The Express.
London, England, 1855-09-20 00:00:00

INQUEST ON THE BODY. I
Yesterday morning an inquest me held by Mr.
Baker. at tie Old Artillery-peanut Onert-hew, Bert street,
Spitslfiddr, on the body of Catherine Lorain, aged 46, who
bad been murdered on the previous by her hus-
band, Dlsiel MMus, at their reeddleislesjl Parliamen ,
wart, Artillery-passage, Artillery-lane, Bishoi t-
egatiestrest.
The jury, having been sworn, viewed the body. Oa their I
return, the let witness Idled was I
John Davis, residing at No. 15, Artillerrpaselee.
labourer. He deposed that he occupied an adjoin-
ing room in the same bones with the deemed and her 1
husband, who was a velvet weaver. On Tuesday morn- 1
ing, about seven o'clock, se be was I lag awake in bad, ,
he heard mums of " murder " saws or eight times ,
by the deemed, and her husband Mang bee opiposiims I
epithet* He heard the deemed open the deer and rum ,
down stairs. Witness did not get up, beams ft was a Ire- ,
quent practice for the deceased to my " murder" when ,
having a row with her husband. About See Wastes after he ,
heard a person leave deceased's room and go down stain,
treading heavily like the footsteps of • man ;he then beard
deceased scream " murder " three time, and the person
immediately return to the room. Wits's. dressed himself, ,
cud went down stairs about six or seven minute. after he ,
heard the cries of murder, and saw the deceased sitting en ,
the landing in a crouching position. He observed bloodaa the I
upper landing against deceased's door. Deemed appeared ,
quite dead. There was a great quantity of blood about the ,
landing, bannisters and stairs, and alite en her clothes,
Witness went and informed his fellow-servant (Ellen Leary.
residing at 7, Artillery-lane) what he had seen, and es his
return to No. 13, in about 10 minutes, he saw a doctor, •
' palicensan, and the husband with the deemed. Lordon
said to him," Hollow, John." Witnees said to him, " What
do you call this ?" Hs replied, " I don't know ; it's a bad
' job." Witness said, "Yes, it is." Lordon appeared as if
he bad been drinking. He did not observe that deceased
was wounded until Mr. Shaw, the surgeon, moved her
head on one side. He Ind never heard her husband threaten
his wife's life. They both drank very much, and he had
interfered on more than one occasion to separate them when
quarrelling and fighting.
By the Jury—There were persons living on the floor
where he found the deceased, but he did not alarm them.
Sarah Elias wife of a general dealer,who resided in thetas*
house as the'deconed, maid she occupied the first floor back,
and did not beer any noise on Tuesday morning. Had she
heard any she should have taking no notice of it, it being a
frequent occurrence for the deceased and her husband to
quarrel. About half past
eight, witness came out of her room and found deemed
sitting on the top stair of the first flight of stain, with
her elbow on her lap, supporting her fees with her
hands. She saw blood about half a yard from where de-
ceased was sittieg. Witness paned her, went down stain
and returned without speaking to her. About five minute:
atter her attention was called to the arrival of a policeman,
and Mr. Shaw, august, and then it was she knew de-
ceased was dead. She heard no screams of murder that
morning. Witness was much disturbed about two o'clock
in the morning by the deceased and her husband quarrel-
ling in the street Deemed was apparently tipsy at the
time. Wanes did not speak to deceased on the landing,
considering she was in liquor. The husband was generally
of quiet habits, and rarely tipsy ; but the deceased was
unruly sober one day in a month, and quarrelled with
everybody. She used vile langusge. Witness aim beard
him call her other than " You dirty blackguard, you hays
been drinking *gain."
Police sergeant 13 H, Police-constable NI 11, and In
spector Mush pave similar testimony to that before Mr.
D'Eyneourt, at Worship-street, reported in the &sprees
of yesterday.
Margaret Lordon, one of the daughters of the
deceased, eighteen years of age, deposed that she
went, at ten o'clock on Monday night, with her
mother to a raffia, at the Orson Dragon, Half Meen-street,
Bishopstute.streft. Hu father was there, rather intoxicated,
but he knew what he was about. Two of her mother's
brothm were also there. They quurelled with her father ;
and one of them, Daniel Crease, threateeed to throw him
down stairs. Daniel Crime pushed her father, and he fell
over the stairs. A man named John Kingstooe wag at
the Green Dragon, but no quarrel took place between
him and her father. About one o'clock in the taming,
lust as slot sad her mother got home, they were met at
the door by Kiagstons. Her father returned home about
half an hour later, aid saw her mother standing with
Kingston at the step of the door. On coming up to them,
he 'pushed Kingston* and went up stairs, leaving her
mother and Kiegetoae at the door. Her father
threw ronethiog out of the window, which she believed
Istruck Kiegstons on the face, after which he came down
with a poker and struck Kingston.. A straggle took plus
between them. He then went up stairs, and she saw no
more of her father that night. Witness and her mother
slept that eight on the stairs, being afraid to go to her
father's room. Her two brothers, aged 12 and 14, slept
with her father. They were called by her mother, who
knocked at the door, one at half-past 6 and the other at 6
o'clock, and left to go to their work. After the boys had
left, witness and her mother left the hones about a quarter
to 7 in the morning, followed by her father to Sandy crow,
Bishopsgate-street, but she did not hear him speak to either
of them. She and her mother walked up Bishopegate-strest
until the clock struck 7. She then parted with her mother
at Whitegate.street, and that was the bet time she saw
her mother alive . • her fatter bad previously gone in
the direction towards home. When she parted with her
mother, she turned to go home to wash herself, for she said
she felt wretched and miserable. Deceased was perfectly
' sober on Tuesday morning, although she had had a little
drink over night. Witness believed her father was jealous
of Kingston. ; but he nude no remark to him when he
pushed him aside at the doorstep on Monday night.
Witness on her return home shout tan o'clock with her
mother, was sent by Kiagetone for a pet of porter, which
they drank at the door.
By the Jury—When her father struck Kingston. with
the poker, Lupton. threw him down, but was unable to
take the poker from him. Her father got up, and went up-
stairs directly. Kingston. left five minutes after, at the
request of deceased, to get • policeman to take her father
Into custody. She did not think her father heard what her
mother said.
The knife produced by the policeman was identified by
the girl as belonging to her father, who used to keep it in
his chest when out of employment. He had bean out of
work some time. Her father last worked as a labourer at
the tea warehouse in Cutler-etreet. She saw him on Sunday
night last put the knife and his ticket is the chest Mee by
I the bedstead.

By the Jury—Kingston, ws• an old Mend of her father,
and he Pad frequently brought him to their home.
Mr. Henry Skew, of Bishopegate street Without, de-
posed. that be was a surgeon, and was called cn Monday
morning to visit the deceued, whom he found deed. He
found a large tiool of blood in her lap, and her clothes mach
saturated with blood. On moving the head aside he saw two
large wends on the neck under the right ear. One was
just above the collar bone, in a line with it, about an inch
and a half long. The other was about three inches acid •
half long, and was an oblique wooed, extending from the
angle of the jaw to near the shoulder. The muscles were
exposed by the latter wound. He put hie Anger into the
wounds snd found they extended to the vertebrae, near the
collar bone. A small portion of the vertebra was chipped
or broken, showing that great force mast have been used in
inflicting the wounds. A post mottos, examination of the
body showed that the muscles were completely divided to the
'nubile, and that the carotid artery wee half cut through.
The point of the knife produced was slightly turned, se Libros
coming in confect with the bone 'toed to be chipped. It was jut
the kind of inurement be should have suspected the wounds
were inflicted by ; great force must have been used. Wit-
ness attnbuted death to the lose of blood. He thought,
from the position of the wound, that they were inflicted
when her beck was tower& the party. She Gould not have
survived the injuries two minutes.
By the Jury—The small wound was not sofficant to
cause death.

This lo Mg the whole of the evidence'
The Deputy-Coroner summed up the evidence to the
jury, remarking that in addition to the husband's state-
ments there was sufficient evidence to show that the death
of the unfortunate woman was caused by her husband.
Neither drunkenness nor jealousy was a sufficient exam
for the committal of inch a MOM as this. If they were
sstisfied that it we a premediated act they would, of course,
return a verdict of murder.

.Tbe jury, after ••quarter of an heat'. mumultatiots,
?startled • verdict of Wilful murder" against Deals'
Lcrdon, t►e husband, adding that he had committed theme
when wader the laduinicie of jealousy and drink.

INSOLVENT

PUBLIC REJOICINGS AT HARTLEPOOLTUESDAT,
18.—The excitement with which the glorinas news
of the victory wee received here on Tuesday lest has by no
means subsided, end the joyous feelings of the people con-
tinue to break forth is a variety of ways. On thandsy
morning, daring divine service at St. Hilda's church, the
congregation nee on wasse, and with one accord sang the
'National Anthem, On Monday morning a solemn high
mass and Ts Drum were sung in Bt. Diary's catholic church.
Captain Fouilloy, and the officers and new of the Freoeh
steam omens, now lying in the harbour, attended the NM
Pico. The presence of the steamer afforded a favourable
opportunity to the mayor and corporation of expressing their
friendly reeling towards the brethren in arms of our brave
allies the French, end it was therefore /ionised to invite the
captain and officers to a dinner to be held in commemoration
of the English, Fermat, and Sardinian anilines. The
dinner was bold at the King'. Head Hotel yesterday even-
ing, when about 80 of the most influential merchants sad
tradesmen gave a hearty welcome to their stranger guests.
The front of the hotel was brilliantly illuminated with •
device bearing at the top a crown, and on either side •
neatly executed design of the national flogs of Franco and
England, with the initial letters "N." end " V." beneath
the respective flags. Bonfires and fireworks innumerable
illumined the streets during the whole of the night in
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THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING,

Satu iintelltatnce.

20, 1855.

prep of them mined a plink, end streak hint about until
they broke his left ern, and whilst the poor fallow was in
this state they threw down a table, and breaking off the
lop they armed themselves with them, beet hint about
the head no til be was nearly senseless, when some of them
said he was deed, and that would do. They then went
away, and amAstanee arriving, the two °Man were neened,
end the prisoners subsequently apprehended.
The Jury found all eisepting Hurry Gbellgy, sad sentinel
was deferred.

THIRD COURT.
1170111_1171116L ovarrr, SM. Q.C.

John Thomas Beckett, alias Joke Thonette, 36, labourer,
and Robert Hackett, 20, labourer,were indicted for stealing a
box containing drugs belonging to John Harwood.
Mr. Sleigh prosecuted and Mr. Robinson defended.
It appeared from the evident* of Richard Walker, a cab-
man, that about 8 o'clock upon the evening of the 17th of
August, as he was on the Pelhens.usecent rank, Brompton-
road, he saw the prisoner Thomas in a small cart, driving
at the rear of a carrier's cart, and the primer Robert, with a
man not in custody, went up to the carrier's cart and
took down from the back board • box, which both
of them carried up to the cart driven by the elder prisoner
and pat it upon the shaft., and then both tried to get into
the art, but did not succeed in so doing, and, finding they
were detected, ran off. The man driving the carrier's cart
instantly got down, and ran after the other cart, driven by
Thomas' who flagged the horse into • gallop, and got away,
the box felling down in the struggle made by the carrier to
stop the cart. The cabman ran after the other prisoner, but
he and the man not in custody got away.
Two polies constables, stated that upon the earne
night they were on duty is the Kennington-road,
when they saw a small cart, driven by the prisoner
Thomas Hackett, pull up near to a carrier's east
which was standing at the roadside, and the younger prie
emu and another man got out of it: They then went and
took from the beekef the carrier's eert a bale of goods,which
they took over and put into Hackett 's cart, and were about
driving off when the officers ran up and prevented them
from driving away. They bad no sooner attempted
to do a than they were set upon by the
prisoners and most brutally beaten, and one of
the officers was meet seriously injured about the
bead with • life preserver. In consequence of this as-
sistance, the younger prisoner and the other man got away ;
er bat the prison John was, after inflicting (further inju-
ries upon the polio*, ensured. Some few days afterwards,
es ono of the sonetabks on duty wu near the Queen's
Bench Prises, he saw the prisoner Robert, who was talking
to a won't, and directly he saw the officer he said to her,
Here is sue that wants me." He was then taken into
custody. Upon the part of the elder prisoner, no defence
was offered ; but upon behalf of the younger on e, an at•
tempt was made to show that upon the night in ques-
tion, end for a long time previously, he had been
every night at the lieu* of • person at the east
end of London, paying his addresses to a young 'woman.
He had also been in constant employment for a long time
previous to his apprehension.
The jury found both prisonen Gully, recommending the
younger one to mercy, believing him to have been led into
crime by his elder brother.
The prisoners were stated to be brothers of the notorious
burglar and prison tanker Hackett, who recently under-
went the extreme penalty of the law in New York, where
he went after his escape from Pentonville Prison. The
prisoner John had been sentenced from this court to trans-
portation for burglary, but had been released upon ticket-
of-leave, and immediately upon gaining his liberty he re-
sumed hie old ovaries, and was known to the polies as one
of the most desperate ruffians in this metropolis.
The court sentenced him to six years' penal servitude, and
the younger one, in consequence of the opinion expressed
by the jury, to three months' imprisonment.
Mary Ants Pokett, 19, spinster, and Mary Ann Conlon,
21, married, were indicted for stealing • Bank note, value
201., and four notes, value 61. each, and 161. in money, the
property of Mary Parsons, from her person ; and Samna
Woodhouse, 30. butcher, and Won. Foley, 40, victualler,
were indicted for having received the 201. net*, intoning
it to have been stolen.

Mr. W. Cooper nrcensted, and Mr. Payne, Mr. W. J.
Payne, and Mr. Ribten,sevenUy defended the prisoners.
The prommutris, a lady living at Lewisham, Kent, stated
that upon the 27th of July, after being at the Bank, where
she had taken the notes in quettlon, she was returning to
the South Eastern station, to go bone, when near the foot
of London-bridge, she was met by two females, whom she
believed to be the prisoners, they having with them a little
girl. The W 016•11 asked her the rail they were to take
for the Crystal Palace, and what the fare was, keeping her
some time la conversation ; and then, upon some-
thing being said by the child, they went away. Upon
prosecutrix reaching home she found she had been robbed, a
fact she instantly communicated to the police,and having ob
tallied the numbers of the notes from the Bank. stopped
them, and gave a description to Police-constable Russell of
the parties whom she suspected of having robbed her,
and upon afterwards seeing the two females in custody, she
at once r. cognised them as the parties who had accosted her
upon the day of the robbery.
From the evidence of George Russell and Henry Isaac*,
two officers of the City, It appeared that they, knowing by
description who the two females were, went and watched
at their lodgings No. 11 and 11a, Great Cam-
bridge-street, Hackney, and finding that they had
quitted their lodgings there, suspected that they
had pee to Manchester, wherethe officers knew their

eonunions Urn; they telegraphed down, end they were
taken in custody down there by an officer of the Manchester
constabulary, named Irving Watson. When he told them
the charge against them, Conton said, "I know nothing
about it," end Follett said, " If she says I stole it, she tell,
a lie." After they were locked up, Ponett said to Colston,
" I wish I hed never seen you." They were then brought
no to Llndos, and from something that transpired the
officers Waged ose of the 51. notes to have been paid by Con-
ton upon the day of the robbery to a draper in London-
terrace, Hackney-road, for a parasol which she bought.
She then asked if they could change her a note of greater
value.

The evident* against the two male prisoner for receiviog
the 241.n0te was somewhat remarkable. The number having
been ascertained and the note stopped, it was presented
at the Bank, the number being damaged, by a person named
Hamden. Bunistien wee detained, and Russell sent for,
when Hamden without hesitation said it had been given
to him in payment of • small debt due to him by Foley,
who keeps the Griffin publichouse, Shoreditch, and that
he had come to get it changed for him. He also said that
Foley was waiting for him at the Auction Mart Coffee-
house. Russell and Btirnstien then started off to the house
kept hy Foley. After they had been there some
time Foley came in, and he then freely admitted
having given Bundles the note, and added that he had
changed it for two men at the bar, who bad sixpenny-worth
of gin, and that he only knew the name of one. Russell
said, When I same in there were two skittle sharps at the
bar. Foley then had some conversation with his wife, and
added to Russell, That was one of them. Remelt then said
he should tike him is custody, and Foley then paid, This
serves me tight. The little butcher over the way has can-.
tioned me. This was the first transaction, and this is how
they Dave served me. Foley did not make the statement at
all reservedly, and whilst out on bail issued bills offering a
reward for the thieves, and did all be could to aid the
polies in getting the men who had given him the note. It
was partly through this that Inspector Brennan ob-
tained a clue to Woodhouse, whom he apprehended in
bed at a lodging, 16, Sarah-street, Riugsland-road. When
told the charge, he said be knew nothing about it but as
he was going along to the station remarked that Brennan
could only make a witness of him sad hive him with an
oath. He stated that be and another, whom Foley bad
known many years, sold Foley the note for 111. 19e. They
told him it was a queer one. Foley said he did not are, end
they told him sat to take it to the Bank or it would burn
him. Foley had, it appeared, only recently taken the
Griffin public-home.
The jury Acquigged Foley and the girl Follett, and the
other two prisoners were convicted, and each sentenced to
one year's imprisonment.

The Lord Mayse—ls the property produced some of that
which you moose him of having stolen ?
The present:ix—lt is.
Bassett, the detective offleer—One of those articles I
found the prisoner had given to his wife, to whom w men-
tioned that he h►d bought them at a pawnbroker's sale.
There is a gold chain miming also, and I believe some other
trinket of value has also been taken.
The Lord Mayor—l have heard quits enough to induce
me to remand the prisoner for further examination.
The prisoner, whose wife was present daring the exami-
nation, was then remanded.