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public-house on the Friday before 

 the tire happened. The prisoner 

 Haycock came in after witness. 

 A man, named John Ward, was 

 there, and witness heard a con- 

 versation between Ward and Hay- 

 cock. Haycock said, " that the 

 Bucketts blamed him and Archer 

 for stabbinijj their horse (they had 

 a horse stabbed) ; and addef^, that 

 they had better take care what 

 they said, or they would have 

 another injuiy done them that 

 night, or the next, and their ricks 

 would be set on fire the next night, 



" his lieart." Witness said, 



" you, Haycock ; if you do 



that, you will be hanijed or trans- 

 ported, and we shall be; brouii^iitto 

 book for it," and he turned away. 

 Ward and Haycock went off toge- 

 ther. AVitness saw Haycock some 

 time after the fire happened, and 

 he accused witness of having said 

 something about the conversation 

 they had at tlie public-house j wit- 

 ness told him he had not. 



Purser, servant to the last wit- 

 ness, was at the Greyhound on the 

 day before the tire, and heard Hay- 

 cock tell John Ward, "thattiiere 

 would be an injury dore to tlie 

 Bucketts that nigiit or the next, 

 and tliat liuckett's ricks vvo\ild be 

 set on tire that night or the next, 

 — — his heart." 



John Ward, acaipenter, was at 

 the public- house on the night be- 

 fore the fire ; the jnisuner Hay- 

 cock was there; witness had some 

 conversation with Ha\cock, who 

 told witness that he I. ad bigger 

 enemies In the town than Archer ; 

 the Bucketts stared liiui in the 

 face, and he would find them out 

 in time; a:!ding, that the Bucketts 

 had belter take care what they said 



about them, or that they would 

 have an injury done them that night 

 or the next. H.iycock said that 

 tlieir ricks would be set on fire. 

 Witness lode home behind the 

 prisoner Haycock, and their whole 

 convei'sation was about tlie Buck- 

 etts. After they arrived at Great 

 Boui ton, witness, instead of going 

 home, went to Mrs. Buckett, and 

 told her' what had passed, and 

 they talked of sitting up^ but that 

 was at last abanthmed. 



Elizabeth Watts, servant at the 

 Greyiiound, saw the prisoner Hay- 

 cock; Coleman, Ward, and others 

 were there ; and she heard Hay- 

 cock say that Archer told him 

 something woidd happen that 

 night. 



Mr. Hamplin was present when 

 Haycock was examined ; his exa- 

 mination vvtis taken down in writ- 

 ing. Ii was pioduced, and Mr. 

 Chamberlain ) rove I that it was 

 taken hefore hiu) ; but it appear- 

 ing that the piisoner hid not 

 signed it, Mr. Justice Park would 

 not permit it to be received as 

 evidence against the prisoner, but 

 Mr. Hamplin, who took the exa- 

 mination, was allowed to refiesh 

 his uiemt)! y from it, and lie .-tated, 

 that the prisoner said he was at 

 the public house the nght the fire 

 happened ; he went home and went 

 to l)ed, and was not out of his 

 house until eight o'clock the n6xt 

 mori.ing. 



Sarah Watts lived at B(nirton ; 

 remembered the night of the fire: 

 she had been out that i.ight, and 

 between 1 1 and 1'2 o'th/c k she met 

 the prisoner Haycock going to- 

 wards his own house: witness 

 spoke to him. 



Wm. Watts proved that he was 



with 



