the place where they had before hidden some goods. He said he could, but refused to go with them. They insisted that he should, and Carter, taking a candle and lanthorn, and a spade, they went to where the others of the party were waiting ; when they dug a hole, and in this hole they buried Galley.
Having disposed of Galley's body, they returned to Scardefield's, where they sat carousing the best part of Monday, and during the time they were there, one Richard Mills came in. This Richard Mills was the son of old Richard Mills, to whose house they had conveyed Chater, and chained him by the leg, in an out-house called a skilling, a place in which they laid up turf, old Mills being at the time a turf-cutter ; in this place Chater was looked after by Little Harry and old Mills.
After drinking all that day, Monday, at Scardefield's, they separated, so that by being at their respective homes on Tuesday, their neighbours might have no suspicion of the business they had in hand ; they agreed to meet at the same place on Wednesday evening, which they accordingly did. At this meeting were present, William Jackson, William Carter, William Steele (afterwards king's evidence), Edmund Richards, and Samuel Howard, alias Little Sam, five of the six who were concerned in the murder of Galley. Also John Cobby, William Hammond, Benjamin Tapner, Thomas Stringer, Daniel Perryer, alias Little -
