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the dog was backing almost all the morning, When
Ashby, Rogets, and wt:ness returned) the dog baked
no more.
Croat-examined by Mr. tatni..—Sate tile beggar who came tel
the hum that morning. He wore trdnaert, and ►ad a bandage on
bla head. The barking of the dog if.d not alarm the Triton&

Re•eaaminrd.—Tb; dos barked op to half-east taint, and then
began when Nanny Gale went, and oosgiiised ever so to*
Dederick Rogers.—Went to Mr. Ashby's, at S'uke•
ley, in the be4inning of July. and afterwards walked
over tw Mr. Waterhouse's. There was a dog Chained
within about three yards of the door which leads into the
back kitct.en. Heard the dog bark befure entering the
yard. Struck the dog, which ran into the kennel, and
lay down. Heard something like blows within the
house, and then knocked with the end of his whiz very
shari ly at the door. Knocked timer times. Heard, a'
it were, two persons com.ng down the stairs : rapped
again, but heard nothing more. Had been at Mr.
Waterhouse's before. After tapping, saw two boys
come into the yard, and called them. Witness tkei
went into the house, leaving the boys at the dot"; ;
crossed the back•kitchen to the door of the passage ;
saw Mr. Waterhouse's legs hang over a tub; called hem
by his name three times, and went back ; returned wish
a person named Ashby, and a young woman, and found
Mr. Waterhouse.

Cemo-examined by Me. Tormsa.—The blows which wibarti
heard seemed blows of a 6st upon the flee ; I saw nobody hs the
house but the deeeastd.
A plan of the seane of the murder was they put in, and prod
by Mr. Lovell.
Willem A ,hby depo.ed to several facts that hsd been
sta eLI by the other wittiesAs, and added. that upon
going into the passage he took hold of Mr. Water-
house's alms, and sail that he was warm, and linsbet,

and not dead. Witness then toi,k one arm of the de-
cea‘ei, and a woman named Wells wok another, an)

with the assistance of another woman and a* man
they laid Mr. Waterhouse on the ground. Witness
was covered with blood in taking deceased out of the
tub; he had two wounds across his wrists, and ons
upon his cheek.
Wiry Ann Briggs—Recollects the morning of the
day of the murder ; was called in from the gate by .
Rogers, who said, " The old Gentlemen is dead ;* in
going in saw Mr. Ashby in the passage, AShby ayked
her to open the garden door; did so, and after some he-
sitation approached the place where Ashby was, and
took hold of one of the arms of the deceased, and put
her hand upon his forehead, which was quite warm.
There were three wounds upon his breast ; use upon
his face; the thick part of his right hand was almost
cut off, and h.s jaw-bone broke. Witness *so .g the
blood out of his cravat.
Jonah Wilson examined by Mr. Sergeant STonits
Is a surgeon. Went to the house of Mr. Waterhouse
at four o'clock on the day ash, murder ; he was thes
dead. Examined the body, and found a large wound,
three or four inches long, in the throat; the wound had
separated the tongue from the windpipe. The wound
had the appearance of having been inflicted partly by
incision and partly by a stab. There was an immense
wound upon the right the k, completely dividing the
jaw-bone, the upper part of the bsne being likelaise
fractured. The right wrist was completely cut through;
the elbow of the right arm was also cut through.
The wounds must have bees, inflicted by an ins•reinent
very sharp and very heavy. There was a very great
contused wound upon the breast, which seemed to have
been inflicted with the back of a very heavy bill. Be-
lieves the death was occasioned by the wound in the
throat. The wounds could not possibly have been in-
flicted by a man's own hands. Saw the prisoner on the
day next but one after the murder, at the office of Mr.
Sweeting ; was struck with the appearance of his
trousers; they were of slop. He wore a jacket and vest;
the trousers were of a dark dirty brown ; noticed parti-
cularly a greasy appearance down the front of his
trousers; it struck witness after, that this appearance
was caused by blood and dirt being rubbed together.—
Examined his dress and person more particularly after.
Took him to Mr. Waterhouse's house, and made prisoner
take off his trousers, and dis-covered upon the in ide a
stain of blood, which had gone through from the outside.
It was upon the left thigh, and there was no *ound upon
that part of his body which could have produced the
blood. Prisoner accounted for it, by saying that he
had cut his little finger, and forcibly pressed it upon
his thigh to step the blood. Atte, wards discovered
that this was a fact. Examined his shore paiticularly
a few days ago. Examined his jacket, anJ found a stain
of blood upon the inner side of the outer past. The
jacket was lined, and the stain appeared upon Liking cff
the lining. There was also a stain upon the inner palm:
of the shoulder of the jackst. The thigh of the trousers
appeared to have been washed, or some I quid ipplied
for the purpose of taking •ut the stain. Saw a wood-
man's bill and a knife, which were produced in the
Justice's room; observed that there was hair and animal
matter, and apparently blood. The hair was human
hair: dirt appeared to have been put upon the bill
after the blood. The deceased was tall, his hair
was grey, and corresponded exactly with the hair
upon the bill. Examined the tub in which the de•
ceased was found, and observed s 1 cuts which
seemed to have been made with a bill; he might
venture to swear that the handle of the bill had been
stained with blood.
The witness here inquired if he might be allowed to
state what happened between him and Slade on the
Friday after the murder? permission having been gives,
witness continued—l said, "Slade. this is evidently
blood." Slade lost himself for a few minu es, and then
said, " Yes, Sir, I know how it came—it came from the
cut on my finger."
Cross examined by M. TATLOI-010110i swear that soy of the
stains, except those on the left side of the trousers, were actually
blood; the hair upon the bill may have been the hair of a sheep's
face. It would be very possible foe a person who had leafleted the
wounds which had been stated, to escape with such small, and s•
few stains, as appeared upon the clothes of the prisoner. Cues
swear that the animal matter upon the bill was trom the boom
body. Weerlauingly meets persons upon the high road in every
direction in the neighbourhood of Mr. Waterhouse's premises.
Re.examined by Sergeant Svoaxs—Thinks the wound upee the
right cheek to have been inflicted after the deceased had been
knocked into the tub.
William Francis knows the Swan eublic-house at
Stukeley ; was there on the night before the murder ;
saw Joshua Slade, the prisoner, there, with William
Wright and witness's own brother. The whole party
played at bowls until ten o'clock. Witness and prisoner
left the house at one in the morning. When they de-
puted, Slade went towards she church, and witness
went home. On the Monday after, went with Mr.
Woods, the constable, through the
_field called the
Horse Close, near Mr. Waterhouse.. Woods had two
shoes. Witness got over a stile, and observed son e
prints, which seemed made by two or three nails in
the left shoe. The way over the stile
close of Mr. Waterhouse to the high
an old bridge called the Tunnel.

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