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She left them, together, and 

 went out. On her return she 

 saw her sister weltering in her 

 blood in the passage. The pri- 

 soner was gone. The head of 

 the deceased was nearly severed 

 from her body, and the passage 

 swam with blood. The deceased 

 was incapable of speaking. There 

 were several persons in the 

 passage. 



Ehzabeth Montague deposed 

 to the same effect. 



Mrs. Streeling deposed, that 

 on Sunday evening, about 8 

 o'clock she was standing at the 

 door of an opposite house to 

 that in which the murder was 

 committed. It was a narrow 

 street ; she heard a noise or 

 scuffle in the passage, and im- 

 mediately saw a man rush out : 

 he shut the door after him, but 

 did not latch it. She went over 

 directly, and hearing more noise 

 in the passage, she went in, and 

 saw the deceased ; the man walked 

 quickly away, but did not run ; 

 she did not see his face. Witness 

 saw the mother of the deceased in 

 the passage, and heard her cry 

 « My child, my child." 



James Streeling, a boy about 

 13, deposed to the same effect. 



The other witnesses being re- 

 examined, said they did not see 

 a second coat with the prisoner. 



John Wiltshire was in his house 

 at No. 12, King-street, Drury- 

 lane, on Saturday night ; his 

 wife was present. The prisoner, 

 whom he had known before, 

 came in about seven o'clock, and 

 asked them, as usual, how they 

 were ? Witness's wife spoke to 

 him of his two wives, and said 

 there was a warrant out against 

 him from St. Giles's pariih (the 



first wife had api)Hetl for relief) ; 

 upon which he said, that he had 

 that about him that should be 

 the death of the first man or 

 officer that laid hold of him, and 

 he offered to bet witness's wife a 

 shilling that he would produce it, 

 but she would not bet. 



Witness's wife talked to him 

 about his wives, and he said, 



" the wives ; I'll soon get 



rid of both the old and the new.'' 

 The last words he said going out 

 of the door was, " Don't you be 

 surprised if you hear of my sharing 

 the same fate as the unhappy 

 wretches on Tuesday morning,'' 

 (meaning the persons who had 

 been executed). 



The last witness's wife was 

 then examined. She corrobo- 

 rated the testimony of her hus- 

 band, and added, that when the 

 prisoner talked of being hanged, 

 he said he told her to buy him a 

 silken cord instead of a hempen 

 one : she said she would. 



Mary Smith, who lodges with 

 the last witness, confirmed their 

 testimony, and stated that the 

 prisoner had with him a top 

 brown coat and a 

 jacket. 



Henry Adkins, 

 deposed, that he received infor- 

 mation that the prisoner was at 

 Jerusalem Chapel, Lisle-street, 

 Leicester-fields. Yesterdajr even- 

 ing he went and apprehended him 

 after the service: in taking him 

 to the watch-house, he said to 

 him, " How could you do such a 

 deed?" The prisoner said, "What 

 deed ?" Witness said, '< That's 

 best known to yourself." The 

 prisoner then said, " I went to 

 do a deed, but whether I did it 

 or not I cennot tell." Witness 



then 



short fustian 

 the officer, 



