The Express.
London, England, 1859-10-04 00:00:00

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Mrs. Macfarlane, of No. 3, Elisabeth Cottages, Miliwall,
appeared before Mr. Belle to answer a charge of unleefully
detaining a camphor wood chest, late the property of John
Boyd, who was scalded to death on board the Greet Eastern
steam ship.
The complainant, Mrs. Rebecca Kingston, of N 0.7, Great
White Lion-street, Seven.dials, said—Her husband was In
Sydney. The detained, John Boyd, was her brother-M.
law and brought a camphor wood chest from China, and
node her a present of it. Boyd was afterwards engaged we
engineer on bowel the Great Eastern, and was killed by the
explosion on board that ship.
Mr. Belts—How came the box in possemsion of the de-
fondant?
Mrs. Kingston said that Boyd asked her for the loan of the
box to put his things in when he wens on board the Great
Eastern. The chest afterwards got into the possession of
the &Madam. She wished to regain possession of the chest
as a keepsake of her deceased relative.
The defendant said that Boyd hod incurred a debt of 61.
with her father for board and lodging before be joined the
Groat Eastern Her tether also lent the deceased 21. in
addition.
Mr. Selfe—Where is your father ?
Defendant—Re is now on board the Great Eastern. The
chest we. given by Boyd to my mother.
Mr. &rife "eked the value of the chest, to which Mrs.
Kingstoa replied that it was worth 51. The defendant, how-
ever. declared it was worth 30e. only.
Mr. Stile fleetly made an order non the defendant to
deliver the box to Mrs. Kingston upon the payment of 305.,
its value, and said that would go trepan lquidation of the
debt owing by the deceased.

SHOCKING MURDER IN LIVEKPOOL.—A fearful
can of murder occurred in Liverpool on Sunday night, in
which the unhappy victim was the husband of the woman
who dealt the death blow. It apposes from whet can at pre-
sent be gleaned of the cirmunstanies connected with the care
that both the partite, Alemnder Trotter and Susan Trotter,
residing at 17, Sbawhill•rtreet, had Men drinking together
until abiut clning time" (eleven o'clock) on Sunday night,
when they were observed to proceed towards their own resi-
dence, dawn Preston street. Oa entering the home every
thing appeared quiet, until the husband was observed stand-
ing in the door, with his coat mad waistcoat t
and talking loud end rapidly to his wife, who
was inside. Shortly afterwards the woman ran
eat into the On et, when ate wee immediately followed by
her husband, who said be would kill her, and flouriehed •
knife over his head. The woman retreated a few stops, and
drawing • knife from under ht r clothe., she made a rash at
her husband, and Indicted a revere wound in the amity of
the chest. The man cried ont that be was stabbed, and be
was at once conveyed to the Northern Hospital. but although
every remedy was weld, ha gradually sank, and died a few
hours after hie admission into the hospital. The woman was
apprehended, sad yesterday she was brought before the
supendiary maguttrete, end renonsded until Wednesday. in
orddrrcc that a post ovarian inanimation might be made et the
decesesd. .

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