The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-09-21 00:00:00

THE COMER-STREET MURDER.

THE INQUEST.
Yesterday the Coroner held an inquest on the body of
Ann Neesham, 20 years of age; who was killed by her
husband, on Tuesday night,_ in Gomer-street. In addi-
tion to the details published in our paper of Wednes-
day and yesterday, the following evidence was given :
Margaret M'Adam, the mother of the prisoner, stated
that the deceased .occasionally got tipsy, and the pri-
soner and deceased had words now and thee 0)041 it,
but nothing of consequence. They went out together
at six o'clock on Tuesday evening, and the deceased was
then worse for liquor. They came back about eight
o'clock, and she was then better. The prisoner was
sober then. She asked him for tobacco, and he said he
had none. She put her hand in his pocket and took
out some. They then had.come words, when the
prisoner struck her in the mouth with his hand. Wit-
ness said she would not have such work there, and if
they
did not go out she would go for a policeman, and
she went out to get one, but could not see one: Cie
returned in three-quarters of an hour, and found a
crowd about the cellar door, but never saw deceased
alive after that.
Mary Clay was examined, and gave the same evidence
as she did at the Police-court on Wednesday,
Mary Hart was also examined, and merely corrobo-
rated the statement of Mrs. Clay.
Mrs. Phillips, the wife of a painter who lives in the
street, stated that on the night in question, the deceased
came staggering up to her in the street, and caught her
by the arm, and asked her to take her to the dispensary,
as she was dying. The deceased then fell down, and.
witness fell on her. She never spoke after, but died
almost immediately. Witness saw she was bleeding
from the left breast; raised her up in a sitting position,
and the police then came up. Knows deceased and the
prisoner about two years and a half, and they often
quarrelled, and. both used to drink. Never saw blows,
struck between them.
Anne Flaherty stated that she passed the door about
nine on Tuesday evening, and heard a noise in the
cellar, and on looking in she saw two persons on the
floor, but could not tell who they were. Heard, the
woman exclaim, " Oh, you wretch, what have you done
this for? or what have I ever done to you?" (as witness
-Understood.) Has no doubt the woman was the deceased.
Inspector White stated that he saw a pool of blood
on the cellar door, and traced the blood from that to
where the deceased was found in the street.
Mr. Tomilson, one of the superintendents of police,
was examined, and gave the same evidence as he aid at
the Police-court as regarded the arrest of the prisoner,
and what he stated when taken into custody. The
evidence was published in our paper of yesterday.
Surgeon Gill said he was called to see deceased, and
found -her bleeding from a wound in the left breast.
She died there and then. Made a punctured mortem examina-
tion of the body since, and found a_wound in
the heart, the eTternal wound corresponding with
that in the heart. The wound was in the right ventricle,
and was the eause of death. The pericardium was quite
filled with blood. A knife such as 4oir produced would
be likely to produce such a wound.
After the examination of a police-oflicer, whose
evidence was not material, the Coroner cbarged the
jury, and in a few moments they returned a verdict of
"Wilful Murder" against the man. The Coroner
issued his warrant accordingly for his committal.