The Express.
London, England, 1858-11-25 00:00:00

THA ANDOVAB AURDBR.

An horned was held yesterday on the body of Um
deceased, William Psalms, In the board-room of the u.k.
No olne whatever to the perpetrator of this horribt -•""
has yet bens gained. e crtaig
Mr. H. Lomat:ohs, solicitor, appeared to watch the pre.
cesclings on behalf of the deceased's family. The jury bohi
Sworn, the Coroner addressed them, and they retired to new
the body. The ling witness examined wee
Mr. H. E. Northover, who said—l am a draper, sad „„,
an andstant to deemed. I last saw him alive on Maui;
night, the 22nd inst., stout 9 o'clock. He was then in the
shop, where myself and coma of the other endowq kit
him. I did not use him alive afterward'. He wu &moo
in the same way as when found the following
with the exception of the overcoat. The next somornb,/
went for a we& alone ma I usually do, along the blown mid. I Tee es the point of returning about a quarter e
mile AM the lows whet my attention was drawn to some
atiel: the &Id. I approached it within Ere or Ile
vim I &toured it was • human body. I tumid
and gave information to the polio., with whore
I rennin es the Geld, and found it was Mr. PlWOlie
overcoat W net being to him but to some enema. gi
wee flat an hie bee, the beck part of the hen wae
much Weed. end there wee a coosiderable ountity
ef
blood near the hind; his en was af, there was • large ski
stick tying war him with nub on it, the bottom of kis
ski*, the *hit mel, eres stetowered with blood.
Chair Wehn oaperla of police, maid--On Tow
day
_morning haa, about eight o'clock in the moraine, I
inn
bees
the last winless that he had
teemed a to a field on the Salisbury tom,
died tbe nen bees murdered. I immediately pronehd
to lie spat with him and a policeroonstable, and then de.
seemed in body of • tees lying with his face to the grow,
the right ma nimbi forward, and the left was by kb
side; the hp Win windy straight. I okwarved third
wounds cm the head, the back part of which nu brokis aid
battered in way semels. A short distance from the book
about two feet, lay a large ash stick, about three feet lass.
which appeared to have be= recently cut, and at Ur hip
end of which then were several knots. It wee count
with blood end • portion of hair for about a foot tram the
bottom. The cep of demised was lying a in
on the left side, as though it had fain eg,
The lb* was wend with frost. Deceased wee dimmed in
a rough top-cost, pry bowmen coat and waistcoat, aid by.
sham. One of the young men parent said, " Good God, k
ie Mr. Ponces." I thee recognised him. I have non
him for nearly eight pen. Prom the body I could dinned,
trace the of one walking towards the Nu
shed whin to to the held,) rto Mr. Footner, ens
the hedge. There is a gap in the edge between the two
held,. I could not trace the footatepe any further than the
gap. On examination of the Jude of the died there apposed
marks of a alight south. On the Andover side of the env
shed there appeared footmarks et the top of the bank. I
west to Mr. Elliott, sad took him back to the field. After
he had examined the body, 1 had it conveyed to the unish
in a cart, where, in the -pretence of Mr. Bilk*, I
searched the pookees, sad found 31. 12s. ed. in monsp,e
ether watch and gold gaud round his neck, a gold eye-
sad various papere, end other article' of minor importance.
I examined the pa but they do not throw say light OP
the matter. The body weewma lying about 37 yards from
the
coed. There did not appear to have been any scale when
the body lay, which wee about 42 yards from the cow-abed,
Henry John Haye said—l rends in Andover, and us
walking down the town on Monday evening about half-pint
nine o'clock, when I saw Mr. Parsons coming from his On
and Toldproceed down Midge-street leading to the Selo
. He was alone, and I did not sae him An.
wards. He had a top-coat and cap on.
Jahn Henry Elliott said—l wu called yesterday
to a held In Santa road where Iwu idiom the=
a sun lying on his feel. He was dead, odd, sad stif..- I
(=inlaid him, and found =Waive fractures on the drat
He bad evidently been dead some hours. Alter the body
was conveyed home I made • second examinatioa. There
were marks of blood, dire, grass, and two loth of hair ea
di/boat parts of his person and clothes, His face smug
covered with blood. His nose was flattened. On die right
side el the bead wee a semicircular wound dy iachee in wiftb,
There was another scalp wound on the head and utast id
the base of the neck. At the back of the head was s len
wound 3 inches long and I i inch wide. A north* of lis
skull wee fly detached, through which the romans
ugh
brine meld be hit. Prom the state of the wool I
have no doubt the demand came by his death by violux. I
saw the stick, and have no doubt the wound' may have ham
mused by such en instrument. It wu imputable that be
mild hays indicted those wound? himself,

At ibis Bugs of the Inquiry the coroner Intimated that la
adjournment would be neoeseary.—Adjourned acemanaly.

TILE surrosan POISONING 07 Tlro CH11.11710
BY LOZBNOEB.

The adjourned inquest upon the bodied of JUills
and Getty Walton, the two children of Mr. Thome Webs,
farmer, of Lever Edge, Great Lever, was resumed es T.
day anernme, at the Bradford Arms, Great Lem Wes
Mr. Rutter, coroner. It will be remembered that the 14jouctiment took place in order to have an masks! oassi•
malice of the stomas of the children. sad of mined Ws
peppermint lozenges with which they were supposed to bete
been poisoned.
Mr. John Carruthers. surgeon, who gave evitimee seas
previous inquiry, was further examined, and stated deities
had not been able to form any other opinion then etiee
he had already expressed. He had suspected the Übe
was poison in the stomach', bat the appeared:es both Ws
and after death were such aa might be produced
ret=
muses Inflammation of the stomach and bowels
occurred without any poison being taken, sad we alls
caused by cold. There bad been a great deal al
plaint recently in the neighbourhood of Bolton, sad be
not undertake to say that the cases of these chtkbedikee
not ordinary ones of that kind ; yet he thought they
sufficiently stkpiciotie to require investigation. Telt
never examined the stomach of any person who bad bees
poiseeed by arsenic.
Mr. Daniel Boone, professor of chemistry to the Rejal
Ifseehester School of Medicine, said that on nerds,
'Bemoan be received from Police-amenable Thomas Bathed
a jar centednieg about two ounces of a yellow ill/
gelid, mostly bile, which he was iru,trirted to analyse. After
a watching examination, by the meet approved seethe&
known, be was unable to discover any trace of poison. Si
received, at the rune time, a quantity of peppermint lump,
which he also tested. He found them to be free trout sr-
manic ; but they were largely mixed with plaster of Pub,
which was unwholesome and likely to cause tidied" \ist
not to etch an extent as to produce death.
The coroner congratulated the jury upon the
termination of the !equity, and said he thought tfh=
come to no other conclusion than that the <halm had Slid
from ieflemmation produced by natural mum.
•
The jury returned a verdict to that affect.

THE ROBBERIES LT TSB SALMI Mr-

071,103.

On Tuesday, at the Borough Court, Halitqf
Richard Taylor again appeared before the bench. carpi
with stealing litters from the Halifax Post-offion The Mt
was crowded, the case exciting great interee, from the roj d
Taylor being well known in the town, not only se a law
carrier but se foreman of the corporation fire betide, end r
a teetotal advocate.
The particulars of the cam hare already best pan We&
Three foreign coins, marked, were enclosed la a Maw,
wlt'ob was meted at Wakefield and which
weald have to stamp. It brier promptly
the letter had not left Wakeltold, the prhi was
"cleated, wad la a piece al newspaper folded tip la his
were found the three pieoes of coin enclosed is the
letter. The primmer maid be bought them of a reed
Leeds at the time of the Queen's visit, whom ha did
Low. The primer wee then given into one adla
him were found seven letters which should have
thane—eve of them being addressed to pewee
la the district for which the prisoner wee the pule&
The letters bore different dates, all within a few dpig
the time when the prisooer was taken Ines matede. • Al
the prisoner's house were found several addidoesl Mims
one of which, addressed to Norwich. had bra aped
mod re-sealed ; likewise a gold ring, • gold breech, a sates
aurg
referred to
ical in et rumen &atla a
brooch number
hpleavd l
of p. oaitickr Les:w,mail
which
sneaker to a gold flag pledged in Halifax. (All thaw ride
had been *Wrested from letters, sad their loss hed eorehlard
much annoyance.) In the prisoner's pocket-book NO
found a quantity of postage stamps, which ware eilsfulddr
es if removed front fetters which bed hew posted.
The formal emblem baviag bees gives, the prievelt
slimed to Bey eviyfek. n. beech
blot to York Cale ter kb! at the'eaufag vaster P.
livery. He wee atm emeniked on the charge of leaf
Weir pelted on dr was day by Mr. Barreavas, a Lai.
Wrest, Relax, le Wt. Wfiliam Atkinson, diaper, BA*
fold. Tile letter eeateined a sample et stag which 11i4
weer seeteek, It brimmed, for sleek tune. Tien
mom of other caws etelaet Taylor, bat they wee sot
meld with.

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AN 00100ENAITAN BURNT TO DirfX.—lt
day afternoon an Inquiry was bad at We Nice af
Upper Yort-plam, Tertiand-tees, Ow
Mrs. Elisabeth lidvinda, an Windyw
moo of op, resift,' at 24 Vistario-twomo,
; wood, who did an Sunday bat ham Mit eiretra
k under the following ofronmsemote:—/Loocediag to
meat of deceased Ittrotlf a abort hiss Woo bar
appears that on the day of lb• ecoldent aloe iridium
front a walk, and laid her gloves upon dm
against the mirror, preparatory to diveatiag Wag
• boansk ha. Haying done no abs plowed bre brad
the mantel pipe to put bar gloom in bee *
four door Wag opal% the currant of it weditiMr
arednal the 'pato, -and is a 1.00111114 AO VW
low& Sao lot why Wow bona
illsr7 Poems. a woman vibe abbela 41*
Wins, trim do limeord of do how robot op
at loasiderableFal 'lrk oxtbisioltiti Om A
horet an i„„ sad Assoosol tros fonoval
t oho Unwed peat pas Or ereeral der.
Mini injuries mare stout the anul, lugs, and facer
p.m of her perm aura frigiAlealy bent. Itiorl
a verdiot in amailanot trill) the foes which
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mom unsOunreodia Ty**, tioismissime
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assesen abaci do applicant to tbrtYY .hew, owl the
Oaf Mori over tor dicaran Quill lb* slitift of Ws owl
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tar alb 60 10 talus by • Mahmssubs
abs W quatitivt am as rillassy.
eceschatiotialy tabs ilts crib relebef es
serfs estresse " era the tea faith of a Obriller.
Tbstemers te whether it b noceosary that Ws Mb shwa
be tams by -. My lemon brothers awl welt
her seastispai the goostios, and In re of ey4
ttaa iiee the oath is not tottairod So be Shwa
by We ardour, berme babe the W. Oaths
ist pond idea the lest MISS of poolisarat St was .et
wirisity.hterbe le be mbersi se ma attentey, to she
is ma atistaliou bst esti the oath of sw=lifssd
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bee srelty dab . Ws OM hat tie oath our
pimps the albs of lerpeurey, and iets-
sr, mei oases hellion those mho are set brad bear
as swim ef.the est le tree the rah of.b jaeMem. It sr
we verbs* le be is by Mossy% end se de sot rap-
▪ 111 gas lis Simko of
the Wekswe Seek by the
Ws mit of petNsilossa. flosbalW vs say of bar llsjostja
solisas Shah they owe set yo wiosoly oriscre.
Millisay attestors be sirtted en ettonry ca be
tTtli tenth of abeam oaf the ooth to errs kir.
acre es attersey.
Illt. Cestomire Tyalist them Sob the err In the tors
sea WON es Ys aeresse, sr tett disci og tha
lass borer Ye herb with Me
est Wen Krim slat both brie Iles to hit totem
and WWI IL
Lei oassbee, otlisoestas the rely sitar attorney,
ggi—l Ma you sesseas yew perears, Me.
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°COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
aft. la Banco.— Lug Old Jesting Cockbars,
lei holism lIMINN. OmPar, sad Dyke.)

wrkrr r. JULLIM-111111 wair.
Tik was aa schwa egaLeat hills 6r the hire
d a
'tea
the omelets at the Boyd Surrey
Orrirma. TM amount clAiined vas 81. Sa. a week for
ok work, rad N. Juin= paid 201. into court and denied bin
Milky far say greater Naomi. The main points of the
Mime were that the teat, which wee wanted for the pur-
pm is softie champagae in, was not complete, as k
druid has bona. visa thefi ts woo gives to the Ouards,ead
Oat awes ad la kr the purpose for which it erne regain&
feats was tried Wore Mr. Justice Wilkie • My or
two ago, mks ko jury found • verdict for the plated" kw
101., to WOW to the amount paid into court.
Ilk M. altimbreo now moved for a new trial, was tho
Fogad SO Ow verdict use against the trilogies.
Ti. Nowt took time to mama Mr. Justke Will.. spas
the maw.