DIMSDALE--There was a blackness on both ears, a settling of blood. JONES--Call Sarah Kimpson. HATSELL, BARON--Mr. Cowper, now you may ask him anything, they have done with him. COWPER--I would ask him, whether he was not employed to view these particular spots he mentions at the Coroner's inquest? DIMSDALE--I was desired to look upon the face and arms, and breast, because they said there was a settling of blood there. COWPER--When you returned to the Coroner's inquest, what did you certify as your opinion? DIMSDALE--I did certify that there was a settling of blood; but how it came I could not tell. COWPER--I ask you, Sir, did not you say it was no more than a common stagnation usual in dead bodies? DIMSDALE--I do not remember a word of it. COWPER--Sir, I would ask you; you say the spot was about the collar-bone; was it above or below? DIMSDALE--From the collar-bone downwards. COWPER--Had she any circle about her neck? DIMSDALE--No; not, upon my oath. _Sarah Kimpson_ saw the body examined; she saw a great bruise behind the ear, as big as her hand, and another under her collar-bone. JONES--Did you see nothing about her neck? KIMPSON--Nothing round her neck; on the side of her neck there was a mark. JONES--Was there any other part bruised? KIMPSON--Only her left wrist, and her body was very flat and lank. She saw the body the day it was found; it was not swollen; she did not see any water about it. She had seen a child which was drowned in the same place about ten weeks before; it was drowned at night and found the next morning; it was found at the bottom of the river, the eyes were shut, and the body was very much swelled. _Sarah Peppercorn_ saw the body of Sarah Stout when it was brought to Mrs. Stout's house. She saw bruises on the head and near the ear. Mrs. Stout asked her whether her daughter had been with child, and she said she had not; she was a midwife. _Elizabeth Husler_ was sworn. JONES--Had you the view of the body of Mrs. Sarah Stout the day you heard she was drowned? HUSLER--She was not drowned, my lord; I went thither and helped to pull off her clothes. JONES--In what condition was her body? HUSLER--Her body was very lank and thin, and no water appeared to be in it. There was no water about her mouth and nose; there were bruises at the top of the collar-bone and upon both her ears. _Ann Pilkington_ saw the body, and gave the same evidence as to its general condition as the other witnesses. COWPER--Had she any circle about her neck? PILKINGTON--No, not that I did see. COWPER--Pray, did you not make some deposition to that purpose that you know of? PILKINGTON--Sir, I never did, and dare not do it.