The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1846-08-25 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

WILKINS. The deceased was a head taller than witness—about the size of the elder prisoner, but stouter.  Richard Melling, examined by Mr. Owens, deposed to meeting deceased and the prisoners, in Coupland-street, Greenheys, about 8 o'clock in the evening of the alleg d murder, when Dean gave witness a challenge to fight Seddon. Prisoners were sitting together on the flags, and deceased was getting something out of his panniers. All three went together to Greenheys field. George Gillespie, examined by Mr. Pollock : met the prisoner and the blacking boy at a quarter past ten on the night of the murder, at the corner of Chatham-street. Eleard Dean ask the blacking boy how much money he bad, when the latter replied that he had more than Dean, who offered to bet a penny it was not so. Seddon and Dean afterwards walked down Booth street, to the corner of Jenkinson-street, where Seddon's coal-yard was. When prisoners went away, deceased said something to witness._ Seddon and Dean came back in five minutes,  and the latter whispered to witness to know if the blacking boy had been saying anything to him, and be gave no answer. Left them all together.  Joseph Green examined : saw the prisoners and deceased, at twenty minutes to eleven o'clock, going towards Bootle-street. They stopped opposite him in John-street, and deceased went down an entry on the right hand of the street. When he came out, they all went on towards Bootle-street. Deceased had a stick in hie hand. Elizabeth Cooper lives in Burns-street, and at past eleven o'clock on the night of the murder, saw three boys, one of whom came to her and asked if she had seen a little blacking boy with an ass. The ocher two stood in Jenkinson-street, near the cellar of Seridon's father. The boy who asked the question was the murdered boy. Could not see who the other two boys were. The murdered boy joined them, and they went away. About half an hour after, the smaller of the blacking boys came up with the' ass from Jenkinson-street.  Cross-emanined by Mr. Sergeant WILKINs. A person named Lambert lived nest to the coal shed; was about to be confined. A great number of people were about their doors in the evening. There had been a row in one of the courts in the neighbourhood, which con. tinued from eleven till after one o'clock, and the police were obliged to disperse the people collected by it.  Judith Grimshaw, lives in Burn's- st. eet, heard the preceding witness, asked if she had seen the blacking boy. At the time it was a quarter to eleven by her clock. Heard the other boy inquire for his brother about halfan-hour after. Saw Seddon abort ten minutes pasE twelve opposite her door, and heard him call out Joe ; and Dean came out of the court in Burn's-street, where the row was. Seddon asked Dean what he stopped so long for ; and both went towards the coal-yard. About twentyfive minutes to one saw them again coming from the Bootle-street end of Jenkinson-street, and Dean went into the court again, and was driven out with the rest of the people by the police. Seddon afterwards went into the court and sat on a step. He afterwards came across to witness's door, and whilst speaking to her All Saints' clock struck one. Told him to go home to bed, and he went towards Tuer-street. Thomas Jackson.—lives near Seddon's yard, and saw the prisoners and deceased go into the gate of the yard about a quarter of an hour before he beard All Saints' clock strike eleven. The blacking boy had a box and his stick. A abort time after thought he heard a struggle inside the stable. A policeman came up, and he spoke to him. The policeman knocked several times at the stable door, but was not admitted, and went on his beat. Was past the stable door again between twelve and one, when all was quiet, and when be came home his wife told him something. Found a stick (produced) in the Brook next morning. Witness was cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant WILKINS as to what he had said to the policeman on the night of