y came into the field where St. Robert's Cave is,
Aram and Clarke went into it, over the hedge, and when they came within
six or eight yards off the Cave, he saw them quarrelling--that he saw
Aram strike Clarke several times, upon which Clarke fell, and he never
saw him rise again--that he saw no instrument Aram had, and knew not
that he had any--that upon this, without any interposition or alarm,
he left them and returned home--that the next morning he went to Aram's
house, and asked what business he had with Clarke last night, and what
he had done with him? Aram replied not to this question; but threatened
him, if he spoke of his being in Clarke's company that night; vowing
revenge either by himself or some other person if he mentioned any thing
relating to the affair. This was the sum of Houseman's evidence.

A Mr. Beckwith was next called, who deposed that Aram's garden had
been searched, owing to a vague suspicion that he might have been an
accomplice in the frauds of Clarke--that some parts of clothing, and
also some pieces of cambric which he had sold to Clarke a little while
before, were found there.

The third witness was the watchman, Thomas Barnet, who deposed, that
before midnight (it might be a little after eleven) he saw a person come
out from Aram's house, who had a wide coat on, with the cape about his
head, and seemed to shun him; whereupon he went up to him, and put by
the cape of his great coat, and perceived it to be Richard Houseman. He
contented himself with wishing him good night.

The officers who executed the warrant then gave their evidence as to the
arrest, and dwelt on some expressions dropped by Aram before he arrived
at Knaresbro', which, however, were felt to be wholly unimportant.

After this evidence there was a short pause;--and then a shiver, that
recoil and tremor which men feel at any exposition of the relics of the
dead, ran through the court; for the next witness was mute--it was the
skull of the Deceased! On the left side there was a fracture, that from
the nature of it seemed as it could only have been made by the stroke of
some blunt instrument. The piece was broken, and could not be replaced
but from within.

The surgeon, Mr. Locock, who produced it, gave it as his opinion that no
such breach could proceed from natural decay--that it was not a recent
fracture by the instrument with which it was dug up, but seemed to be of
many years' standing.

This made the chief part of