The Express.
London, England, 1862-04-25 00:00:00

VKILDIGT OF MANBLAIIGHTER.

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Yesterday evening Mr. C. J. Carttar, coroner
for West Kent, held an adloorned Inquiry at Use Druids
More Tavern, Greenwich, into the cumnistanom attiewslag
the death of Mary Huddle, who was drowsed in the
Thames on the night al Saturday, March 15.
Frost the evidence tikes at this sad previous inquiries,
it appeared that cm the meting of the 15th Marsh the dir
could, who was 14 yew of age. with a girl named Sophia
Spencer, aged l 6 had been damning at .eve& pabbe-booses
with Hobert Iticesak, master et the meass-Mg MAW, and
• lad named Mathew Ball, employed et beard the wee
vessel. The parties all became istozicated. sad proceeded
about 11 o'cloca to the river-side, when they were met by
a woman named Webb, who eedeavotred to limbic* the
girls to return how Richards, however, told Ball to
place there is a brat, and row them to the .team-tag, and
then return for kW. The demised and her companion
were rowed to the bar, is owing which the boat uplift
and the deceased was drowsed. It was fully proved that
the deceased wished to return home, but was forced into
the boat by Richards, and both girls were so much tetrad-
aided that they were amble to sit, and rolled about in the
boat.
The Coroner recapitulated the evidence at length, and
obesrved that Richards had endeavoured to palliate his con-
duct by stating that be was so desok as not to remember
what took plasm. It most be obviate, however, that drink-
bases, instead of beam an mow, was rather me acmes-
dee el lie sabegodoat ta prelim the gSd into the beat ins
74tk:to her wishes. • more diegrneetnl elate of
a we, heard of ea the part of those
who allied limmelvse Mamas beings. It was char
that Richards was the par &rattly responsible, sod his
eandtet was mere rnprebaihis Men that of Ball, as be
vim mater of the steam-tag ad directed the whole

proceadiags.
Ilse f ury rataread • nudist of "Manslaughter against,
Robert &chards sad Matthew Ball," who were subse-
quently admitted to ball to imam the charge at the Old
tialloy awataast

DAWIPUL MURDIR IfBAB ItEDDMIL

REDD/WEL Timmer.
A frightful and deliberate murder has been
committed at a Wired farmhouse, called Oat Wl=
about tire miles from thu lowa, by a farm labourer
George Gardiner, his victim being a fellow-sernat named
Sarah Kir , • market and welleondoeted girl. The follow-
ing partieslar are gleaned on the spot. The girl had been
speeding a few days with her friends, and returned to her
master's on Moodey. Gardiner had been out drinking on
Tuesday, sad yesterday looming went to plough accom-
panied by • toy. The bey did not please him, and he
threatened him once or twice Ooze he told him " there
would be murder ekes before night." Mr. Edge left home
shout half-pasts in the reerari top sad eel a cow, sad
shortly after he hod left the patarear want to the house,
and asked droned far bar master gun, a double•barreh
which was kept loaded I. the Idelare. She gave him the
fan and weeded with her work, on which the prisoner &-
Moral* leek tbe ego elf the nipples and cleaned them.
Be then }remodel to the back kitchen, where the poor
girl waa, unsconeene of eel, proceeding with her work, and
deliberately Grid user botk of the tarreis at her. The
shot entered the took el the seek, sad she fell a lifeline
wee within' a roma or a straggle. Mr. Edge's aunt
Ili...to...Dania), who are r housekeeper for her nephew,
weed to Gaidiesr sad expostulated
iellitilirm=ei • pm in the hones, sot knowing et
lb thee she bed been its fatal effect. lie at first
imbed at he, bet on her ordering him out of the house
fah UMW %mom alarming, and Hee Dads retreated
to the pedant, where she locked handl Osedi-
gar searreged to force the door, but did sot sesame% sad
be rat asset be Ike kitchen, and with • real baseer freed
epee Mr. hlip's desk, wheys In usually beeps hie lamer
It happerd, borer that rare was rah NA sad seen
raw le the ea. Thee tie prewar took sad ire us&
hi rip gat et the bras, trine re we sad sawrailiss
eilb bba. • Lao aad ory was nisi by the palm eel
ridnals, sad a large partyeat le parser el lip_
dett flip tared tesa beWesra, whine he esti
derigeera eed three te froderrea-Aves. Bine
ter a *het for Oxford by the Weil Rifted Lia:
the jersey be bed I. sheep arr. al the m
j.a with the gra Use at Rearbearge, ear Dr-
dru,where he wadesparraa by the pries le the arra
the Ir. Zgrfahed Maned be, sad Ilre Msar err
seek of , led bra seat Ler. Be head the girl
au ate deed, an hi *era deer heel ben inelaireera
• ierset te dipsolal be her lereseer The metre
he the order tread to here ter pederp. She gri.
rear led attempted wee or rise te ire MIIIPHIS
the thilleedo 'disk iamb as big sap misisi.