The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-04-02 00:00:00

Witness could not clearly see the fea-
lark coat who was following the de-

Ann R

rts, the wife of the toll-gate keeper referred to,
nut know the deceased. She got up between
ne o'clock on the night in question to open the
in on horseback who was going towards Standish.
then described the circumstances of the mistake

ased had made relative to the deceased giving
Whilst the man on horseback stood
oloured dress went through the small
side, in the same direction as the man who
toll. After she had got into the house, and not
re minutes from the man on horseback leaving,
I the report of a pistol. The Boar's Head is a
on, nearer Standish than the toll-gate.
I.—lt would take perhaps five minutes for
;ot from the tollgate to the Boar's Head.
d she lived a little further nearer Standish
about five minutes before 1 o'clock,
and the report of a pistol, which
Boar's Head. In a few mi-
ird the noise of a horse galloping to-
ext morning, between six and seven,
e men carrying deceased into the Boar's
itness, on looking at the
1 taken up, saw a great quantity

from about th

was wounded; and

hich he had be

s a•weaver, and lived at Worley,
rterto one o'clock, on the morn-
s, William Woods, and Thomas
(igan-lane. They went through
through the gate about 68 yards

Wigan, who had a dark co-

Good morning. Sir,

a reply in the same

The man

him, "There is a man lying in the road, on one
oar's Head, and his horse on the other. Wil-
said, " We will awake him," but witness said
not, for if the man they met had picked his
and his friends) would be suspected.
hearing of the man. The man was
Witness saw the prisoner in the
days after his apprehension. Wit-
before or since, but he had

man."

prisoner was the man be had met on the road.
him he had a stick in his hand, and a " bundle"
. Witness was present at his examination at
; upon that examination thd prisoner asked
t he then wore was the coat he had on when he
ituess replied. " No, it is not."
ined.—The man whom witness met was walk-

urely pace towards Wigan. Witness and his
)t hear the report of a shot. They passed the
i lay, but did nut observe him. They
walked on the footpath. Were not pre.
aPrwards found. Witness examined

the man lax

rwards, and they had walked nine or

One of witness's companions was

er an engineer. They were going a-
s at the time. They were not
no permission to fish. The
alked past, and
minutes after 12 o'clock when
started, and it would be about

e man me

rriced tt

mpanions did go to the
bout three o'clock. It

hey started from to the place

ckmaker and weaver, and
le night referred to. The
lark-coloured coat, which
his was not a shape corn-
about the same height as
id " good night," and the
As. The man then said,
side of the Boar's Head,
) ; and his horse is stand-
' Witness and his corn-

bad been

be prisoner was the man
are of it. Witness heard

and was sure that

,y met. He was

poacher. They walked
an. Witness had twice

prohibited

-place so early be-
ev caught about 3i

d she parted

Aic-house, in
greed

t the Golden- Cron

ter before
one. It

te had got about a dozen yards
rich is half a mile from the Golden
running as hard as he could to-

within about three yards of

,ead upon th
upon him, and
'II be robbed or beaten
own azain in the

udden as if he bad been shot. He
Witness went up to him,
Mester don't fall asleep
' He put up his head
same posture. _ This place is

or more from the toll-gate. Mason shouted
)t to stop with the man. Witness went about

urther when she heard a man coming at a great
ith a heavy foot in a direction meeting her. He
len stop before he came up, and turned himself
rof the wall about two yards from witness. He
face from witness. Witness passed him,
He had a dark blue or
Was not sure this man was

kept his face from her
'n and dark trousers.

but on the examination before the magistrates
r, " if she had met him, it was near the Inde-
pel, as he was no further on the road that night."

bled) the man whose dress she
went on, and about forty yards over
Lich is a mile or more further from

voured (rese
Witn

i
the 80-al.'s Head, she saw a horse. •It was that
Colton was on. Witness did not know the first

I she me

—Witness thought she had seen the first
11's office. He ran very fast. He was a
Id a gentleman she believed this was the
. _

name was Haigh

man was examined before the justices
or ten days after she had met him.
ad nothing in his hands that witness
three miles from Wigan where she saw
pass the place where the deceased was

Red Rockiiiid,•••

Adeu,wtnefirairlg.ehaotqi,nuee,faiotroz 0
wthaei..
wish,aba;
a man lying in the road, aboutn
mid
Boar's Head and the tollbar. There was
-
tied out of a field, and he was lying Upon
a poor condition, and said, " Where am I ?';
nt to the Boar's Head, and having told them,
way to Wigan. Witness did not know him.
)me blood on his ear, and on the road.
mined.—The hay appeared as if. it had been
the hedge from the field, and then placed under

S

tie hay tr

on his

lenry Finch said he was a rope-maker, at Wigan. He
a on the turnpike, between the Boar's Head and the toll-
e, with Woods and Bennett, about half-past six on the
ruing of the 26th, and saw a man lying upon some hay in
road. Witness knew him. It was John Colton. He

In-cross-examination, James Tarbock said he could not
have identified the watch unless he had opened and examined
it, or been led by the questions put to him.
Wm. Green, watchmaker, of Wigan, said the watch was
brought to him to repair by James Torbock three months
_before Mr. Colton was murdered. The watch produced was
Had never seen him the same watch. _

The JUDGE intimated that it was unneccssiry to pursue
further the examination with the identity of the watch.
Jane Roberts was then called. She said she had lived with
the prisoner as his wife, but was not married to him. She
refused to be sworn, on the ground that she knew nothing
whatever.

The Learned JUDGE, with great patience, explained to her
the consequences of her proceeding, and told her that she
need not answer any questions which would criminate herself.
The Crier said she had been sworn upon the bill before the
Grand Jury.
The witness said she knew nothing.
The JUDGE said she must be sworn, even if she knew
nothing. He directed the Crier to administer the oath.
The witness still refusing,
The JUDGE.—Let her be taken into custody for this eon-
ter, in refusing to be sworn.—She was then committed.
in !try Brown said, she lived with Adam Brown, in a cellar
Akroyd. street, Manchester. Tho woman who had refused
to be sworn lived with the prisoner, in the next cellar, under
the name of Jane Ariderton. Witness remembered the Wed-
nesday on which the prisoner was apprehended. He came in
in the morning, and, having changed his clothes, went out
again, The Nunn day, and Thursday, which was the next