The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1841-12-17 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

ADJOURNED INQUEST ST. HELEN'S, THURSDAY ATTERNOON.—Mary Colquitt again examined.—She went to the Seven Stars about eleven o clock for her husband, and there saw Isaac Jacques, Robt. Woods, and Thomas Molyneux, also in the house. She stayed there until twelve o'clock, and left those men there. She went to say further, that she saw Jacques strike the table with something, but saw no stick. William Colquitt was also again examined, and said, the stick foUnd near the place of the murder was very like the one Isaac Jacque had on Saturday night, at the Seven Stars public-house. It was cut in the same manner at the end. Re left the three prisoners—lsaac Jacques, Woods, and Molyneux, in the Seven Stars, at twelve o'clock. After recapitulating the substance of the evidence as detailed above, he said it was about seven o'clock when he and the prisoners went to Arnold's beer shop. Arnold had just got up, and was dressing. They had some ale. The prisoners paid for none of the drink. They stayed until the bell began to ring for church. Arnold asked them whether they had been any where else than' Ranson's the night before, and Jacque said they had been to Blades's, at Denton's Green, but did not enter in, and looking over the window-shutter, he saw who were in, mentioning John Marsh, John Tasker, and some others. There was some paper produced after this was mentioned, which Jacque said he had found on coming back from the Green, on the side of the road, wrapped up in a rag. The rag was of a dark colour, the same as a pocket, and had the appearance of a purse. It was the size of a small money bag, about as large as a man's hand, and had no string to it. It was jagged at the top edge, as if it were roved. They stuck the rag and paper in the fire altogether. The paper was printed, and figures written upon it. Arnold read it. The coroner produced two tickets lifrom the Red Lion weighing machine, where the deceased had been the day before, and weighed some potatoes, the tickets of which it was supposed he must have had in his possession when murdered, and Witness was asked whether papers he saw were like them ? Witness replied, that one of the papers was given to him, and it was like one of them. Re-examination continued. —I heard Arnold read them, and " potatoes " were mentioned. I believe the name " Grayson " was mentioned. They gave me one ticket, which they said was dated the day before (Saturday), and it was the only one of any use. Arnold said I might perhaps get a quart of ale for giving it to Grayson. I put it in my pocket—the side pocket, I think. It remained there, I believe, until last night, when I think 1 used it in the necessary. I have looked for it to-day, but cannot find it. The other papers and the rag were burnt, I think, by Arnold. I had not at that time heard of Grayson's death. I have heard since how he was injured, and that his pocket was cut out. The rag which was burnt at Arnold s was not a bag, but like a bag. The prisoner Molyneux was in our house afterwards that morning. While the prisoners were talking about being at Denton's Green, one of them called prisoner Molyneux a dirty d-1 for sleeping on the midden, and he replied that it was not on a midden, but on some litter on the back-side of  a midden. Mr. Storey here said he had examined the place, and found a number of potatoe-top; lying, which had the appearance of a man having lain upon them; but it had rained a great deal since the night of the murder, so that the marks of a person having lain there were but feeble. William Arnold, beerseller, Eccleston, said—l remember Jacques,Woods, Molyneux and Colquitt coming to my house on Sunday morning. They had some drink. Theyremained there until the church bell rung. No one ever produced me any paper to read. I never saw any in possession of any of them, and neither a bag nor rag. I did not hear them mention about being at Rawson s. They did not say they had been at Denton's Green. They did not say they had peeped over the window. The three men who were discharged yesterday called at my house last night, but I had no conversation with them. None of their friends have bad any conversation with me. This evidence being contradictory to Colquitt's, lie was