Q. Do you know the prisoner? A. Yes.
Q. At what hour did you go home on the 31st October?
A. About twelve.
Q. Did you find any person at your door? A. Yes, the prisoner; he told me he wanted me to go to his house.
Q. Did you go? A. Yes.
Q. Did you find people there? A. I found Burke and another man and two women.
Q. After you went in, what passed? A. The prisoner told me he had procured something for the Doctor, pointing to the head of the bed, where there was some straw; he said it in an under voice. I was near him at the time.
Q. Was any thing shewn to you at that time? A. Nothing.
Q. What did you understand he meant? A. I understood him to mean a dead body, a subject.
Q. What were his exact words? A. His words were—“There is something for the doctor (pointing to the straw) which will be ready to-morrow morning.”