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not at all burnt. Witness was the first person who was at the rick: the ricks were totally destroyed, with the exception of a cart load of the clover (it was the middle part), and a bushel of barley. If the clover rick had fired from heat, it would have begun in the middle.

The prisoner Haycock lived in the village, and Archer lived about eighty yards from witness's mother's house. A great many neighbours came to their assistance; but neither of the prisoners came. About four o'clock in the morning, witness went to trace foot. steps: the grass was wet with dew, and about twenty yards from the rick he discovered a distinct trace of footsteps, and he followed the trace to the prisoner Archer's garden-gate; it was the trace of one person; they were from the rick some part of the steps were traced where there was no footpath witness could not trace them beyond the prisoner's gate, because the yard was paved. There were no tracks as from the house of the prisoner Archer. John Allett accompanied witness, and saw the footsteps within 20 yards of Archer's gate. The traces were of a small foot, and the right one was a splay; it turned out more than the other. The prisoner Archer has a small foot, and it turned out more than any person's in the parish. On the same day, witness went to the house of Smith, a shoemaker, in consequence of information he received, and the constable who accompanied him demanded a pair of shoes. He asked him for a pair of shoes of Archer's, and Smith produced them; they were very wet and dirty; grass and clover

were sticking to them: the clover was short. There was clovergrass and clover-hay, and the clover-hay appeared like that of the rick which had been burnt. The shoes had been mended. Witness measured the length and width of the shoes, and found them correspond with the marks on the grass. The footsteps must have been after the dew had fallen. The boys who had called "Fire!" might have gone down the village without prisoner Archer hearing the alarm.

John Allett was raised by the alarm of fire, and accompanied last witness to trace the foot-steps: witness corroborated the greater part of the testimony of the last witness; and added, that there was a lane at the back of the house, in which the footsteps must be visible, had the same person gone across it whose marks were traced through the fields: he saw the shoes only in the morning, and they did not appear to want mending, but in the afternoon he saw them again, and they were then patched; witness examined the rick the day before the fire, preparatory to thatching it, and there was not the slightest heat in it.

John Batchelor, a constable of Great Bourton, accompanied John Buckett to Smith's, the shoemaker, for the prisoner's shoes. Smith produced them, (this was between four and five o'clock in the afternoon): witness proved that they were damp and patched, and had grass and dirt on them : witness produced them.

Thonias Smith, a shoe-maker, remembered Batchelor coming after the prisoner's shoes; witness pointed

pointed to them, and the constable picked them up. Mrs. Archer brought these shoes to him about half-past eight in the morning of the fire.-Cross-examined. They were quite dry when they were brought to him; witness damped them previous to mending them, it was usual to do so-they wanted mending. Witness was to have fetched them the day before, but he had not time.-Re-examined. Witness mended them both; he did not wet the upper leathers at all. It had been done four hours before the constable came. He took no notice of any grass being on them.

The Rev. T. H Chamberlain said, the shoes were produced before him on Monday, the 29th of July; they were dry then, but had the appearance of having been very wet; they were stiff and stubborn.

Richard Buckett was from home when the fire happened. About three or four weeks before, witness saw the prisoner, who said, short and sharp, "Hang you, you shant make a road across any place." Witness told him he would not, and would likewise charge his family not to do it, and he hoped he (the prisoner) would not come upon his premises. Some words arose about a robbery, and witness told the prisoner," that if a neighbour saw another robbed, and did not tell him of it, he was as bad as he that robbed him." Prisoner said — your eyes, if you say any thing more about me, I will do for you." Witness spoke to the state of the hay; it was cut on the 90th or the Vist of June, and on

the 11th of July last put into a waggon. It was perfectly dry.

William Allett remembered the fire. On the evening of the 24th of July he went to the Swan public-house, and found the prisoner Archer there; he was talking with witness's brother. The prisoner appeared much agitated, and was expressing vengeance against some persons; said he would do them a private injury. Witness sat down, and the prisoner said, “ -them Bucketts; I will do them a private injury in a little time." Witness asked how they had affronted him? Prisoner said he could mention two points of Scripture to him, viz. "Do unto all men as you would have them do unto you." Witness told him if that were done, no private injury would be done to any man; and told him he should like to hear the second. Prisoner said, "Do as you would be done by," "and I'll be —— if I don't." Prisoner replied (laying hold of his left hand)" that he wished his right arm might drop from his shoulder-blade, if he did not do the Bucketts a private injury." Witness told a Mr. Gardner of what had passed between them before the fire happened.

Thomas Allett was present at the Swan inn, at Bourton, with the prisoner Archer: he was threatening the Bucketts family, and had been so before witness's brother caine in. Immediately witness got into the house, he wished his arm might drop from his shoulder if he did not do the Bucketts some private injury.

John Coleman stated, that he was a farmer, living near Great Bourton; was at the Greyhound

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public-house on the Friday before the fire happened. The prisoner Haycock came in after witness. A man, named John Ward, was there, and witness heard a conversation between Ward and Haycock. Haycock said, "that the Bucketts blamed him and Archer for stabbing their horse (they had a horse stabbed); and adder, that they had better take care what they said, or they would have another injury done them that night, or the next, and their ricks would be set on fire the next night,

his heart." Witness said, you, Haycock; if you do that, you will be hanged or transported, and we shall be brought to book for it," and he turned away. Ward and Haycock went off together. Witness saw Haycock some time after the fire happened, and he accused witness of having said something about the conversation they had at the public-house; witness told him he had not.

Purser, servant to the last witness, was at the Greyhound on the day before the fire, and heard Haycock tell John Ward, "that there would be an injury dore to the Bucketts that night or the next, and that Buckett's ricks would be set on fire that night or the next,

his heart."

John Ward, a carpenter, was at the public house on the night before the fire; the prisoner Haycock was there; witness had some conversation with Haycock, who told witness that he had bigger enemies in the town than Archer; the Bucketts stared him in the face, and he would find them out in time; a 'ding, that the Bucketts

had better take care what they said

about them, or that they would have an injury done them that night or the next. Haycock said that their ricks would be set on fire. Witness rode home behind the prisoner Haycock, and their whole conversation was about the Bucketts.

After they arrived at Great Bourton, witness, instead of going home, went to Mrs. Buckett, and told her what had passed and they talked of sitting up, but that was at last abandoned.

Elizabeth Waits, servant at the Greyhound, saw the prisoner Hav cock; Coleman, Ward, and others were there; and she heard Haycock say that Archer told him something would happen that night.

Mr. Hamplin was present when Haycock was examined; his exa mination was taken down in writing. It was produced, and Mr. Chamberlain prove that it was taken before him; but it appear. ing that the prisoner had not signed it, Mr. Justice Park would mit permit it to be received as evidence against the prisoner, but Mr. Hamplin, who took the examination, was allowed to refresh his memory from it, and he stated, that the prisoner said he was at the public house the night the fire happened; he went honie and went to bed, and was not out of his house until eight o'clock the next morting.

Sarah Watts lived at Bourton; remembered the night of the fire: she had been out that night, and between 11 and 12 o'clock she met the prisoner Haycock going towards his own house: witness spoke to him

Wm. Watts proved that he was

with his wife when they met the prisoner Haycock; it was about a quarter past eleven.

Thomas Robins and Wm. Dale proved that the clover rick was in good order, and not the least heated. This closed the case; and Archer being called on for his defence, said he knew nothing about it: that he was in his house from 9 o'clock at night until 6 o'clock the next morning.

Haycock said, that on the night in question he was not out after ten o clock.

Mr. Crosa, for the prisoner Archer, called Thomas Hunt, who sand he went to the fire at three o clock, he saw Buckett and Allett trac.ng footsteps; they asked him to accompany them; he saw the mark of footsteps, but he could form no judgment of the size of the mark.

John Izard was going to Lymington market a little after one clock in the morning: he passed by the ricks, and saw the fire bursting out at the top of the clover

rick: the barley rick was not on fire at all; it smoked very much, and smelt as if the clover had been on fire.

Cross examined. He did not go and give an alarm, nor did he say any thing about it. This witness prevaricated considerably.

John Fairfax was with the last witness, and saw fire coming out of the rick. In his cross-examination he said he did not give any alarm. If a town had been on fire, he would have run twenty miles; but a rick being on fire, he did not think it much mattered. (Laughter and hisses.)

A multitude of witnesses were called in favour of the prisoners, but upon cross-examination, their evidence was full of prevarications.

The jury consulted for nearly an hour, and then pronounced both the prisoners guilty; and Mr. Justice Park immediately passed sentence of death on them, without holding out the slightest hope of a reprieve. The trial occupied the court eleven hours.

sire the witnesses were ordered out of court. The following were the witnesses examined :

Louisa Wood, a child of 14 years of age, lived with the prosecutor, a butcher, residing in Quebec Street, Portman Square, as servant girl. On Friday, the 6th of June last, she had the care of a little boy of six months old, and at about half-past five in the evening of that day went out to take a walk with it. While opposite Lady Montague's house in Portman Square, in company with two other girls, who also ad children under their care, the prisoner came up, and said to witness, "What a pretty child you have there." The prisoner gave the two girls in company with witness a penny each, telling them at the same time to go and take a walk. They did go, and as soon as they were gone the prisoner said to witness, "I want to speak to you," and added, "will you go an errand for me?" Witness a-ked how far she wanted her to go, and she replied, "I want you to go to No. 21, Lower Berkeley Street, and I will hold the child for you in the mean time." Witness said "No, no, I will take the child with me;" but, however, was afterwards induced to give the child to the prisoner. As duected, witness then went to Lower Berkeley Street, but find. ing only 19 houses in the street, she inmediately returned. vious to going to Berkeley Street, the prisoner gave her sixpence, and had given her sixpence before that. She told witness to go to a young woman in Berkeley Street, to tell her to come d rectly. On returning to Portman Square, she

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found the prisoner and the child were gone.

John Armrod, a waterman at the stand of hackney coaches in Paddington Street, deposed, that a little before seven o'clock the prisoner came to the stand with a child in her armis, and took a chariot, driven by a person of the name of Woolhead.

Thomas Woolhead was the owner and driver of a chariot; and on the 6th of June last was on the Paddington-street stand. About seven o'clock the prisoner came with a child in her arms, and got into his coach. After having told him to drive to Piccadilly, she ordered him to go to Charing. cross, and to drive fast. Witness heard the child cry while on the way to Charing-cross, and upon locking back into the coach saw distinctly the prisoner.changing the child's clothes; she put a clean frock and cap upon it. When he got to Charing-cross, and having opened the coach door, the prisoner said, "Coachman, I won't stop here; go on over Westminster-bridge." Witness followed her directions, and when he arrived at Vauxhall, where the roads part, said, “Madam, which way am I to go:" she told him to drive to the Elephant and Cas tle, and at the same time to d hom to drive gently, as she said the shaking of the coach frightened the child. Witness went past the Elephant and Castle, expecting further orders. Presently the insoner looked out of the window, and asked, "Where is this Elephant and Castle, coachinan ? ̈* Witness said, that he had come past it; and, upon the prisoner

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