Shields was then removed in custody.
Mr. Minshull then addressed Bishop, saying, 'John Bishop, you have heard all the witnesses who came to give evidence against you. The whole of that evidence is now completed; and therefore, if you wish to say anything, now is your time, as this is the last opportunity you will have of appearing before me.
Bishop.—No, Sir, I have nothing to say at present.
Mr. Minshull.—James Williams, alias Head, have you anything which you wish to say?
Williams.—Nothing, Sir.
Mr. Minshull.—John May, is it your wish to speak before you are finally committed?
May.—I have nothing more to say, Sir, than what I said already at the Coroner's inquest. This man, Bishop, can clear me of everything, if he likes to speak the truth. He knows I am innocent of the charge. The man says he got the body from the ground, but he don't like to say where, because he is loth to injure the two watchmen left to guard it. Things, however, are come to such a crisis now, that he ought to speak the truth, and I wish him to speak the truth—(he added, looking full in Bishop's face)—for I defy him to say anything to implicate me. I knew nothing of the body until I went to take it from Bishop's house.
Bishop, in a low tone, said, I have said nothing against you. It is true what you say, you knew nothing of it till then.
May.—I did not; that is the truth.
Mr. Minshull.—Have you anything more to say?