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London, England, 1827-08-01 00:00:00

stain upon the blade. The iron is corroded by some
matter of a red colour. Animal matter in a state of de-
composition suddenly corrodes and eats into iron.
Mil Cole was estensinedagain—Was in the gaol when
the prisoner and Mr. Orridge, the gaoler of Cambridge,
was present. Mr. Orridge asked the prisoner several
questions about the blood and the knife. The prisoner
said, es they were all d—d fools, anddid not know blood
when tfiey saw it; and if he had known Heddinps would
have s split' against him, he would have done for him.
Mr. Wilson examined again—He conceived the knife
to be just such a onesas would have inflicted the wound
which was in the throat Of the deceased.

Crowe:trained—Another instrument 11114 ht produce swat a
wound ; believes the eorroston or the knife to lave been cupid by
,ousted animal matter. The blood of a would p the
same tact. Rau on iron or ste.l, p enlissal maims.. or
atmospheric air, is of a rad colour, Ulm *We** halt Yak in the
hand of witness. f•
William Barker is a constable, ana received this psi.
soner into custody from Richardson. Asked the prisoner
how he came to tell two stories respecting the place
where he was on the night of the murder? He re-
plied that he bad been playing at bowls at Stukeley
until one o'clock on Tuesday morning (the day of
the murder) and that he then left and went to God-
'
manchester to invite his sister to a feast. He after-
wards left Godmanchester. and on his way back to
Stukeley he lay in a hay-field. He said that he had
never beard of the murder until he got home, when
his mother told him of it. He assigned as a reason
for leaving Stakeley that the people of that place
were against him, and would hang him if they could;
and he therefore left that place. because he expected
to be taken up on suspicion of being concerned in
the murder. He afterwards said to witness, is Now,
I'll tell the true story. When I left the public-house
where I was playing at bowls, I went into the field,
and lay there all day."
Stannion—Remembers the day of the Inquest at
the Bell. Was at 9 o'clock in the evening between the
Swan nod the Bell public houses at Stukeley, and saw
the prisoner. Heddings had come out of the Bell with
Hill, Merry, and witness. The prisoner asked Heddings
to go into the Swan, and bare some drink with him.—
Witness saw them go in without more conversation, and
then went away.
_ _

The remainder of the evidence of this and two fol-
lowing witnesses was adduced to prove that Heddings
was, during the whole of the day of the murder, in a
distant place; that he could not therefore possibly be
himself the guilty person; and could therefore have no
motive derivable from the prospect of personal impunity,
to give any other than true testimony in the account
which he was about to deli►er in Court of a conversation
on the subject of the murder which had occurred between
himself and Slade.

Nathaniel Meat, ball-keeper of Huntingdon, pro•
dtsced a bill, a hatchet. a pair of shoes, and some clothes,
which be received from Mr. Sweating, the clerk of the
Magiarate.
Sykes was again called, and identified the bill as his
property ; the bill is not DOW so clean, and is more rusty
than when it was in the witness's possession.
Richardson, a former witness, was again called and
examined. 'He identified-the bill as that which he dis-
cottetrd at the house of Slade's mother. lie _found it
in a cupboard, on the floor• '
Sykes was again called, and deposed that he slept up
stairs with the family in the room above, and lived with
the family in the room below. Pot the hatchet into the
cupboard in the room below, and always kept the cup-
, board locked.

Mr. Wilson, the surgeon, was again examined, and
having taken the bill in his hand said, that he thought'
he could swear that the itain upon the left side of the{
bill was blood, but the other matter seemed more like
wool than hair. (The bill was then handed to the Fore-
Man of the Jury, who was a butcher, and who expressed
his opinion that the stash was like blood. The rest ofl
the Jury examined the bill.)

Mr. Wilson cross-examined again, said that sheep-
stealing was common enough in the neighbourhood;
and it the bill bad been employed in slaughtering a
sheep, the appearance of the bill would be exactly the
same. The clothes beiag handed to Mr. Wilson, he
said that he thought he could say that a staitrupon the
right knee of the pantaloons was blood. He spoke in
terms of equal uncertainty of the stains on the other
parts of the dress.
The Loan Cum BARON then said-44 Can yen, Mr.
Wilson, with any confidence. upon an occasion of this
kind, fake upon you to swear that the stains had not
been upon the clothes for a longer time than had elapsed
from the murder to the time when you examined the
clothes T' Wilson-44. Certainly not, my Lord."
Two of the witnesses, who had been previously exa-
mined, were called again, and deposed Irsosely to some
unimportant particulars regarding the comparison of the
shoes with the prints at the window and at the stile. 1
The Loan CHIEN BA ROW observed, that it was per.,
fectly possible that the footmark at the stile, even if
made by Slade, which was very doubtful, might have
been made when Slade was passing innocently that way.
William Heddings—ls come from the gaol to the
box ; is the William Heddings against whom a bill has
been found for a felony, and who is to be tried. Has
been much acquainted with prisoner for a twelvemonth.
Has been with prisoner several times. Witness is 96
years old, a labourer, and married. Lives at Stukeley.l
Recollects the day of the murder; saw the prisoner on
the Sunday preceding the murder; had not seen him
the whole week previous. First met Slade at harvest
work at Mr. Waterhouse's. Saw prisoner on Wednes-
day night after the murder on the high road; was
coming from the Inquest when he saw Slade; Slade
was standing with a good many more people; witness
jogged him on the elbow, and called him to one side;
e people were within four or five yards of them, and
could not hear. Witness asked Slade what he thought
of this concern of Mr. Waterhouse being murdered? He
said, " I don't know." I said, " D—n it, how came
you to lay hands upon him?" He answered, "I was
forced, for I was in the low kitchen a plundering. Mr.
Waterhouse catched me, and resisted my coming out;
when I went to come out, he catched hold on me. Hav-
ing nothing to defend myself, I drew my knife, and then
began to stab him, arid cu: him where I could; he then
called out murder, and I got him down upon the floor;'
(then got myself a weapon, and knocked him down, and
hit him several hard blows on the face, and wherever I
could, to prevent him getting up again ; I then heard
the dog bark very vehemently at the door; I then went
to see if there was any person coming ; I then, seeing
nobody coming, came back to Mr. Waterhouse again ;
I then struck him a hard blowon the head, and knocked
him into the tub" This was what Slade told witness.
After this, witness and Slade went into the Swan, and,

bad a.pitat of .isle. with John Hawke's, of Huntirsedoh.l
tho•Loato Cana Boaow—Slade said all that
whiten) kai ta two minaret.
By Mr. thYLOII-7-Witnvas does not know on what i
charge he has been committed ; believes it is for stealing
pig; was once before in jail for burglary; was con-
victed, and sentence of death recorded upon him ; he
broke prison after ; can't tell the persons who were in
company with Slade when witness aset him ; tl ey were
not fellow labourers of witness's ; the place where Orey
were standing was fifty yards from the Bell, where the
forme! was held; never '.ad any conversation on the.
I subject whir prisoner before; 'knows a person named
Wright; never said he suspectel Wright as the mur-
derer. All the conversation which has been detailed
took place before witness and Slade went into the Swan;
na; called upon at the Inquest to account for where be
was on the day of the murder ; heard none of the evi-
-1 dente given at the Inquest. The distance of the place
where witness talked with Slade was IS or 16 yaids
front the Swan ; knows Merry and Hill, they were a
little way off, six or seven yards, and stood there during
the whole conversation. Did not at all resume the
,conversation after going into the Swan. If a man were
Ito knock loud at the door, he must have been heard in
the passage where the murder was committed.
Mr. TAYLOR—What do you expect to get by con-
victing this man?
Wltaws—l don't know.
Mr. TAYLOR—Don't you expect that the Crown will
shew you mercy in the offence of which you are charged,
if Slade shall be convicted ?

Witness--I hope se.
Tide was the case fez the prosecution.
The LORD CICILT BARON here directed Stannion to
be recalled, and examined him.

The witness stated that he heard no conversation
whatever between Slade and Heddings before Slade
asked Heddings to go into the Swan. Slade and Hed-
dings might have bad a few words before they went
into the Swan, but witness did not see them talk to-
gether. Witness did not stop more than two minutes
in the whole.

Henry Hill was also recalled, and re-examined by
r his Lordship.—• Saw Slade and Heddings together on
the Wednesday evening before they went into the
Swan: they seemed to be about five minutes together
before they went into the Swan; and appeared to be
talking together.

Merry recalled.—Heard Slade, upon the occasion
mentioned, say to Heddings, u Are you thirsty r and
they west immediately to drink. Is convinced that this
was the only conversation which took place between
them. Heddiogs did not take Slade aside; if there
was any taking, it was Josh (the prisoner) that took
Heddings aside into the Swan.
The Loan Cam Shalom then addressed the prisoner,
and told him if he bad any thing to represent to the
Court and Jury, it would be patiently beard.
The prisoner said. that he was, upon the Wednesday in
question, in the Swan, in company with John Hawker,
who requested him to go out to Headings, and ask hies
to come in and have some beer. He did go oat, and
Heddings said to him, u What do you think of this con-
cern rto which prisoner replied, he did not know."
Whereupon Weddings said that be suspected Lansdale
Wright of having committed the murder; and added,
that the death of Mr. W. was a loss to him (lied-
dings), as he hoped to have a quarter of barley (by theft)
out of him in the course of the week. The prisoner
then requested that the landlady of the Swan might be
called, and
Mrs. Gardiner was then called, and examined by the
prisoner, who put to her with much coolness the follow-
ing question:
Prisoner—Do you recollect my being in your house,
with John Hawker on the Wednesday night?
Mrs. Gardiner.—Yes, I do.
Prisoner—Do you recollect my going out to William
Heddings„ and calling him to come in and take a glass
of beer?
The witness stated further, that there were Two pints
of beer (not one, as sworn by Heddings) drank by
Hawkes, Heddings, and the prisoner. She did not see
them leave the house, as she was not there when they
departed.

The Luau Cs= BARN, then charged the Jury.
His Lordship said, he had the misfortune to address the
Jury in one of the most extraordinary cases which had,
ever come under his consideration. It had happened.'

on this, as on all occasions which excited the
interest in a high degree, that the public papers and
public conversation were filled with a great variety of
rumours, tending to excite different impressions iii re-
gard to this transaction, and to produce a powerful
prejudice against the prisoner at the bar. It was, how-
ever, the duty of the Jury (and it was his Lordship's
duty to point it out to the Jury), to weed out of their
hearts and understandings all the notions they might
have formed upon this extraordinary case, and which
were not supported by the evidence which had been
adduced. The case entirely. or mainly rested upon the
testimony of William Heddings. Without his evidence,
the case would have consisted entirely of circumstances,
and those circumstances so slight and hanging so loosely
together, that without the evidence of that person, they
never would be considered by an English Jury as a
sufficient ground on which to deprive a fellow creature
of his life. His Lordship then proceeded to recapitulate
the evidence, which he read with the utmost patience,
commenting as he went along upon every passage. At
length, upon coming to the testimony of Heddings, his
Lordship paused, and said, he was anxious to point out to!
the Jury a fact which he had observed in the progress of''
the cause,and which had produced a powerful effect upoi
his mind. It appeared that Heddings was on the 16th
of July before the Magistrates giving evidence upon the
subject of this murder, and it was a most extraordinary
circumstance that the evidence which he gave then not
I only corresponded in substance with that which he had
delivered to-day in the box, but was delivered in the
saw order, and, with a slight exception, in the identical
words which he bad made use of 16 days ago. There
was not a word, not a pause different in the two ac-
counts, except the omission of a very short passage.
His Lordship said that he had received from this coin-
cidence a strong impression that the witness had made
up the whole story, and committed it to memory.

His Lordship concluded a long and elaborate charge
till about half-past six o'clock, when the Jury requested
permission to withdraw; and after having consulted to-
gether for ten minutes, returned a.verdict of Guilty.
The prisoner is an ugly, but not what is usually
called an ill-looking man. His eyebrows, which are
arched and quite black, meet at the nose ; his cheek-
bones are very high, his nose puggisb, as it had been
described by one of he witnesses; his mouth small,
And his lips thick aud promin• nt. tic bream somewhat