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his throat also ' citt f ; his coat, 

 waistcoat, and shoes were taken 

 off: he was dressed in other res- 

 pects. The bed was tumbled, and 

 it is probable the unfortunate wo- 

 man had gone to bed, but that the 

 husband had not. Having viewed 

 the bodies, the Coroner and Jury 

 returned, and the following is the 

 evidence brought forward : — 



Henry Bishop, a carpenter, 

 stated, that the house belonged 

 to him, and that he let it to 

 Knighton at Christmas; believed 

 he had been married about a 

 month ; the last time witness saw 

 him alive was on Friday week, 

 when deceased came to him for 

 an axe. Witless observed the 

 house shut up on Saturday, and 

 several days afterwards, but 

 thought it probable that Knighton 

 and his wife had gone to visit 

 some of their relations. On Fri- 

 day last, witness was painting the 

 attic story of the next house, 

 and curiosity led him to look in 

 at the window, when he saw a 

 quantity of blood on the landing 

 place, which appeared to have 

 issued from the bed-room ; being 

 alarmed, he communicated what 

 he had seen to one Walton, his 

 brother-in-law, and brought him 

 to the window; they then thought 

 it best to go to the house of Mr. 

 Wild, a gentleman, at Tottenham, 

 where the wife had lived servant, 

 and they related to the family 

 what they had seen. Mr. Wild 

 was out, but a gentleman of the 

 name of Hill, who was visiting 

 there, accompanied the witness 

 and his brother to the house. 

 They got in at the window, and 

 having opened the door, which 

 was partly obstructed by the 

 body of the husband, Bishop saw 



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the bodies ; they immediately 

 returned to Mr. Wild's house, 

 when it was thought prudent to 

 give immediate information to 

 the Rev. Mr. Roberts, the vicar, 

 who is a magistrate. Mr. Roberts 

 took a deposition, which was 

 afterwards delivered to the Coro- 

 ner. By the direction of the 

 magistrate, they went to Spencer, 

 the beadle, and then all returned 

 together to the house. They 

 found the bodies nearly in the 

 same situation as they were seen 

 by the coroner's jury. A bloody 

 razor was found between the 

 bodies ; the razor was known to 

 belong to Knighton ; but on 

 examination it was so gapped 

 that it never could have been 

 used for the operation of shaving. 

 Every door was fastened below, 

 and all such windows as had 

 fastenings to them. There were 

 no tracks of blood on the stairs, 

 nor on the window, but there was 

 blood on the bed-post, and on 

 the drawers was the impression of 

 a bloody hand. Witness had 

 observed that Knighton had been 

 dejected and melancholy for a 

 fortnight past : had heard no 

 rumour or suspicion intimated 

 that the parties had been mur- 

 dered by any stranger or stran- 

 gers ; his opinion was, that 

 Knighton had killed his wife, and 

 then committed suicide. Spencer, 

 the beadle, deposed to the same 

 effect with Bishop ; and said in 

 addition that Knighton was lying 

 on his side with his head towards 

 the door, his left hand and left 

 leg being raised; he had in some 

 measure altered the position of 

 tlie bodies, but not their dress. 

 The wife had nothing on but her 

 shift, and a night-cap with a hand- 

 kerchief 



