Q. Why did you go back? A. Because my suspicions were raised at seeing Burke throw the spirits about, and I was determined to see what it meant. The first thing I seized hold of, was the woman’s right arm. My husband took her up by the hair of the head, the body was naked, and there was blood on the nose and mouth. My husband went away before me; he met Mrs Burke on the stair, and told her what he had seen, and asked her about the body. She told him to hold his tongue, and it might be worth Ten Pounds a week to him.
Q. Did you say any thing to Mrs Burke? A. Yes, I spoke to her about the body, and told her, that was the woman who was well, singing on the floor; and she bade me hold my tongue, and she would give me Five or Six Shillings. She repeated the words again, and said, if my husband would be quiet, it would be worth Ten Pounds a week to him. I said that I would not wish to be worth money got for dead people.
Q. Did your husband give information after that to the police? A. Yes.
Q. You saw the body there? A. Yes.
Q. Was it the same? A. Yes.
Q. Did you return with Mrs. Connaway to Burke’s? A. No, I sent her in, but did not go myself.
Cross-Examined by Sir James Moncrieff.
Q. Did you sleep in Burke’s house on Thursday night?
A. Yes, on the bed of straw.
Q. Did you continue there all the forenoon of Friday?