Star.
London, England, 1830-09-04 00:00:00

aadeeHarris conobovated the evidence of Edmund Maeda.

John Coles, is a cabinet-maker, lives at Chard. Wen to a field at
Dennington, on Tuesday morning, where it was reported a body
been found ; discovered to a certainty that it was the body of
Stuckey by his memorandum-book ; witness searched the rebus d
the deceased, and first found the watch in his fob, and afterwards as.
sisted in cutting open his right-band pocket with Mr. Wightman,
when other property was found in &purse, els. two 21. notes of fitackey's
bank. three sovereigns, and some silver, consisting of three half cow
four shillings, and two sixpences, and some loose halfpence; also some
keys; mane coppers were also found a few yards from the body, towards
the hheeddggee,. ia the direction of the bad; his pocket-book wee found in
his leitutd breast pocket; Mantle, his gloves, a measuring -tape, and
a piece of Indian-rubber, were also found. The heels of die deceased
were indented Into the ground, and the OR spur was deeply imbedded
in the earth. The shirt was pulled up beyond the waist of the trousers,
so as to leave the body bare for about two inches ; the hinder part of
his shirt was also pulled out and hanging over the trousers.
Robert Perry, Amy Perry, and Essennalt Matthews, swam—Bobo;
Perry, labourer, lives at the parish of Chillington, with hie daughter,
in the toad leading from Dennington to Windwhisde. On the night
of Monday, the 9th of August, went to bed about 9 o'clock; about
11 o'clock he heard a bone pass in a pllop, it appeared from the Done
to be a small hone, but it seemed as if going towards Demniwon.
Witness got up the next morning about haß.pest four o'clock, and left
home to go to work about five o'clock, which is his usual time of going
to work ; he went on the rood towards Dennington ; about 100 yards
from his house, near the gate of Mr. DowaU's fields, on the left
hand side, he discovered that a person bad been sick to some ex-
cess ; he ;hen proceeded until be came to a crook in the lane, about
140 yards father on, there he found a bat on the right hand side; be
then carried back the hat to his own house t he did not observe any
bruises or din on the bat t told his daughter that if any one ailed and
owned the hat, they were to have it.
Amy Perry, aged 22, spinster, keeps house for her father; on the sight
spoken of by her father recollects bearing a horse pass, and en the ta.
lowing morning, about five o'clock, her tether called to her and said be
had been in the lane and found a bat, which be left en the table. Wit.
ness came down stain, and found the hat on the table, which was dusty
and wet; there were three or four marks round the hat, which looked
lihe the marks of a stick. She dried and cleaned the hat, exposing that
it would be called for.

Susan Matthews, lives at ChUlington t is a single waft& on
Tuesday, the 111th of August, about balf-past eight o'clock io the

morning, she went towards HM Farm, with her little boy's breakfast;
she came into the road at Mr. owell's gate, very near Perry's
cottage, and proceeded on the road a few yards, when she discovered
that the ground bore the appearance as if there had been a scuffle, by
clods of dirt and stones being kicked up, and she saw a vomit on the left
side, about a yard farther on; and on the right hand side she disco-
vered some blood covering about the space of the crown of a hat. She
then observed in the middle of the road, doss by, a mark, as if some
timber had been dragged along towards the bridge; and about three
feet from the blood she discovered a stick. The dragging track con-
tinued within a few yards of the bridge; she than returned to the vomit,
and moved it with a stick, when it appeared so be trips ; she then threw
the stick into the hedge. She went- into the field and told the people at
stork what she had seen, and on her return she took up the stick and
carried it home, which she afterwards pve up; between the blood and
vomit she maw a large stone in the middle of the road, about the size of
a man's two lists.
Margaret Lucy, single woman, lives at Dennington ; remembers on
the 9th of August she came from a neighbour's house (Joseph Wood-
land's,) and went into her own; she bad a lighted candle in her hand,
and she tonne only to make fast her done; she saw a man sitting on a
pony in the road about half pest ten o'clock, and he asked her the road
to Chard; she did not think he was tipsy; she then told him the way ;
he then asked her to go and put him in the right mad; she aid," No,
Sir, 1 shan't do that, and went in and fastened the door. The man had
on white trousers and a dark coat.

—loWeilt-iVomilead,Taioirer, lives at Dennington ; remembers the
night at the lith of August last, when last witness want out of his
house, and beard her speaking to some one; she had a candle in bar
hand, which shone against the man and hares--it would have bees dark
otherwise; the man was upon a siranet it appeared he had a dark
1 coat and white trousers on ; when Lucy shut her door, depo.
neat sew the man proceed on the to Chard. Woodland's cottage
is about a mile from the bridge, where the blood, du. were found.
Hugh Clerk is a master.useson ; recollects, Monday three weeks,
that he was at the Windwhistle inn; he went to the inn within a quer-
ter. it an hour to six o'clock in the evening; deponent bad a pint of
die; saw Simeon Stuckey come in about isalf-past six o'clock; he
bad a pint of eider; before Stuckey left, he took out his puns and paid
the the elder with a tist• ; be was sitting about six feet from depo-
nent ; It appeared to deponent that there was a quantity of money in
the puns; knew Stuckey, but was not acquainted with him; be left
Madera's& inn, about half-post seven, to go to J. Russell's house at 1
Cudworth, when be lodges; he there found Russell's wife and Henry
Down, of Ilsainster.who was white-washing the house; be went to bed
about eleven o'clock; Down was there then.
Mr. Richard Sampson lives at Loamy Fans, in the parish of King.
non. Oa the Wednesday after the body was supposed to be murdered, I
went to the spot where the hat had been found; about thirty yards to-
wards Dinnhoron deponent saw a mark in the ditch, and an the bank ;
it was on the left side, as if a person had been sitting there; on the op.
podte side there was also evident marks where a person must have eat;
farther on, opposite to the adjoining field to that In which the body was
found, he observed another mark on the right side, baring an appear.
ernes as if a person had reclined against the bank; he observed a
mark about the aim of a half-crown of some moisture, opposite the
first-named mark, which he concluded might have been blood.
Mr. Rance, surgeon, of liminswr, on removing the hair from the
head, with the assistance of Mr. Sylvester, discovered two wounds on
the right side, one was smaller than the other, and on removing the
scalp they found a very considerable extravasation of blood between the
scalp and the skull, Immediately connected with the wounds; on mom-
ing the skin under the largest wound, which was at the beck of the
head, they discovered a fracture to the extent of Ave inches and three
quarters, extending to the ban of the brain; from this proceeded several
smaller fractures, which would most probably cause instant death; and
their opinion also stated that most probably the ftacture was inflicted
by a blunt instrument. Mr. Rust= was of opinion that the large
wound on the head would have cased a considerable Sow of blood, and
a discharge from the stomach.
Mr. Sylvester, another surgeon, said that the conviction on his mind
was, that it was almost impossible for the deceased to have got to the
place where he was found after the reed tof the wound.
When our reporter left, there remained the depositions of two females
to be made. It appears that they were returning home in the neigh.
bourhood late on the Monday evening, and each of them distinctly heard
a whistling, as if more than one was concealed. There can be no ques-
don as to the verdict of the Jury, which we can confidently predict from
the evidence adduced will be-." Found murdered ;" and wilful murder

declared
JostrnaLagainst some. person or persons yet