The Express.
London, England, 1853-09-02 00:00:00

MURDER IN GOODMAN'S FIELDS.

ADJOURNED INQUEST.

Yesterday afternoon Mr. Wm. Baker, the coroner
for the eastern divioion of Middlesex, resumed at the
London Hospital the adjourned inquiry respecting the
death of Caroline Mobbe, the unfortunate young woman
who was brutally murdered by her husband, Nathaniel
Mobbs, at No. 7, Enoch-court, Goodman'iefields, Minorie.,
oa the 24th ult.

The inquiry, it will be remembered, was adjourned from
Friday last, in order to afford time to see whether there
was any probability of Mobbe recovering from the effects of
the injuries which he had inflicted on his own throat
Upon the re-assembling of the jury yesterday, the coroner
inquired of Mr. Debenhem, the house surgeon, whether
Mobbs was recovering, and was informed that he was pro•
greasing favourably, when the nature of the wound wee
taken into consideration, but he was net, however, out of
danger, and should he continue to go on favourably there
was no chance of his being able to be removed for at least a
fortnight or three weeks.
Jane Jones, of No. 10, Enoch-court, was then examined.
—Sheffield that she lived three door,' past the house in
which the deceased lodged. On Wednesday week D
daughter of Mobbs came to her, and told her that hei
father had promised her mother that he never intended to
illuse her again. Shortly after that her attention wee
directed by a cry of murder proceeding from the deceased'.
room. Witness ran up stairs to her room, hocked at flit
door, aid cried out, " You wretch, let the woman out,'
but finding that he did not, she knocked again several
time., and on pushing the door found that it was no'
locked ►ut barricaded with a box. The screams of murder
and cries for help from the deceased grew much fainter,whem
all of a sudden the door was opened. Witness suspecting
that it was Mobbs, she ran downstairs to avoid him, but on
getting into the passage she found the deceased, w►o
covered with blood and her hair flying about. She
had just come down stairs, and was moving her
hands about as if trying to make witness under.
stand that she was in &Jaren. She passed into the coon,
and the blood spurted from the deceased's throat over
witness's face and dress. Witness saw the deceased last alive at
half past eleven o'clock on that day, when she told her that
ahe,was going before the Lord Mayor for protection. When
deceased came down stairs she got a handkerchief and
bound it round her throat. Mobbs was brought out shortly
afterwards in his shirt sleeves and covered with blood. The
female was removed to the hospital. She saw Mobbr ill-use
the deceased in a shameful manner on Saturday week. He
then knocked her head against the window, pulled her
about by the ►air of the head, and neatly pulled her breast
off. Three men went to her aid and it was with difficulty
they could pull her husband from her. This ill-usage took
place in another person's house, and to get at her he jumped
through the window. The night before the murder she
told witeees that she was sure her husband intended to
murder her some day. Then was a child 10 years old in
the room who screamed out, "Oh my mother, my, poor
mother!" When the room was entered the little child was
found covered with blued.

After some further evidence of a similar character,
Police-constable Roots, No. 577, of the City force, said
that when he entered the room on the day is question, he
found Hobbs sitting in a chair, with his throat cut, as
previously described. He told witness to tell George,
the foreman at Walter Howell's, that he had deli-
vered all the request notes right. His throat was dressed
in the hospital and he was put to bed. He then said,
"My wife has been out all night, and I saw her with •
policeman and it happened through that, and from her
having been out the best part of the night before." He
had repeated several things since. One was that his wife
took the white-handled knife up to him first, and that he
took it from her and cut her throat. He afterwards took
another knife, and basing kissed his child cut his own
throat. lie had asked several times after his wits, but he
was not aware yet that she was dead. He expressed great
regret that he was net dead, and saidhe knew his fate if he
should reoover. _ _ .

Mr. H. Debenhern, the koala surgeon of the hospital,
described the injuries deceased bad received. There was a
deep incised wound in the throat six or seven inches long.
There were ten smaller cuts under the lip, on the chin,
and on the neck. The thumbs and finger, on both hands
were cut as if M self defence. There were two black eyes
of some days standing. The injuries were the caw, of death.
The Coroner summed up, and the jury returned a verdict
of " Wilful Murder against Nathaniel Mobbs."

BRUTAL TREATMENT.

SHIELDS, WEDNESDAT.—An inquest wu held to-
day in Sputh Shields upon the body of Matthew Jackson,
a young man aged nineteen, who received some frightful
injuries in one of the paddle-wheels of the Hotspur stam-
ina, in the river Tyne, on Monday week. He was a boat
builder, and had been working aboard of that vessel. It
appeared that the muter and owner, William Minto, de-
sired to try her on that day, and got the steam up. Bat as
he started her be found something obstructed one of the
paddle-wheels, and according to • dying statement made
by deceased, who said Minto was drunk at the time, he had
ordered his son and deceased to go into the paddle-
wheel and remove the obstruction. They hail done so
and while so employed, Minto had called on his son to come
out and start the boat. The lad had obeyed his father, and
had started the beat for some reason or ether before Jack-
son got out, who was whirled round with fearful precipi-
tancy by t►e wheel and then dashed against the paddle-
' case, where be was jammed. His cries attracted the Mintos,
and they stopped the boat, hauled him out, and laid him on
the deck. At the inquest they denied that they knew that
Jackson was in the paddle-case, and stated that they took
him out of the paddle-case opposite to where young
Minto had been. It appears that after the accident
Minto lad taken his boat to an adjoining wharf, and hay-
ing procured the assistance of • man, lifted deceased on to
the quay, and then pushed off and left him. Jackson was
found by a lishwoman on the quay, apparently dying, and
having procured assistance she removed him. The poor
fellow had been dreadfully nipped across the abdomen, and
it appeared from the post ',torten, examination his liver and
spleen had been ruptured, and other internal organs much
hurt. Deceased's depositions had not been taken down in
writing. The jury returned an open verdict, strongly cen-
•uring the Mintos for their brutal conduct in leaving the
poor fellow to die upon the public quay. The friends of
deceased have taken measures to immediately bring an ae-
tion against the elder Minto, who is a man of property.

CALEDONIAN AND DUMBARTONSHIRE JUNCTION
RAILWAY.—The half-yearly ordinary general meeting of
the proprietors of this company was held onWednesday in the
Queen's Hotel, George. square, Glasgow ; P. Blackburn,Esq.,
of Killearn, in the chair. The report, which was held as
read, states that the amount expended on the capital
account was, at last balance, 226,4261. 28. • ' there has been
since expended 10,8761. 17s. 4d.; making 237,3021. 19s. 4d.
Of this sum there has been advanced, in anticipation of
calls, by the directors, 23,7001. The outstanding liabilities
to landowners, contractors, &c., as per balance of half-year
ending 31st January last, was 20,878/. 18a ; there has been
since paid 10,8761. t, s. 4d. ; making 10,0021. Os. Bd.; leav-
ing as balauee yet to be paid to clear off all liabilities,
33,7021. Os. Bd.—The Chairman, in the absence of Mr.
Baird, Ml'. (who had written to say that he had been
obliged to go to Edinburgh, and consequently could not be
present) moved the adoption of the report, and that the
sum of 46171. be add2d to the balance.—Mr. Houldsworth
seconded the motion.—After some discussion the motion
was put from the chair and agreed to ne• eon., and the
pcosseasp this tendiate4. .ns ,
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