The Sun. — 1823-08-27 (London, England)

SUMMER-ASSIZES.  AT THE CASTLE OF-CHESTER,. AVG.'2S, 1823. Before CLIARLE9 IVATLittiE,sq..ChiefJustice; and SAMUEL AtAIt9IIALL, Isq, Puisne Judge. .Vpiipir Dole, WhO attained the age of,lB. years the day he wee committed to the Castle of Chester,' stood indicted for the *Lilll murder of Wood, cotton-factor, on the 111th 'of July last; at 'Whaley, by Means of stones thrown. at the back part of his head, by winch a mortal wound was inflicted of the sue of half an inch in length:and one inch in breadth. First witness. called was John Mellor, of Whaley, farmer's servant—Was coining from Bullock's Smithey with his cart on the 16th July, the old road; on his return.(from Dishley to Whaley are two roads), between 7 and 8 o'clock found a man, near the boundary wall, dead, twelve or six yards from the wall ; Dishley to Whaley is three miles; he came one mile from Dishley alone ; stopped • till Edmund • Potts and John Mellor, his uncle, came up ; ,did not know \Vocal; on the back of his head was a wound, on the forehead two wounds; appeared inflicted with stones ; many stones were near the body, which were Brickstone stones ; a vast quantity of' blood under his head ; did not observe thepockets ; body was not quite cold ; put it into Edmund Potts cart ; three were three carts with 'three drivers resent ; grass and wall by the body was sprinkled with blood a little, but much blood about. Second witness, Edmund Potts—Was on the road 16th July last, between 7 and 8 P.M.; saw J. Mellor; knows where Joseph Hatfield lives ; Mellor stood by Wood on the Dishley side ; passed Hatfield House on the . Whaley side ; distance froM a quarter to half a mile ; examined the body, which was warm; corroborates thefortner witness with regard to the blood and stones; took the body in his cart to the Cock, in Whaley; was present before the Coroner when inquiry took place ; examined pockets of the deceased ; turned out breeches pockets, in which were an old penny, pocket handkerchief; and top of an umbrella. .  Cross-examined by Mr. JONEs—Muell blood was about where the body lay 4 • blood came on witness's clothes ; removed the body with the former witness into the cart • his apron was very bloody, with the head, difficult- to touch die body without receiving blood. Whaley is on the side of Hatfield Muse ; found not the umbrella, nor any basket. Third witness, Mary Bradshaw—Knows late Mr. Wood, saw him at Manchester the lath July, between six and seven o'clock, A.M. going to Manchester, at Holly Green ; saw the body the day after at the (;*k. Fourth witness, ‘William Howarth, of Dishley-,Examined roads the 17th July, near Hatfield House ; found stones lefthand side 'of the road, 26 yards from boundary, between Hatfield's and Manshall's house. Four stones were here produced clotted with blood and hair, both extremely visible and appalLug, and the atones large ; the sort of stones were what they make walls with. -Cross-examination—Plenty of blood on the grass, half a yard square. Fifth witness, Jonah Cheatham, manufacturer, at. Stockport —Saw Wood at Stockport between two and three o'clock the 16th July (Wednesday); id him 481. and some shillings8/. in 1L country notes, 2 Al.o Derby notes, the rest in Bank of England notes of 51. each, except one 101. Knew mark and number of several; one a Si. Dank of England, No. 721, 21st January, 1822, which he copied; recognized the tear in it.— Stockport was about six miles front the murder. Cross-examined—Wood had an umbrella and a small parcel when he left him; did not copy the Derby notes; did not bring the book in which, the fetes were copied ; could not have sworn to the note, unless he had copied it; could not ascertain the note by the tear alone; made no memorandum of notes paid to Wood ; all the M. notes he had he paid on Monday; Whaley is near Derbyshire; Derby notes come more in that neighhourhood—Wounsel argued that the evidence of the' notes should be erased from the minutes, inasmuch as the books were not produced, which took up a considerable time; however, it was finally rejected.l—Wnness did produce the memorandum from his book of the Si. note, which he made last Wednesday; he can only swear to the note front the reference he had to his book ; lett It at home. An answer to a question from Sergeant