WALKER--I know not who wrote it, his wife sent it. JONES--Did he tell you he would lodge there that night before he went away? WALKER--When he went from dinner he said so. _James Berry_ could not remember exactly which day it was that Sarah Stout was found in his mill; but he went out at six o'clock to shoot a flush of water and saw something floating in the water, and on going to see what it was, saw that it was part of her clothes. He did not see her face; no part of her body was above the water, only part of her clothes. The water might be about five foot deep and she might be about five or six inches under the water. She lay upon her side; when she was taken out her eyes were open. JONES--Was she swelled with water? BERRY--I did not perceive her swelled; I was amazed at it; and did not so much mind it as I should. JONES--But you remember her eyes were staring open? BERRY--Yes. JONES--Did you see any marks or bruises about her? BERRY--No. COWPER--Did you see her legs? BERRY--No, I did not. COWPER--They were not above the water? BERRY--No. COWPER--Could you see them under the water? BERRY--I did not so much mind it. COWPER--Did she lie straight or double, driven together by the stream? BERRY--I did not observe. COWPER--Did you not observe the weeds and trumpery under her? BERRY--There was no weeds at that time thereabouts. JONES--Was the water clear? BERRY--No, it was thick water. JONES--Was there anything under her in the water to prevent her sinking? BERRY--No, I do not know there was; she lay on her right side, and her right arm was driven between the stakes, which are within a foot of one another. JONES--Did anything hinder her from sinking? BERRY--Not that I saw. COWPER--Mr. Berry, if I understand you right, you say her arm was driven between the stakes, and her head between the stakes; could you perceive her right arm, and where was her left arm? BERRY--Within a small matter upon the water. HATSELL, BARON--Did you see her head and arm between the stakes? BERRY--Yes, her arm by one stake and her head by another. JONES--Did her arm hang down or how? BERRY--I did not mind so much as I might have done. _John Venables_ and _Leonard Dell_ corroborated Berry's account of the position of the body, the latter asserting that the right arm did not reach to the ground. _Dell_ also helped to carry the body to land, but saw no bruises. HATSELL, BARON--When you took her out of the water, did you observe her body swelled? DELL--We carried her into the meadow, and laid her on the bank-side, and there she lay about an hour, and then was ordered to be carried into the miller's. HATSELL, BARON--Did you observe that any water was in the body?