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pointed to them, aud the constable 

 picked them up. Mrs. Archer 

 brought these shoes to him about 

 half-past eight in the morning of 

 the fire. — Cross-examined. They 

 were quite dry when they were 

 brought to hinij witness damped 

 them previous to mending them, 

 it was usual to do so — they want- 

 ed mending. Witness was to have 

 fetched them the day before, but 

 he had not time. — Re-examined. 

 Witness mended them both ; he 

 did not wet the upper leathers at 

 all. It had been done four hours 

 before the constable came. He 

 took no notice of any grass being 

 on them. 



The Rev. T. H Chamberlain 

 said, the shoes were produced be- 

 fore him on Monday, the 29th of 

 July ; they were dry then, but had 

 the appearance of liaving been 

 very wet ; they were stiff and stub- 

 born. 



Richard Buckett was from home 

 when the fire happened. About 

 three or four weeks before, wit- 

 ness saw the prisoner, who said, 

 short and sharp, " Hang you, you 

 shan't make a road across my 

 place." AV'itness told him he 

 would not, and would likewise 

 charge his family not to do it, 

 and he hoped he (the prisoner) 

 would not come upon his pre- 

 mises. Some words arose about 

 a robbery, and witness told tlie 

 prisoner, " that if a neighbour 

 saw another robbed, and did not 

 tell him of it, he was as bad as he 

 that robbed him." Prisoner said 



" your eyes, if you say any 



thing more about me, 1 will do 

 for you." Witness spoke to the 

 state of the hay j it^was ciit on the 

 20th or the yist of June, and on 



the 11th of July last put into u 

 waggon. It was perfectly dry. 



William Allett remembered the 

 fire. On the evening of the 24th 

 of July he went to the Swan pub- 

 lic house, and found the prisoner 

 Archer there ; he was talking with 

 witness's brother. The prisoner 

 aj)peared much agitated, and was 

 expressing vengeance against some 

 persons ; said he would do ihem a 

 private injury. Witness sat down, 

 and the prisoner said, " —— them 

 Bucketts ; I will do them a pri- 

 vate injury in a little time." Wit- 

 ness asked how they had affronted 

 him ? Prisoner said he could men- 

 tion two points of Scripture to 

 him, viz. " Do unto all men as 

 you would have them do unto you." 

 Witness told him if that were 

 done, no private injury would be 

 done to any man ; a.ad told him 

 he should like to hear the second. 

 Prisoner said, " Do as you would 



be done by;" "and I'll be if 



I don't." Prisoner replied (laying 

 hold of his left hand) " that he 

 wished his right arm might drop 

 from his shoulder-blade, if he did 

 not do the Bucketts a private in- 

 jury." Witness told a Mr. Gard- 

 ner of what had passed between 

 them before the fire happened. 



Thomas Allett was present at 

 the Swan inn, at Bourton, with 

 the prisoner Archer : he was threat- 

 ening the Bucketts family, and had 

 been so before witness's brother 

 came in. Immediately witness got 

 into the house, he wished his arm 

 might drop from his shoulder if he 

 did not do the Bucketts some pri- 

 vate injury. 



John Coleman stated, that he 

 was a farmer, living near Great 

 Bourton; was at the Greyhound 



public- 



