ten o'clock
It was about midnight , he states , when he was knocked down from behind . He remembers nothing after that . '' The _ Globe 's _ account was more sensational . `` It has come to light , '' wrote the enterprising reporter , `` that Raper , the watchman , was in the habit of slipping out to the Leather Bottle , on Crown Court , for a drink at ten o'clock every evening , and leaving the back door of the shop unlocked . He came into the private bar at the usual time last night , and remained for twenty minutes . He drank a pint of ale , and was seen conversing with a shabbily dressed stranger , whose face was unfamiliar to the publican and the barmaid . This incident suggests two theories .