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was going to sup with several 

 friends at Willis's. Alarm of Ben- 

 nett's fire a little before eleven ; 

 witness ran to Bonnett's rooms, 

 saw prisoner there, his dress was 

 changed ; saw him distinctly ; he 

 wore a blue uniform coat in the 

 former part of the evening, had 

 on now a loose drab great coat, and 

 liis head uncovered ; saw him after 

 both the fires, walking in the court 

 with Willis. 



William Parkinson, the watch- 

 man. — Has been watciiman since 

 iast May ; kept the gate on the 

 23rd of January ; knows the pri- 

 soner, let him out a little before 

 ten o'clock, let him in at half-past 

 ten ; prisoner came into the por- 

 ter's lodge, and said — " Am I a 

 devil?'' Witness answered — "I 

 hope rot." Prisoner replied — 

 " then I am the son of a devil.'' 

 Prisoner gave him a shilling, and 

 told him to go and get damn'd 

 drunk ; witness thanked him for 

 the shilling, but said he must mind 

 his duty ; prisoner replied — »' Duty 

 be damn'd ! this is a holiday-night, 

 you must not mind duty to-night.'' 

 Witness did not leave the porter's 

 lodge till the alarm of Bonnett's 

 lire, a quarter of an hour after- 

 wards ; ran to his rooms; returned 

 to porter's lodge to fetch key of 

 stable-yard ; no light in Mr. Gee's 

 windows ; if there had been one, 

 could not help seeing it; shut the 

 gate hard in order to lock it ; it 

 made a noise ; heard a person rush 

 out of Mr. Gee's room, and come 

 violently down stairs; is sure it 

 was out of Mr. Gee's room ; saw 

 the prisoner within a few steps of 

 the bottom ; saw him slip and fall 

 against opposite wall ; was within 

 two yards of him ; prisoner ran to 



the next staircase as quick as 

 possible ; there are two lamps, one 

 behind, inMr. Gee's staircase, one 

 before him in the court ; saw very 

 plainly indeed that it was the pri- 

 soner,dressed in a loose drab great- 

 coat, and uncovered ; ran after 

 him ; slipped on the snow ; pri- 

 soner ran to his own staircase ; 

 witness was not more than three 

 or four yards behind him ; called 

 out " I have found the man ! here 

 is Mr. Kendall 1" Peck came 

 out to prisoner's staircase, where 

 he stood all the time ; Peck went 

 with witness to Gee's staircase ; 

 witness left Peck at the bottom of 

 the stairs, and went into stable- 

 yard, saw the blaze at Gee's win- 

 dows ; about five minutes had 

 passed since he was first in stable- 

 yard ; went with Peck into Gee's 

 rooms ; gave the alarm ; window- 

 curtain had fallen and was burning 

 on the floor; the lamp in Gee's 

 staircase hangs clofee by the door ; 

 it is a glass lamp, which may be 

 easily opened, it was a-light ; after 

 giving the alarm, returned to assist 

 in extinguishing the fire, which 

 was nearly out; came into the 

 court ; saw prisoner walking with 

 Willis in the same dress in which 

 he ran down Gee's staircase ; 

 would have taken hold of him, but 

 Palmer said he had better not till 

 after the examination. 



This witness was cross-examined 

 by the solicitor-general (sir Wm. 

 Garrow) with all theacuteness and 

 dexterity for which that eminent 

 lawyer is so much distinguished ; 

 when he contradicted himself with 

 regard to the deposition he had 

 formerly made, and swore that 

 certain circumstances were con- 

 tained in it which did not there ap- 



