The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-11-25 00:00:00

offenders. He proceeded to Haanew....„
Witellt-itelf put nios arrived at the Bridgewater Arms.
..-4.ll4eilleare saw the same men he had been the day *Awl,
• A* tweetittay with a gonna, and took them into custody,
4.4 Mith UM sissistauce of another constabib. In an bout
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itft . be searched James Croker, and found on his
a peke( smckings, a pair of braces, plated copper
rs , .a. houswife, and various other ankles.
toblicilit-Hoppee new produced was the same witness
a V. it hem Crofter ;- the white festiattjaskeff opined
. es toot Croker's back.. These were given,
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~'sitarits of blood ea the elbow add cuffs oft e'right erm.
••., —The Jacket was very wet and dirty_ When be Nand
M.
. SD attempt had been made to oblitirate the nada
the stairs bad •heen Powered with clay or dirt; there weft
like Moody mar l% ea Abe back. Whams also saw bloody
• .... sea Lrekeelpitirt. Croker bade large blackthorn
.7.*afiek with bins. MP, Sheriff was reqieMed to take care
At'Creker's skirt, whitit be still wore:
William Martimanothee constable of Triage migrated
•
Ow testimony of William Clarke. nod was will. him
• whets Croker and Raerlall were apprelesoded • There
was a handle and a lug lying on the taitto nearkendall,
which he claimed. Witness searched bits in a private
room, and took off his coat and neckerchief. The seat
was short and straight, and of cloth, with white metal
lamenses. Witness uodaced the coat: it bore sever,'
marks of blood on the flap, sleeves, and breast ; attempts
irwl been made to efface these marks. There were a
Multi of blood on the neckerchief, where it bad bees
'OA There were also matches and madles found in'the
prisoner's possession, totether with apiece of white
a:rimer nee ribitand. which was foaled in his pocket:
on the bag which Randall claimed as kis, there was a
patch of Wood.
• Mr. Sheriff having taken off Croker's shirt, aceordieg
to the request of the Conner, now produced it. There
were spots of blood on the right eras and breast.
• Elisha Thorn, the witness who 'taw two men on the
Monday previous to the murder, near Weston-gate, ex-
amined the coats now produced by the constable: and
had no doubt that the cloth coat produced by Martin
anti taken from Randall was the same which one of
the men wore, He also spoke to the coat taken from
Croker, and was sure that it was worn by the other
Joseph White, of Broughton. a farmer, knew the de-
ceased, Edward Needle: he was positive the shoes pro-
duced belonged to him; lie had seen them frepiently on
iris feet, and especially on last Monday: Witness bad
been bred a shoemaker; and there was something very
peculiar in the furs of the deceased's foot. It was abort
-end dubbed.
Joseph lmpey, ostler at the Bridgewater Am., Little
(latidestiee, stated, he saw the two men in custody at his
master's house on the mornine of Wednesday last. They
were accompanied by a woman. lie saw the pair of
shoes prodreed lying on a bench in ill,: taproom. after
tile men came in. They were not there before, anti so
other 'trios wasin the tap-room but the prisoners and
the women.• Jt had been a wet moronic and they west
to the fire to dry themselves. They asked if there was
any cold meat in the house? Witness said "an," but
told them there was a butcher's next door; one of them
went to.the butcher's, sad returned with two pounds of
beef steaks. When the eustables cam's in, the woman
went out to the yard. He heenl,the men convene to-
gether, and asked them where.thev came from, bat they
did sot tell him. They all appeared to bewitch fatigued.
The tall man was lame.
Charles Finch again examined.—He looked at the
coats, the stick, and the bundle produced. The cloth
rsat be was quite sure was.wera the abort man he had
described as having sees on Monday aid Tuesday; end
the fustian coat was that wore by the, tall man. The
blackthorn stick be Was likewise satisfied was carried by
the tall man, who was lame. and the bundle was the same
as curried by the whott man. The men he saw in the
custody of the officers were those he saw on the read.
• John Hingham, of Little Oaddesdea, was meet called.
sod stated to the coroner, that he was appointed to sit
an with the woman who was apprehended at tattle lied.
dosden with the Male pH Utters. On the morning after
her .p-prehension, she said it was aaad thing to conceal
any thing which she knew in such an affair, and then
• • casting her eyes towards a pair of shoes which were
under the table, seemed as if she wished to say some-
, thit.g. Witness took up the shoes, and said ;they were
very like old Needle's shoes, who hails very particular
• eta sped foot. lie asked the woman where eke got them?
She said, as she and the Ism teen were coming along by
Lord Bridgewater's park patio* they sat down by a
new lodge which his Lordship is building, and list
vitt:eating to eat. James(the tall man, Croker) took
these %hoes from his pocket, and banding them to the
ether man said " Here, Tom, is a pair of shoes that will
. fit you."
wouldo them and put them iw (
Theyac
- asyieg, he not put them on there. then
alt went on to the Bridgewater Arms.
• Thomas Wyatt, of the perish of Tring, labourer, de-
posed, limit on WfdandaY 'morning last. about half-
•t' • "past two o'clock, he paw the two men in custody,
• • charged with the murder of Needle and his wife, going
very fast towards Tring, in the direction from Weston-
,' 'vv. lVittiess said good morning" to them, but they
made no answer that he could understand.
•'• Other witnesses were called, who proved the fact of
the three prisoners having been altogether at Tring,
• drinking on the night of the murder ; and that at hall
• • past eight•o'clock the two men set out towards Ashton
• ' Ulinton, sating, "if they did not make haste, they would
• • •he too late.'
• The inquest was again augur:led on Saturday at four
• o'clock, to enable the jory to dine; and on their re-as-
' ' setubling at six, the coroner summed up the whole of
the' evidence with great perspicuity. At hatf.past nine
he closed his arduous labours, and the jury. after a short
consideration, returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder
&paint Thomas Randall anti James Croker." All the
witnesses were then Wood over to prosecute. and the in-
quest adjourned.
The bodies of the unfortnnatipeople were buried .en
- Satorday at Asl.ton Clinton. Several ef their relative,
followed them to the grave; and a large enamors, of
spectators were likewise present on the in • lancholy cc- ,
casion. The expense is borne by the trustees of the
road. The bodies were in plain elm coffins, with black
plates, containing their names and ages..
• The constables by whom the prisoners were appre-
• hooded, become entitled to the rewinds which have been
offered, amounting to three hundred pounds.
The prisoners, from Other property found in their
possession, it was evident, had been committing depreila-
ttmis in the neighbourhood for some days before the
• • murder, snd,attiong other crimes, broke into a shoe-
- • linker's house at Stone, from whence they stole a quan-
• • tits*
Up.to the expresses leaving Aylesbury on Saturday
'night, neither time men nor the woman had made say
direct admissitstrof the murders.

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We have observed kite growth of an extensive and cab
atantial range of buildings on the west side of Welling
ton-strert, between the new shops adjoining the Strand
and the Ohre of the Duchy of Lancaster, at the foot of
M aterlao-bridge. The edifices in question are built
on
crown land, and with public money; but they neither
appear to be constructed for official business, not for
• • purposes of trade; they would seem adapted for the pi-
vateresidencei of gentlemen possessing incomes of HEM
per annum and upwards. Much curiosity prevails with
respect to theme to which they are destined. Of course
they must be destined for some description of Govern-
ment employes.