The Express.
London, England, 1864-05-19 00:00:00

TEE SUSPECTED MURDER BY A WIFE IN
LAMBSTR.

Laat evening Mr. W. Carter, corona. for Surrey,
held as inquiry at the Spanish Patriot Tavern, Lower Marsh,
Lambeth, • the death e( Stephen Weston, aged 34
years, who was to hairs bean murdered by his wife
on Sunday last.
Mr. Edwin avowed for Mrs. Weston ; and Inspector
Edmoods had charge of the cease for the polio authorities.
Elizabeth Sweetman was the first winsome:ailed—She said
that she was the mother of the doomed's wife, and she
lived with the Westona. Decamped wee a tripe drawer sad
dog's-meat seller. He compiri the house, No.
Johaans-street, Lambeth. His wife, Sarah Weston, sad
four children, thi oldest nine year@ of age, lived with him.
Witness had lived with them three or four years.
Samuel Samuels, a 000 per, was called, and he gave the
WIN evidence be had already given before • poline-oourt. He
said that on Sunday morning hewasin the street lookisionat
alight between two women, whim he heard aryl " Murder,"
proceeding from No. 1, Johanna-street He climbed
up on the ledge of the Spanish Patriot, sad thus got on the
top of Mr. Weston's shop wisdo". A girl opened the
window and he put hie head in. Ream by the light of a
othdle.Mis. Weston holding deoeased's lead and knocking
; ust the handles of the chest of dowse. He was
partly on the floor and partly on the bed. He was tremb-
ng, but not struggling. She knocked his limed twice.
Witness said. "If yon don't leave go you coward knock
you down with thee Gower pot." She let go, and deceased's
heed fall. Wither maid he is dead. 80e said to wane=
" You have got up than to rob the place." She left the
room, and wanes got down. She cube to the door with
aide-spring boots 00, =demi& " I have got his— boots on
sow. She mid she would lock wither up, and that he had
so binning to labelers between her and her husband.
Whams bad knows them both to be of drinking habits.
She said one sight lad, week that she would do for her
husband on. of them days. She wee drunk then. Wituess
had heard her threaten him, and show him a knife at other
times when drunk. Damaged had only a shirt oa as he lay
oa the Boor when his wife was beating him.
Mrs. Sireettcan, re-called. mid that the was at borne on
the morning of the 00CUITIMOS. The front room was the
sitting room, but willies and three of the children slept
in it. Deceased and his wife occupied the back room.
Deceased had been in and out of bed all day on
the Saturday. H. had not beau to balsam,
for, wittier thought, he was out of his mind.
Witness asked a policeman to come up oa the Suaday
mortuag, but the officer would not. Witness did not
see him struck. She saw some one come to the window.
She had not called any owe. She went to the door, but it
was only to get some on. to pat deceased into bed. as he
was out of his mind. Witness went upstairs, and saw the
poor man lying on the floor on his face. She did sot know
whether he was then dead. He had jumped out of his own
bed, and come into the front room. Witness did not call
out " murder' " nor did any on. else. When a person was
in a deranged state, it would be natural to wish some one to
assist. She only wanted the police to keep him in bed.
Deceased had drunk two half quarters' of sherry that day.
Elizabeth Frown Weston, an intelligent little girl. was
then sworn. She said she lived with her father sad mother
at No. 1, Johanna-street On Sunday morning all the
family were in the front room. Deceased had come in oat
of the other room. He fell screed the bed. Witness did
not see what caused him to fall. He was noisy, mid he bed
been out of his mind all day. Nothing was done to him as
he lay on the door. Some one came to the window. Wit-
ness did not know why. Witness's mother was trying to
pick him up then. She did not strike him. She did not
beat his head against anything. His head was not sear the
chest of drawers, but was right away from it. It was not
true that she struck his head against the drawers. Nu one
told her what to say.
The coroner said that great difficulties were canard io this
case by the arrest of Ike wife. This court had power to
examine anyone as to the mum of a death, bet by the wife's

being taken into custody no statemeot tiould he obtained
from her. It was possible that she might be able to explain
how the matter really stood.
Dr. J. Wilcock* Wakem said that cm Moeday he =de a
careful examinatioa of the body of the drowsed. There
were 33 marks of violence. There were bruises such as a
blunt instrument—a poker for instance—would have made.
There were other marks of injuries indicted some days pre.
vious. The injuries were principally on the limbs. The
head was puffy externally. The post-mortem examination
showed that the bruises on the limbs were superficial, and
not sufficient to affect vitality. There were the marks of
five or six blows on the head, and blood was effused adder
the scalp. The blows bad been inflicted with a blunt M-
I strnment of small superficial'. Blood was effused on the
brain. Witness was decidedly of opinion that death
was attributable to violence inflicted on the head by a
blunt instrument ; but the deceased was so diseased that
very little violence would have been sufficient to produce
death.

la answer to the Coroner,
Dr. Wakens said that a person struggling violently in
delirium tremens might, if forcibly held down, sink back
and die of exhaustion. The two blows seen by the witness
Samuels were not in themselves sufficient to cause death.
There hid been general violence. Witness considered it
imposaible that the injuries could have been self -iotlicted
in knocking shoat under the influence of delirium tremens.
' After some further evidence. the court was cleared, and
the jury having deliberated for nearly two bolus, it was
decided to adjourn the inquiry until Monday next.

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