The Express.
London, England, 1866-08-16 00:00:00

INQUEST ON A GAROTTER.—(THI3I74;-•.)
This forenoon Mr. John Humphrey' •
coroner, held an inquest at the Greenlate,
tire to the death of Wm. Symons, aged 51 yesr,74.l
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square.
Three persons were oomeerned in the "ad....
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mimed and another man whom the prosecti;;',o4
• *se, and a woman named An
she is a butcher's wife, but is behoved to be
thief: _ _

Elizabeth Symons, Kell-street, Dover-road, „
her husband was a dyer. He left home on Tooft,4
something. He said that he was going ow* 1 "
with a friend. He did not tell her the name de tri:"l.
he never told her unless it was aometlung
heard since from a Mrs. Butler, who sal frolVil' 8
bury-market, that her husband had got into de
died. She knew nothing of the other pence'
Witness had a very bad memory, in oaniegft,s7.4
shock to her nerves.
Thomas Hainan, 207 G, said that &bolt 1 o'floti
Wednesday morning he was on duty in Filiehary.ta,
and he was speaking to a brother constable, oh,„
heard some one running along. Presently a rms.—.
running, and amrently in a great fright liVii.47l
" Hallo ! What is the matter t' The mss lal4
ja,
been stopped by some persons and lobbed." left,
up his hand and said " Hush !" for be hunt ',oft°.
Then up came two men and a woman. When
sight of the police they separated and na avail
robbed man said, " That man," pointing to the
" is the one that searched my pockets with 'ftft.
Witness thereupon ran down Market-street ahoi-ii7
ceased, and succeeded in overtaking him. Be lom:
said, " What do you want with me !" WADI. 'aim
want you for robbing a man." The deemed
" Oh, it was not me—l know nothing about it." jft`
that moment the other constable came up with 0,,,n2
in custody, and the prosecutor also came up. Tft',
cuter said,'" He is tho man. It was he that 'gift'''.
and said, Let the have it,' while the olio 61
me, and the woman and this nun robbed me 7,
deceased seemed to be struck all of a heap, by ti jio,7!
began to puff and blow. Witness said, ' Au!
wind gone bad It was all right enough just '.%
you were running after this lean." Wham tuft"
along the City-road towards the station ;on the fth
reeled, and ultimately he fell. Witness got less iatt
assist him in cal ryinx the deceased to the Wonhigoft
station, where be died immediately on being soft&
No violence was offered him.
Thomas Capes, 89, Mape-street, Bethnal-grem odd
just after 1 o'clock on Wednesday morning he mssftftil
and robbed in Finsbury-square by two men sad a Wei
One of the men held him by the throat from Ishii",
other, the deceased, examined his waistcoat poets',
the woman tore open his trousers pockets, and teat di.
from it,. 6d. Witness was then knocked don, oft
lost his senses. When he got nip he ran after theme%
and fell in with the police. No violence was due%
deceased by either witness or the police.
A carter named Hughes also deposgal that DO isiviN
inflicted on the deceased.

Mr. G. Yarrow, surgeon, said that be was cilledteti
station at Worship-street, and found the deemedfat
There were no marks of violence apparent. The
mortem examination showed that there vas a "Oat
a vessel on the brain and that the surface of tie pa
was covered with blood ; the lunge were emoted, oAs
wise the body was in a healthy state. He a
death to rupture of a vessel on the brain from exeitua
Police-constable Hainan said that the deemed seo
quite light of the whole affair until the worm se
brought up in custody. He then began st axe talk;
for breath. _ _

Elizabeth Symons moaned, said that her hushisdhl
only once before been in custody, and then only fora*
He wax let home the same evening.
The Coroner having summed up,
The jury returned a verdict " That deceased died bm
effusion of blood on the brain from natural causes elm
citement."

TiTetieceaseirs male companion has not yet to
arrested. He could have been arrested aloud with tie
deceased, but that the prosecutor said that he meld id
identify him, as he assailed him from behind. Theme
no doubt of the guilt of the individual in the deenseh
company, however, as when he sighted the policemed a
Finsbury Market, he went across the road in two boob,
and made off as fast as his legs could carry km