Henry Chambers, elder brother of the deceased, son of John Chambers, agricultural labourer: He was eight last birthday. At 8 o'clock on Thursday evening, I saw him playing in the street, opposite Thomas Knighton's shop, with some other boys. I was ten yards away. I saw Thomas Webb drive down the street and pass him, in a cart. The horse was trotting at a fair pace. I then saw my sister run in front of the horse, and Webb pulled up for her to get out of the way. Webb drove on, and I saw the deceased run across the road in front of the cart. The shaft of the cart caught him and knocked him down, and the wheel went over him. Webb did not have time to pull up. He tried to stop immediately, but he couldn't. After the wheel had gone over the deceased, Webb pulled up. He immediately drove off for the doctor. The deceased was bleeding and unconscious, and Mr. Allen pulled him up. [reply to a juryman] The deceased was not on a bank when he started to run across the road.

Annie Jacobs, servant to Mr. W. Wingell at the Wheat Sheaf Inn: At about eight o'clock on Thursday evening, I was standing at the front door. I saw the deceased jump off a wall about two feet high, into the road, and he started to run across the road. Thomas Webb was driving down the street in a cart. I saw the shaft of the cart knock the deceased down, and the wheel of the cart went over his head. I did not hear Webb call out to the boy before he was run over. He was run over as soon as he attempted to cross the road. Then Webb stopped the horse.

Thomas Webb, farmer, Raunds: At eight o'clock on Thursday evening, I was driving down the street, when I saw a little girl standing in the middle of the street, just above the Wheat Sheaf Inn. I pulled up short, or she would have been run over. I asked the girl if she was trying to be killed, and I told her to get out of the way. My daughter was in the cart with me. I then let the reins loose, and the horse went on. I had not gone more than five yards when my daughter cried out, "Father, there is a little boy under the wheel!" I pulled up at once, and got out of the cart. I found the deceased lying on the ground, with a thick stream of blood flowing out of his mouth. I never saw the boy until he was run over. I immediately jumped into the cart again, and drove off for the doctor. [To a juryman] After stopping the horse to avoid running over the girl, the horse had just started again, when my daughter screamed out that a little boy was under the wheel.

Mary Jane Thompson, wife of Francis James Thompson: I was driving with my father, Thomas Webb, through Raunds, at eight o'clock on Thursday night I remember my father pulling up sharp, and a little girl being pulled out of the way of the horse to avoid being run over. My father then started on, and I immediately saw the little boy under the wheel. I did not see him attempting to cross the road. I did not see him until he was right under the wheel.

John Crew, surgeon, Higham Ferrers: I have examined the body of the deceased. I found he had bled from the left ear. There was an abrasion of the left temple, and a fracture at the base of the skull. Those injuries would be enough to cause his death.

Foreman of the jury: We are of the opinion that no blame rests on Thomas Webb for reckless or careless driving.

Verdict: "ACCIDENTAL DEATH"