar, Mr. A.
Was Mrs. Boner's maid ; she last saw Mr. Bonar i Cooper, Mr. Eylett, the surgeon, and other. persons
_about ten o'clock on the night previous to his mut.- who were present. Mr. Wells, the Magistrate, was
der. He was in his dressing-room at prayers. She then sent for, and, in his presence, it was again read
went to bed at twenty miqutes before two, and rose over to the prisoner, and he again approved of it, and
at half-past-seven the next morning. -She was called went over his name with a dry peg.
by the house-maid, who told her what a dreadful smell Mr. HENRY WELLS examined.
proceeded -from her master's room. and mentioned I . ,„
the circumstance of the door beirg locked outside. lam a Magistrate ef the ceuety of Kent. I
was sent for to receive. the confession of the prisoner.
Witness was very much agitated,- had a dread of
paper was shewn to me, which was WI itten before
some great evil having happened. Went doeni Main' I came, and which I was informed was the cnntrs.
and looked first at the marks on the floor, in,..d the '
light, and went down to the laundry, and beg-4:.osen: of Nicholson. I had it .read distinctly to th-
rushtoner; and, having asked him if he assented to •
igel the laundry-maid to go with them to their ails-
all the: was therein contained, he answered in the
uess's chamber. They returned together, the laun- affirmative,
:ad went Over his name again with a
t.
' dry maid entered, and opened the window shutter, dry pen."
and, on looking round, screamed out. Witness ran: i . A paper was then she:7g to Mr. Wells, which he
to alarm the men servants, and lost her recollection said was the confession to whicii !le alluded.
when she recovered she und herself supportedl4
THE PRISONER'S CONFE3qON.
the coachman in the servants hall. She then saw I The paper was then handed to Mr. KNAPP. the
the prisoner coming in with the bldody sheets in his i Clerk of the Court, and read.
arms. He pulled a sheet off the bed and wrapped"' It was to the following effect :
Them in it. He begged her to go up, as her mistress I
was alive—she did so; and saw her master lying dead "I, Philip Nkholson, in order to clear all persons from sus•
on the floor, and her mistress in bed, with signs of life &ion, confess that I committed Lim murders"
yet remaining. i The following questions were put by Mr. Bonar :
I Q. Hadyou any accomplices ?—A. No: 1 would

[Here the witness was so much affected that she
could proceed no further ; and the-Counsel for the
prosecution not wishing to put to her any further
questions, she retired.]
• PENELOPZ FOLKS examined.
Was laundry maid to the late Mrs. Sonar: on the
morning in question, the house maid and Mrs. Clarke
came to her, and begged her to go to her mistress's
room • she did so, and opened the shutter in part.
The first thing she observed was the body of her
master, lying on the floor, covered with blood. Went
down to the servants' hall ; saw the prisoner bring
down the sheets, and wrap them in a sheet off his
own bed. He said Mrs. Boner was still living, and
advised them to go to her; did so; he followed them;
he went into the room before them—when she en-
tered
he was picking up a blanket to cover the body
Of his master—he wok the blanket from the floor and
put it over the body.
THOMAS FOY examined.
Is an Officer of Marlborough-street Police Office.
On Tuesday, the Ist of June, he went down to Chas-
lehurst ; went to Mr. Bonaes house to search it.—
Found a pair of shoes in a wood closet, near the ser-
vants' hall. (Here he produced the shoes.) When
be first found "them there was blood on the upper lea-
thers and soles. These stains he could now distin-
guish. He compared these shoes with the impres-1
mons on the floor near the bed chamber of the deb
ceased ; they corresponded exactly. The shoes were
right and left. One was a spring heel, and the other
a flat_heel, and one of them was %torn at the toe.
The impressions were evidently made with such
shoes, and the impression made by the shoe which
was worn at the toe was more apparent than the
other, from its having absorbed a greater quantity of
blood. Tt:e prisoner was brought down in custody
from London—he saw huts at eleven o'clock on that
night—Chewed him the shoes, and asked him if they
were his—he at first denied that they were, bit after.
wards said they were. Received from Susannah
Curnick a pair of sheets—they were wrapped up.—
One was fine, and the other was coarse—they were
much stained with blood. (Witness produced the
coarse sheet.) It was more stained with blood than
the tine one. Examined the prisoner's bed ; found
a night cap, which bore marks of blood. Shewed it
to the prisoner—he at first did not recognise it to be
Ihis, but afterwards acknowledged it was. He asked
him how it come to have the marks of bloody fingers
on it, and he said, he supposed be did it when he

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tell you if I had.
Q. I do not mean accomplices in the ro..m—l
mean, bad you any accomplices at all ?—A. I neither
had accomplices in the ream nor elsewhere. I did not
know of it myself five minutes before.
Q. Explain how it happened ? —A. .I was asleep on
a form in the servants-hall; I waked about three
o'clock; I was dressed, and took some of my clotties
off; I then took the sheet off my bed :and put it round
me, and took the poker from the hall-grate. and se-
creted it under the sheet ; after :which, I took a
lighted candle in my hand from the hall, andentered
the town of my master ; I looked around me when
I entered; I saw mistress and master in bed; I gave
mistress two blows; she never moved ; 1 kit her.
' and went round to my.masta—gave him two w
Omit blows.. He said. " Come to bed, my le ve 1"
aid then sprung out of bed, and wised Itild of me,
and nearly overpowered me ; I struck him on the
arms and legs with the poker. He struggled for IS
minutes; I at length got him down, and struck him
on the head; I left him groaning, and went down
[stairs i I washed my hands at the sink in the butler's
I pantry, opened the house-door and the drawing..
room windows.
Q. What.motive had you for this conduct ?—A. I
had no bad intention; I did not know what provoked
me to do it any more thanyou.
Q. You were heard to complain of going so much
' behind the !carriage ; was that the ground of your
*proceeding ?—A. I did complain about the carriage,
but'never thought of that when I committed 'befoul
deed.
Q. Did you not feel resentment at going so much
1 behind the carriage ?—A. No, Sir; I had no thought
about it. •
Q. Had you thought or talked about the murder
when you were drinking with the groom on the night
i heft:4e in the ball ?—A. No, never; L. had never an?
idea of it.
Q. How long was k after you waked before yon
went up stairs?—A. I waked up from sleeping on
the form. I undressed myself, and put the sheet about
me. and went up stairs immediately.
Q. Why did yon put the sheet about you ?—.A.
That they might not know me.
Q. When did you drop the sheet ?—A. In the
struggle which I had with my master after 1 gave
him the first blow.
Q. Did Dale, the Butler, know any thing about
it ?—A. NO. [Tyra oster.3