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kirby’s wonderful museum.
more closely, I discovered on the grass the impression of a
human figure; the legs of the figure were extended, and the
arms stretched out to the full length. In the centre of the
figure was a small quantity of blood, and, at the feet, a con-
siderable quantity of coagulated blood, the same which first
caught my attention. Between the extension of the legs
were the marks of knees and the toes of a man’s large shoes;
I judged them to have been made by the same person. I
traced blood for nearly ten yards up.the foot-path, in the di-
rection of the pit. A little further from the pit, and near
the stile, on the other side, in a contrary direction from the
harrowed field, there was the mark of some person who had
sat down. I could not tell exactly whether it was made by
one or more persons. I then retired from the spot to dress,
but returned in the course of an hour afterwards. I accom-
panied Bird into the harrowed field, and there perceived
traces of a man and woman’s foot. I sent for the shoes
which had been taken to Lavell’s house with the body.
They were brought; and I examined them with the foot-
marks on the ground, and they perfectly corresponded. I
have not the least doubt in my own mind, that the footsteps
I there saw were made by the shoes of the deceased. One
of the shoes was stained with blood a little on the outside,
and the other, a little in the inside.
[The shoes of the deceased were then produced by a police-
officer, and handed to his Lordship and the Jury for examina-
tion ; they were maiked with blood in the manner described
by Mr. Webster, who stated them to be the same which were
found at the edge of the pit, on the 27th of May.]
By the Court. The black spot observable on the outside
of one of the shoes, Mr. Webster, is, I suppose, one of the
marks you allude to ?
Afr. Webster. It is, my Lord; the marks of blood were
very plain, when I first saw them ; they are now much
darker.
Examination of Mr. Webster continued. I then went to
kirby’s wonderful museum.
more closely, I discovered on the grass the impression of a
human figure; the legs of the figure were extended, and the
arms stretched out to the full length. In the centre of the
figure was a small quantity of blood, and, at the feet, a con-
siderable quantity of coagulated blood, the same which first
caught my attention. Between the extension of the legs
were the marks of knees and the toes of a man’s large shoes;
I judged them to have been made by the same person. I
traced blood for nearly ten yards up.the foot-path, in the di-
rection of the pit. A little further from the pit, and near
the stile, on the other side, in a contrary direction from the
harrowed field, there was the mark of some person who had
sat down. I could not tell exactly whether it was made by
one or more persons. I then retired from the spot to dress,
but returned in the course of an hour afterwards. I accom-
panied Bird into the harrowed field, and there perceived
traces of a man and woman’s foot. I sent for the shoes
which had been taken to Lavell’s house with the body.
They were brought; and I examined them with the foot-
marks on the ground, and they perfectly corresponded. I
have not the least doubt in my own mind, that the footsteps
I there saw were made by the shoes of the deceased. One
of the shoes was stained with blood a little on the outside,
and the other, a little in the inside.
[The shoes of the deceased were then produced by a police-
officer, and handed to his Lordship and the Jury for examina-
tion ; they were maiked with blood in the manner described
by Mr. Webster, who stated them to be the same which were
found at the edge of the pit, on the 27th of May.]
By the Court. The black spot observable on the outside
of one of the shoes, Mr. Webster, is, I suppose, one of the
marks you allude to ?
Afr. Webster. It is, my Lord; the marks of blood were
very plain, when I first saw them ; they are now much
darker.
Examination of Mr. Webster continued. I then went to