The two men drove out of London together.

The date was 24th October 1823.

On the high-road they met and passed Probert and a companion named Joseph Hunt, who had even been instructed by Thurtell to bring a sack with him--this was actually used to carry away the body--and must therefore have been privy to the intended murder.

By the time the second gig containing Probert and Hunt arrived near Probert's cottage, Thurtell met it in the roadway, according to their accounts, and told the two men that he had done the deed; that he had killed Weare first by ineffectively shooting him, then by dashing out his brains with his pistol, and finally by cutting his throat.

Thurtell further told his friends, if their evidence was to be trusted, that he had left the body behind a hedge.