The Sun. — 1830-03-13 (London, England)

THE ODDINGLEY MURDERS.  (Concluded from The Sun of yesterday.)  [At the conclusion of the Rev. Mr. Clifton's evidence. the confession of Clewes was put in and read. As thi. has already appeared in the columns of The Sun, we have not thought it necessary to republish it.] John Collins—l lire at Bradely, in this county; I lived with Mr. Clewes on the 24th June, 1806, at Netherwood Farm. [l.lere he identified the prisoner.] Iremember the death of Mr. Parker ; I knew Richard Hemming; the last day I saw him with Clewes was on the Sunday morning before Mr. Parker was killed ; Mr. Parker.was killed on Tuesday; they were talking in the Trench wood, on a pathway; when I first saw them the were standing still ; I walked towards them, and the move I away; I saw Clewes about an hour and a half after, near the house; I saw Hemming at the farm a time or two before, during the preceding fourteen days ; Hemming did not work for Clewes; I remember that about nine days after Mr. Parker's murder, some merle was put into the barn ; there are two bays in the barn ; the mule was put on the bay near which there was a small pool ; I got the merle ; it was by the direction of Clewes I got the marls; it was Clewes drew it away; besides myself, there were—John Clewes, Thomas Hardinge, and Wm. Smith, upon the farm ; the two first were employed at plough the day I drew the merle to the barn ; I do not know where the other was; we drew the merle in two carts; Thomas Clewes drove one of them ; the reason he gave me for drawing the marle was, that he wanted to make the barn and the court-fold level. William Low—ln 1815, I was at the White Horse public-house, Silver-street, Worcester ; Clewes, to the best of my belief, was in company with me there, but he is considerably altered ; I went with a friend at dinner time there; we had souse beer, and Clewes drank with us ; we afterwards had some wine ; our conversation turned upon the landing of Bonaparte from Elba ; and I and my friend went out to meet the London mail ; consequently the conversation was very general, about the landing of Bonaparte ; Clewes said he liked our conversation. and would join us drinking ; some one observed that there would be terrible slaughter again between the contending armies ; Clewes remarked that there would not be half so much fuss about that as there was about the death of a parson ; some little time before, my friend fell ioto conversation with him relative to the death of Parker;  it was a very long conversation, and much of it very painted ; Clewes said more than he was asked, which led my friend (Fennell) to wink to me to go out, which I did ; we then went back again, and the conversation was renewed, and a remark was made th it wherever Flemming might be, sooner or later he would be discovered, and brought to justice, and hanged for the murder of Mr. Parker: Clewes's answer was, that he knew better than that—Hemming would never come to be hanged, for he was safe enough ; I am sure that I have repeated the contereation as accurately as I can remember. Croes.examined—l understand that Mr. Fennel is dead ; I volunteered this conversation by writing to the Mayor of Worcester; I had never seen Clewes before. Mr. CUILWOOD announced that this was the case for the prosecution. Mr. Serjeant