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36 kirby’s wonderful museum.
the privy on the Wednesday after Mr. Blight was shot, be-
tween the hours of three and five in the afternoon; that he
found the ramrod of a pistol in the trunk, which stuck about
two inches in the soil; that there was wadding at the worm
end of it, and that the rest of the ramrod was perfectly clean;
that there was nothing in the place like a person with a loose-
ness having been there ; more to the contrary; that he saw
the prisoner at the Acorn, and observed some persons speak-
ing to his sister; that the prisoner called her to him, and
said, Sarah, have not such and such persons been asking you
questions ? He says the names were mentioned; that she
answered yes; on which he said, be cautious of what you
say, the report is of me, but they can bring no proof against
me. Upon some questions put by me to the witness, it turns
out, this place, as he describes it, is of this description : that
the soil is so very hard that it operates as a pan, and keeps it
from sinking or falling down into the well, and can find no
passage. You hear from the prisoner himself, that he had
been several times, before and after, making use of this
place, certainly he was there so recently as eight o’clock on
the Monday; and this man, who is conversant with this sort
of work, tells you, if any person had made use of it but
once, it must have been discovered. It appears that nobody
could have made use of it in that way; there was nothing at
all in it that indicated any person distressed, as the prisoner
expressed himself to have been, but quite the contrary.
Mary Smith is then called. She says, that she is servant
at the Brown Bear, where these persons waited to be called
in turns for their examination; that the prisoner asked her to
go to the servant, and take a glass of wine, with his compli-
ments, and tell her not to fret, for they only kept her con-
fined to frighten her, to see whether she would alter her story.
Then Mr. Graham is called, and he produces the examina-
tions.
Gentlemen, without wearying you with these examinations.
the privy on the Wednesday after Mr. Blight was shot, be-
tween the hours of three and five in the afternoon; that he
found the ramrod of a pistol in the trunk, which stuck about
two inches in the soil; that there was wadding at the worm
end of it, and that the rest of the ramrod was perfectly clean;
that there was nothing in the place like a person with a loose-
ness having been there ; more to the contrary; that he saw
the prisoner at the Acorn, and observed some persons speak-
ing to his sister; that the prisoner called her to him, and
said, Sarah, have not such and such persons been asking you
questions ? He says the names were mentioned; that she
answered yes; on which he said, be cautious of what you
say, the report is of me, but they can bring no proof against
me. Upon some questions put by me to the witness, it turns
out, this place, as he describes it, is of this description : that
the soil is so very hard that it operates as a pan, and keeps it
from sinking or falling down into the well, and can find no
passage. You hear from the prisoner himself, that he had
been several times, before and after, making use of this
place, certainly he was there so recently as eight o’clock on
the Monday; and this man, who is conversant with this sort
of work, tells you, if any person had made use of it but
once, it must have been discovered. It appears that nobody
could have made use of it in that way; there was nothing at
all in it that indicated any person distressed, as the prisoner
expressed himself to have been, but quite the contrary.
Mary Smith is then called. She says, that she is servant
at the Brown Bear, where these persons waited to be called
in turns for their examination; that the prisoner asked her to
go to the servant, and take a glass of wine, with his compli-
ments, and tell her not to fret, for they only kept her con-
fined to frighten her, to see whether she would alter her story.
Then Mr. Graham is called, and he produces the examina-
tions.
Gentlemen, without wearying you with these examinations.