The Warrington Examiner. — 1873-03-29 (Warrington, Cheshire, England)

THE MURDER OF A POLICEMAN AT SAIWBACH. VERDICT OF WILFUL MURDER. On Tuesday, the coroner, Mr. Dunstan, concluded his inquiry into the death of James Green, at Sandbach. Mr. Cooper watched the case on behalf of the man Buckley, who is now lying in Chester Castle, on a charge of wilful murder, having been committed by the magistrates who heard the case. The case for the prosecution was closed, and in answer to the coroner, Mr. Cooper said he had not made an application to the Secretary of State for an order to exhume Green's body, as he could rebut the evidence for the prosecution without. He then called— _  Joseph Hill, a look carpenter, who said he had worked for the canal company 62 years, and had helped to pull several bodies out of the canal during that time, his own son amongst them. He was only in half an hour, and was cut all to pieces. Most of the bodies witness had seen had been cut and crushed, and some had not been injured at all. The boats were plated at the bottom with iron, and when the nail heads were off the plates would hang down, and would cut as clean as aknife. George Lewis said he saw Green on the 24th ult., in Tarnall's public house, talking to a lot of men and women at the top of the steps, from eight to nine o'clock. Joseph Turner said he lived about 20 yards from where the body was found. On the Monday or Tuesday night that Green was missing he heard a disturbance on the canal bank. Witness was in bed and thought it was midnight. The Sounds were of men quarrelling. Saw Buckley on the Wednesday and did not observe any cuts on his face. Thomas Dodd said he Worked at Sutton's farm, and about a fortnight before the murder he called at Buckley's house, and found him killing his pig in the pigstye. The pig got off the bench, and he helpea. Is 'Lill to put it on again. The blood ran on. ti Lie straw: He comeT.eto ur cmis ae to 7.',0: iici the Sutton Friday ' he e farm,pere eai vn edd he cameat his saw a piece cf sacking over ?Lie pigstye door. Asked himo n Tt hhte: race was cut, and on asking him how he had done it, 1 he said he had tfhaelulensuvadomwend aupe,raahndtrio. pruning. eecawphitiUhlahteedwthaes facts of the case. He said it was impossible that Green could have met his death accidentally, as had been suggested. From the evidence of Dr. Latham it was prayed that the wounds on the deceased's head and face had been inflicted before death, and that he had received a kick or blow' which had caused rupture of the bladder. Ha wished the jury to dismiss everything they had lu ard outside, and only consider the facts of the case as laid down in evidence. They must connect the facts brought forward against the man Buckley, already in custody, and if they thought there was any reasonable suspicion against him it would be their duty to return a verdict of wilful murder against him. Ig they thought that he had accounted for every suspicious circumstance satisfactorily, and cleared himself of any suspicion resting upon him, then it would be the duty of the jury to return a verdict of wilful murder against some person or persons unknown. While complimenting the police on the fatrness with which they had given their evidence, he must say if they had commenced the search sooner than they did, the mystery would have been cleared up with less difficulty., The room was then cleared, and after a quart or of hour's consultation, the jury returned a unanimotli 44 " Wigul mu* wind Jusei 14c1c1v." •