bles; he had no money in his
possession. A pair of pistols was found in his coat pocket. One had been
recently used; the other was still loaded; and there were stains of
blood upon his hands and clothes.

He then related Anthony's previous visit to the cottage; the manner in
which he had threatened his father; and the trick the miser had played
off upon him, which circumstance had been faithfully detailed to him by
old Mark, who regarded the latter as an excellent joke, although,
Grenard dryly remarked, "It had cost him his life."

During Pike's evidence, the prisoner was greatly agitated, and was
observed to lean heavily upon the dock for support. But when his cousin
Godfrey and William Mathews appeared to add their testimony against him,
his fortitude entirely forsook him, and he turned away, and covered his
face for some minutes with his hands.

Godfrey's evidence was most conclusive. He stated that Anthony had
borrowed from him, before his uncle's death, the sum of four hundred
pounds, to settle some college debts which he had concealed from Colonel
Hurdlestone's knowledge. Godfrey, willing to oblige him, had raised upon
a note the greater part of the money. It became due and he (Godfrey)
being unable, from his altered circumstances, to meet it, went to his
cousin, to beg him to do so, if possible. He was surprised that the
prisoner was able to give him the sum at once, though he afterwards
learned that it was money left in his charge by Mr. Wildegrave that he
had taken for that purpose. Anthony told him that Mr. Wildegrave had
written to him for the money, and that he was greatly perplexed what to
do. In this emergency, he (Godfrey) advised him to go to his father and
state to him the difficulty in which he was placed, and, in all
probability, the old man would rescue him from his unpleasant situation.
He then related the result of the prisoner's interview with his father,
the manner in which he had been repulsed, and the threatening language
which the prisoner had used; his (Godfrey's) discovery of the trick
which the hard old man had played off upon his son, and Anthony's
determination to visit him again on the night of the tenth of October,
and force him to terms. He concluded by saying, that he had every reason
to believe that the intended visit had taken place at the very time that
the murder was committed. He spoke of his cousin with much feeling, and
tried to excuse his conduct, as being the result of his