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portions of property, which was identified by Mr Rexworthy as having belonged to the deceased, were found at Hunt’s lodgings, and produced on the Coroner's Inquest, as well as a piece of cord which coresponded with the piece of cord with which the deceased’s legs were tied. In Mr Probert’s stable, a sack, and a torn and bloody shirt, were found on Thursday, with tha initials of the deceased, and it was of the same make as a shirt found at John Thurtell’s lodgings. The gig which was hired for John Thurtell and himself, by Hunt, on Monday, and which was used to convey the dead body, was observed, when taken home, to be stained with blood. The squab in Mr Probert’s room was also marked with blood.
The above seem to be all the facts of the case as they have been stated by the different witnesses, or elicited by an examination of them. They may be elucidated by the following facts connected with subsequent discoveries :—
Before leaving London on the Friday evening, it appears Thurtell and Hunt had agreed the latter should be put down by Probert at a certain place called Phillimore's. Lodge, which accordingly took place, and that Probert then drove on to
