IQ6 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1816. 



his own accord at his master's 

 door, when Smith informed the 

 deceased's family where he had 

 left him. 



Charles Johnson, a carman in 

 the employ of Mr. Paris, of En- 

 field, was passing the Baldfaced 

 Stag about twelve o'clock. It 

 was moonlight. He saw Mr. 

 Tuck, the landlord of theBaldfaced 

 Stag, with two or three others, 

 come out at the front door-. They 

 went round the cornei' towards 

 the yard. He heard the landlord 

 say, " D — n his old eyes, he's 

 gone this way, I know." One of 

 the other men said, " We'll give 

 him a good hiding." Witness 

 passed on, and heard no more. 

 Is well acquainted with the person 

 of the landloid, but could not 

 identify the others. 



Mr. Tuck, the landlord, being 

 cautioned, was then called, and 

 confirmed part of the evidence of 

 Smith, and stated that the de 

 ceased left his house about half 

 past ten o'clock : that being told 

 his dog was still in the yard, he 

 went out to search for him, think- 

 ing he might have fallen asleep : 

 that Croucii, one of his lodgers, 

 was Avith him, l)ut denied that he 

 had used the expressions men- 

 tioned by Johnson. Crouch, on 

 being called in, said, that he had 

 been at the Baldfaced Stag about 

 a fortnight ; saw the deceased in 

 the parlour ; was in and out of 

 the room, but did not hear any 

 betting, nor did he see the de- 

 ceased produce any money ; went 

 to the door with Tuck, but no 

 further ; and denied either hear- 

 ing or using the expressions 

 mentioned by Johnson : said that 

 Church and Robinson, the two 

 men in training, had been in bed 

 an hour before. 



Mary HollDorn, the servant 

 maid, at seven o'clock on Friday 

 morning went to the well to fill 

 a pail of water : she there saw a 

 hat, and immediately informed 

 her inaster. Mr. Tuck Avent to 

 the well, and, as he stated, found 

 the deceased floating. He came 

 in and alarmed the inmates of his 

 house, and with their assistance 

 brought the body into an out- 

 house. The relatives were sent 

 for, and on searching the pockets 

 of the deceased, two large pocket- 

 books were found, and a purse 

 with some silver in it, but not the 

 pocket-book which several wit- 

 nesses had identified as the book 

 in which he kept his bank-notes, 

 and which he produced atBarnet, 

 and afterwards at the Baldfaced 

 Stag. 



Mr. Thomas, a school-master, 

 was in company Avith the deceased 

 on Thursday ; kneAv the deceased 

 had received several sums of mo- 

 ney, and at seven o'clock in the 

 eveiiing of Thursday knew that 

 he had a large bundle of notes in 

 his pocket-book. 



Mr. Clarke, a surgeon at En- 

 field, examined the body of the 

 deceased, and did not discover 

 any marks of violence which 

 could have occasioned his death. 



The Coroner, in substance, ob- 

 served, that although a great sus- 

 l)lcion had arisen that the de- 

 ceased had been robbed of pro- 

 ])erty to a large amount, and had 

 afterwards come to a violent 

 death to screen that robbery, yet, 

 however just might be the grounds 

 for the first of these imputations, 

 the second Avas not so clear. The 

 deceased was excessively intoxi- 

 cated, and in his way to the yard, 

 where, his cart had been left, must 

 necessarily have passed near to 



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