which he fell, and they thought he had broken his neck, and was dead.
During the whipping which had taken place, to make it more effectually felt, the smugglers had taken off Galley's great-coat, which was found in the road, next morning, all bloody.
Supposing now that Galley was dead, they laid him. across a horse, one on each side holding him on, and another leading the horse. They brought him to the house of one Pescod, a reputed smuggler, who, how ever, suspecting some evil work, and being ill in bed, refused to admit them. It being now between one and two o'clock in the morning, they agreed to go to one Scardefield's, at the Red Lion, at Rake, who, after many refusals, at length admitted them, made them at fire in the parlour, and supplied them with liquor. Scardefield, seeing Galley in the brewhouse, lying apparently dead, and Chater in the parlour, standing up, very bloody, was informed, upon enquiring the cause, that they had had an engagement with some officers, and had lost their tea, and were afraid that some of their people were killed . This was said to conceal the murder of Galley, and to account for the bloody appearance of Chater.
After drinking pretty freely, they all went out, taking Galley, or his corpse, if he was quite dead, which is doubtful, with them. Two of them, Carter and Richards, returned to ask Scardefield if he could find -
