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CONDUCT AND CHARACTER OF WILLIAMS. 139
searching his clothes, for some marks of blood. He was,
however, always baffled in his intentions ; for, whenever he
attempted to approach his bed, he found him awake. He al-
ways seemed restless, continually turning about in his bed, and
much agitated. He overheard him speaking in his sleep.
One night since the murder, he heard him say in his sleep,
“ Five shillings in my pocket—my pockets all full of silver.”
Witness called out to him repeatedly, what is the matter
with you, and what do you mean ? but he got no answer
from him. When he slept, he did not seem to be soundly
asleep, but always disturbed. In the morning after the
murder of Williamson, he saw a pair of muddy shoes under
Williams’s bed. Witness had always an impression on his
mind against the prisoner, and always wished for an oppor-
tunity of bringing forward some evidence against him.
Mr. Lee, the landlord of the Black Horse public-house,
stated, that Williams always used to make very free in his
house. He was accustomed to come into the bar and sit
down. He has seen him push against his wife, and shake
her pockets, as if to ascertain what money she had. On
one occasion he took the liberty of pulling out the till, and
putting hrs hand into it. Witness remonstrated with him,
and said he never suffered any body to meddle with his till
but his own family. Williams replied, he only wanted to
get a halfpenny. He never thought very seriously of this
matter until he heard of Williams being apprehended. On
the night Mr. Williamson was murdered, he was standing at
his own door, which is directly opposite, waiting for his
wife and niece to come from the Royalty theatre. There
was nobody in the house but himself and two female ser-
vants, His thoughts were then occupied in considering the
atrocious murder of Mr. Marr and family, when he heard
the faint voice of a man crying “ Watch, watch It ap-
peared to proceed from Mr. Williamson’s house. At that
time the alarm of murder was not given, but he afterwards
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searching his clothes, for some marks of blood. He was,
however, always baffled in his intentions ; for, whenever he
attempted to approach his bed, he found him awake. He al-
ways seemed restless, continually turning about in his bed, and
much agitated. He overheard him speaking in his sleep.
One night since the murder, he heard him say in his sleep,
“ Five shillings in my pocket—my pockets all full of silver.”
Witness called out to him repeatedly, what is the matter
with you, and what do you mean ? but he got no answer
from him. When he slept, he did not seem to be soundly
asleep, but always disturbed. In the morning after the
murder of Williamson, he saw a pair of muddy shoes under
Williams’s bed. Witness had always an impression on his
mind against the prisoner, and always wished for an oppor-
tunity of bringing forward some evidence against him.
Mr. Lee, the landlord of the Black Horse public-house,
stated, that Williams always used to make very free in his
house. He was accustomed to come into the bar and sit
down. He has seen him push against his wife, and shake
her pockets, as if to ascertain what money she had. On
one occasion he took the liberty of pulling out the till, and
putting hrs hand into it. Witness remonstrated with him,
and said he never suffered any body to meddle with his till
but his own family. Williams replied, he only wanted to
get a halfpenny. He never thought very seriously of this
matter until he heard of Williams being apprehended. On
the night Mr. Williamson was murdered, he was standing at
his own door, which is directly opposite, waiting for his
wife and niece to come from the Royalty theatre. There
was nobody in the house but himself and two female ser-
vants, His thoughts were then occupied in considering the
atrocious murder of Mr. Marr and family, when he heard
the faint voice of a man crying “ Watch, watch It ap-
peared to proceed from Mr. Williamson’s house. At that
time the alarm of murder was not given, but he afterwards
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