Page:The Trial, at Large, of William Booth and his Associates.pdf/12

 * A brick stove, with hot coakcoke [sic] fire, very hot, equal to melt metal.
 * Also a fire in the chamber fire place, that fire made of coals,
 * Many other articles were in the chamber, but not enumerated by Mr. Linwood at this time, they not relating to the present charge against the prisoner.

The boards had printing ink on them, and appeared as if lately used. Witness met Chirm and Chillingworth in the chamber, and they saw in the fire-place many remains of burnt paper witness therefore ordered Chillingworth to break a hole in the chimney a small height above the fireplace, which he did, and putting his hand through it into the chimney he brought out a considerable quantity of burnt paper, which witness tried to connect so as to ascertain what they were, but they were so much burnt he could not; they then made the hole larger and Chillingworth again put his hand in, and then brought out a piece of paper, in part burnt, which was the note now shewn to witness—[This was a 1l, note dated 16th May, 1811, complete, except the signature, which was not written)—He put his name upon it, and put that in his pocket, and kept it till he delivered it to Mr. W. Spurrier the same evening; he did not part with the possession of it until after he had put his name upon it—the note now produced is the same that Chillingworth brought out of the chimney; the witness and the others then went into the garret, but as what they found there related to another charge, and not to this, he did not enumerate them; they then went down into the parlour, and from thence proceeded to the room over the kitchen; they then went into the lumber room over the brewhouse, the door of which was locked—they forced it open, and witness. Mr. Clay, and Gideon Taylor, went in—they looked about for some time, and observing a beam which went over the door and extended from one side of the room to the other, he directed Taylor to get upon a chair, and look if any thing was upon that beam—Taylor found a mould upon it, with wires, which he handed to witness, who gave it to Clay; he next found a quantity of brass wire, some flat and some round, which was given to Brownell (who was then come into the lumber room); Taylor also found on the beam a small deal board and two pieces of pasteboard, which were given to Clay; they then