 He finally confessed after several meetings with the prison chaplain, entreaties from his wife , and pleas from both his warder and John Orridge, the governor of the prison.He strongly denied stabbing Maria, claiming that he had accidentally shot her in the eye after they argued while she was changing out of her disguise.On 11 August 1828, Corder was taken to the gallows in Bury St Edmunds, apparently too weak to stand without support.