The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-12-15 00:00:00

Wm. Donnell, ote.',ar at the Coach and Horse', Quendon
remembers the prisoner was in that house on the afternoon
of Monday the Bth inst. drinking ; the Saffron Walden
coach stopped at the house about half-past 7 o'clock in the
evening. Kidttlen was there drinking with the pri loner,
and had a donkey. The Coachinan asked Mr. Al utnford
whether be abould leave Lis luggage there or lake it on to
the turnpike gate. The name of Mintiford was mentioned
aloud and in hearing, as also was the determination of
alighting at the turnpike. Prisoner was standing outside
the door, and, together with Kidinsn, left as soon as they
heard mention of the name, &c. They took the donkey
with there, bat were not filling it then. Witness went
with the coach to eke gate, and posed them about a quarter
of a milefroesetise gate • they Were proceeding at a walking
pace, bat as soon as the coach passed them they went at a
pace equal to that of the coach ; the road turns off before
you get to the turnpike ; it is called Quendon Want-lane,
and the part farther on is gaited Staples Hill ; it is about a
mile and a half from the gate to Widdington.
Cross examined by !kir. JESSOP.—When I last saw Kidnap,
and Patten on the road they were together.
By the COURT.—CouId not say whether he had drank much;
he did opt appear tipsy, lie walked away steadily.
George Say, son of the keeper of the Quendon gate, recol
lects the coach stopping at the gate on the night of the Bth
about ten minutes to eight o'clock. It was a glom night.-misty
there was a moon. Mr. 'Rumford alighted, au4 borrowed an
elm s ick of witness. After waiting is minute or two he went
down Want lane, towards Widdington; shortly after prisoner
passed on a donkey towards Saffron Waldron : there was no
person with him.
Robert Smith is a publican at Poyntler's End. Wig on the
evening of the Mk going, about half past eight o'clock, along
the lane leading from Widdington towards Quendon : about
Italia mile from Widdington he found a body laying along the
road, when he alighted w:141 raised It; it was laying in the
middle of the road; the man groaned, bat did not speak. al.
Munich spoken to by tin ; witness set him down by the bank
side, with his bend sustained by the bank from falling,and then
went back to Widdington and procured a horse and cart, the
people with which went off while he was going to another per
son; on his following them he found them with the prisorier,
who was carrying the body; he reached just when the other
I men had stopped the prisoner, and were questioning him as to
where he got his load.
John Read, carpenter, Widdington, knew the family of
Muinfords . • also knew the prisoner, who had worked with the
deceased's father, and consequestly mutual knowledge of per-
sons must have existed between the prisoner and the deceased.
Witness was one of those to whom Mr. Smith communicated
the alerts, and who went with four others down the lane, carry-
ing with them a lantern- which lie hid under his coat ; heard a
person, who proved to be the prisoner, calling " Hallo !"--
When they gut within three yards of him. he cried out, "Here
is James ?Rumford." Ile had the body of a man on his bark ;
witness put the lantern to the face of the man, and said, "It
is not him ;" not knowing him, on account of the manner its
which he was heat about. Prisoner replied, he thought it was
blue ; before that he had said he knew it was him ; he did not
say how he had gained that knowledge ; it was so dark that
without a light, recognition must have been extremely difficult.
this was SO rods nearer to Widdington then where Mr. Smith
left the body ; Mr. Smith came up while these questions were
being asked ; on his coming up the body was put into the cart
and conveyed to the Fleur de I.is public house ; it was pieced
In a email room before a tire; they found who he was by look-
ing at his shirt, which was marked with the name at length ;
they then seat for his mother, who recognised him ; by that
dee he was quite dead.
'Cross-examined.—Pallett accompanied them and did not at-
tempt to escape, but sat quietly In the public house.
George Read deposed to the same effect.
Cross-examined.—Can't say that Psllett was not sober, but
did not observe him much.
George Read, sea. was one of the party, and the aetrount
given by former witnesses is correct ; did not see Kidinan
that night.
Matthew Dello, was also one of the party, and spoke to the
same facts.
George Knight is a constahle at Widdington—took the
prisoner into custody—he 553,21 very refractory—broke the
glasses and every thing within his reach—was obliged to
secure his legs before he could search him—found a knife
in his right hand breeches pocket—(produced it, it was a
common hack knife, with two indentatiens on the blade)
—found another knife in his left hand breeches pocket-o
produced with a knife two blades, one a hack and the I
other a pea blade, in a hock horn handle,—knew this
knife to have been the property of the deceased—alto
found on him a comb, and 2's. 4.1. in e canvas bag. Took !
off prisoner's shoes at one o'clock on the ensuing monsingil
at the request of tleee tserl's brother-,received them back
the next day—,(produced„ the sol-s were studded wlelsa
niil.)—is sues' they are the same Ise took off pria.mer!‘
feet—received a stick from k man named flayden---(pro- ;
sluiced a haael stick, shunt 21 feet long, and an loci in I
diam-ter—it was very heavy, and there was blood in the
forked end of it—mceircd another piece of wood frog