The Lancaster Herald, and Town and County Advertiser. — 1831-12-24 (Lancaster, Lancashire, England)

THE EVIDENCE.  David Mascall—l am a labourer at Brighton. On the 25th of July I went into a copse near Preston. I observed a spot of ground loose, and moved it with my stick. I drew out a piece of red garment, and perceived a smell. I mentioned it to my neighbours. On the 12th of August I went again with Gillon, and I saw the same piece of garment. Abraham Gillon—l went to I'reston on the 12th of August with the last witness. Next day I went again with an officer, and opened the ground. I first dugout one thigh, then another thigh, and then the body. It smelt very offensive. The ground looked rather fresh, as if it had been disturbed about a month. The body had stays on. W. Elfick—On the 13th of August I went with (iillon to the copse, and found the body, with two thighs on the lift side of it. The stays I now produce I took from the trunk or body. (The stays were almost putrid). I interred the body in Preston churchyard. It was disinterred, and I fitted the body and thighs to a head which was afterwards found. They all fitted. The box and cord now in court I received from Folkard, the high constable. Marks of Mood are on the inside of the box. W. Molt-1 went to Mrs. Lever's house, in Margaret-street, on the 17th of August, and examined a privy, which was common to four houses there. I found two arms, two legs, and the head of a human being, with two parts of a bed tick. The limbs were in a decaying state, and when I took hold of the head the hair came oft  IV. Pitheam—l am police-officer it Brighton. On the 13th of August I took Kennet into custody at her lodgings for the murder. Next day 1 found on her premises two little shifts, and one pair of infant's shoes, with some lace, stockings, and a window curtain. The things now produced are the same I found. S'iime of them were concealed behind a chest of drawers. On Wednesday following I scent to the privy behind Mrs. Lever's. I knew the head to be that of Celia Holloway. When the limbs and bunk and head were put together they made a person of the height of Celia Holloway. I knew Cart Holloway six years. John Hardgrace—l am a surgeon at Brighton. On the Fith of August I went to Preston, and Elfiek showed me a body, and two thighs disjointed at the knee and hip. The nether part of the body was naked, the upper part had clothes on. I supposed the body could not have been buried three weeks or a month. I saw the parts put together and they made a complete body. I am satisfied that the parts belonged to the same living body. On opening the chest, the lungs were very much collapsed. From examining the state of the lungs, it appeared she must have died from suffocation. There were no adhesions, or signs of disease ia the lungs. She was in a state of pregnancy. Cross-examined by counsel—l saw the head on the 17th of August. The features were discernible. It was not in a state ef putridity. Decomposition had not commenced. It was like a sheet of whitish yellow paper, or a piece of parchment. On my science as a medical man fire features were recognizable. hi nip opinion the person must have been dead at least a month, but not two months. A countenance would be cognizable for a month; thought it had been merged in a privy for a month. From the saline particles of a privy a body is preserved by being submerged in it. At this time the weather was exceedingly Lot. Daniel Richardson—had examined the body. The person