The Express.
London, England, 1849-07-05 00:00:00

THE MURDER AT ENFIELD.-INQUEST.

Yesterday the inquiet, which had been adjourned
from the previous evening, was resumed at the King's head
'Tavern, mar Enfb ld Cbarch, before Mr. T. Higgs, to in.
quire into the circumstances attending the death of John
Cock, butler to John Edward Buller, Esq., solicitor, residing
at Eufi.lll, who was stabbed to the heart with a dessert-
knife by his wife on Sunday afternoon last.
Charlotte Giant ewe: e that she was nur,emaid in the service
of Mr. Bailer. The deceased was footman and butler in the
same family, and had been sa for the last two years. Gu
Sunday last, about five minutes before three o'ckck, wit.
nese was in the nursery, dressing he self for church, when
the deceatgd came up stairs to the nursery-door,
and asked her if she would come down stairs and see
his baby. Witness said she would as she went to church,
and he Immediately left the lauding and went down stairs.
lie was perfec,ly sober at the time, and did not appoer to be
excited. About five minutes afterwards, witness went down
yaks, and prneeedel to the kitchen, but seeing no person
there, she walked to the pantry, which adjaios the kitchen.
On witness approaching the pantry dour, she saw the de.
ceased's feet lying partially in tt.si kitchen, and his body was
lying in the pantr. Ile was upon his back, and appeared
quite senseless. ills wife was standing modenleu in the
pantry on the right side of the deceased, with her child
upon her lest arm, and her back was to the sink. When
witness was close to the door, the wire ;suddenly
exclaimed, " Run and fetch a doctor." Witness was
terribly alarmed, and ran to the bottom of the stairs, and
celled to the cook, who was up stain. Witness did not wait
fur answer from the cook, but immediately returned to the
pantry, end said to the wife, " Perhaps ho is only in a
faint, and there is no occasion fir a surgeon." The wife
replied, " Fur God's sake fetch a el icier,: see what I have
done." Witness ran into the road, and entered the first cot-
tage, and desired a man named Thorn to obtain the assist-
ance of a surgeon. He went instantly, and witness returned
to the house, and on reaching the gate witness met the cook,
who exclaimed "that the deceased was quite dead."
nisi was very much frightened, and went out and procured
asaiganc, .

Mary Caplin, the cook, said she had known the deceased
about six weeks, and saw his wife the first Sunday she en-
tered the ',nice. They appeared very friendly together,
and it wu known in the family that he was a married man.
On Sunday last she again visited the house, and eta, red the
kitchen shortly after one o'clock, while all the servants were
at dinner. Witnee walked towards and took the child from
her, and told her to take her things off, as she appeared to
be in a great heat. The deceased took his child
from witness, and said to his wife, " What
brought you here to-day ?" She replied, " You
know what I have come for." The deceased appeared
very much agitated at this remark fur a minute or two, but
became more cornpo,ed afterwards. Witness again asked
her to take her things off, and have some dinner. She then
sat down, and partook of some dinner, and she appeared on
friendly terms with her husband.
Mr. Edward J. Asbury, an assistant to his father, a sur-
geon, stated that about half.past three o'clock on Sunday
lest lie was called to Mr. Bullet's house, in tbe absence of
his father. He found the deceased lying upon the floor, as
described by the witnesses. There was no pulse to be
felt. He breathed once, and almost instantly expired.
Witness saw marks of blood upon his shirt, and on unbutton-
ing it he found a wound, about an inch in length, on the left
side of the breast, over the region of the heart. When wit-
ness pronounced the deceased to be dead, his wife uttered
some exclamation. She rem-ined perfectly quiet afterwards.
Witness gave directions to a young man named Thorn to ob-
tain a police constable, and in a few minutes afterwards
Sergeant Collins arrived.
Tae Coroner read levers! letters which were produced.
They charged the dueued with incenstancy, and that he
had improper connections with the female servants. They
also coctamed the most opproorious epithets to the de-
ceased, and in one letter the prisoner stated that she wished
jib wgs dead.
Mr. J. Asbury, surgeon, said he had made : post mortem
examination, and he found a small wound on the left side,
about an inch in length, which had been inflicted by some
cutting instrument.
Mr. William Cock, brother to the deceased, and bailiff in
the service of Mr. Buller, said the deceased's friends never
countenanced his marriage. They had been married about
five years, end only had one chili, which was about six
months old. She was always a violent and abusive woman,
and the deceased had lost several good situations through
her conduct. She was exceedingly jealous, and witness
often thought the would do her husband some injury.
The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder against
Caroline Coca."

The Coroner having hound over all the witnesses, he
issued hie warrant for the committal of Caroline Cock to
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DESTRUCTIVE FIRES.—From the hour of one on
Tuesday morning until nearly six o'clock, the vartous engines
of the London Brigade and West sf England Company were
kept in constant motion throuth the streets of the me-
dtliweliffthreatnteir
"alarms"
I tl' them
received Acing during
period
stnaotionfes.werTthheanmsosixt
serious of these fires broke out in the coffee rcoms belonging
to Mr. W. Tilley, in George-street, Marylebece. The
premises were of cauiderable .xteAt, swi when the fire was
first discovered in the basement of the floor, the inmates
were aroused, end with the exception of Mr. Tilley, they all
succeeded in making a retreat. Mr. Tilley, in his anxiety to
extinguish the flames, descended to the lower part of the
house, and whilst engaged pouring water upon the fire, it
extended so rapidly, as to compl.-tely encircle him, and had
it not been for atme of the public officers he must have
perished. The engints were promptly on the spot, hat in
spite of the exertions of the firemen, it was not until
nearly the whole of the furniture was destroyed, sod the
premises almost consumed, that the fire will extiuguished.
Mr. Tilley was insure 1 in the Sun Fire Office.

ATTEMPT To POISON.—The parishioners of Tre-
wags, Cornwall, have been in a state of great excitement
during the past fortnight, in consequence of the life of their
vicar, the Rev. J. T. Symons, having been greatly endan-
gered by poison. It appears that he took some calves'•toot
broth on the evening of the 2nd inst., and was afterwards
suddenly taken ill, the cat.se of which was subsequently
brought to light, it being that hi. servant, a lad about 14
years of age, had maliciously put an ounce of amide, which
he had before purchased, into the basin captaining the broth.
It is reported that the young scoundrel's intention was not
to poison his master, but that he had premeditated the de-
struction of his mistress, by whom he supposed the broth
would be eaten. An express for Mr. W..st, surgeon, of
Camelford, was immediately despatched, and through his
exertions, and in consequence of the quantity of arsenic that
was given, the set% gentleman is now going on favourably,
and it is hoped will recover. The perparator of this crime
hu absconded.—Deponport Independent.