The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-25 00:00:00

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ALLEGED MURDER ON THE
HIGH SEAS.

•
CORONER'S IxoussT.—Yesterday, the coroner held an
inquest on the body of William Henry Barnes, who had
been an able seaman on board the American ship Driver,
which arrived here on Friday last from New York, and
who, it was alleged, had been murdered by Peter Con-
nolly, another sailor, now in custody. From the evidence
of a boy named Wchard Cotton, it appeared that on
Tuesday week last, when off Cape Clear, the third mate
of the ship sang out " Loose the jib," and the prisoner
was going to do it, but did not go quick enough, and then
the third mate sent deceased to do it. Having performed
the duty, the deceased said to the prisoner, " For two
pins I would knock your teeth down your throat." The
prisoner said, " Try it," and the deceased then struck
him with his closed fist; he also struck him a second
blow, which knocked his head against a water cask. He
also knocked the prisoner down, and kicked him in the
face with all his might, until it was cut, and covered
with blood. The prisoner then jumped un with his
knife in his hand, and made a stab at the deceased, at
the same time saying " You son of a " The
deceased immediately exclaimed "I am stabbed—l am
killed, and shall die." The third mate then ran up,
and asked what was the matter. Deceased said Peter
had stabbed him, when the mate said he was served
right. In reply to the prisoner, the witness said the
third mate sent him to loose the jib. Frederick
Meines. a sailor on board the ship, gave similar,'
evidence, and in addition, he said that the deceased'
used to treat the boys very badly and harshly. much more:
than he ought to do, and that he heard the deceased and
prisoner quarrelling before, but never saw any blows
struck. Some other witnesses were examined to the same
effect, but the most important was that of Inspector
liehoe. who said he saw the deceased at the hospital on
Tuesday night last, when he told witness he was dying.
Witness then took down in writing what the deceased
said, and read it over to him, and he said it was all cor-
rect, and made his mark to it. The surgeon was present.
The statement of the deceased was to the same effect, as
he witnesses, and added
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son of a - have you got another buttonhole in you ?'
I said, " for God's sake, captain, have mercy on me until I
get over this.' Yes,' said he, ' for two pins I werild 'tie
you up, and flog you in two minutes.' The day we docked
I sent for Peter (the prisoner) to come down and see me,
but he did not come. He is a Liverpool boy, 16 or 17

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wPs me twenty-file dollars, I wish it to be sent to my
father, John P. Barnes, of Bucks-port, state of Maine."
Mr. Wall, house surgeon of the Northern Hoepital, said
there was a wound on the right side of the deceased, below
the tenth rib; it was about an inch in length; he was
suffering from peritonitis, and died on Wednesday morning.
Witness made a post mortem examination of the body, and
found the wound had penetrated into the abdomen, and
produced the peritonitis, which caused death. The wound
would be produced by a knife such as the one now
AirhihitiA

The prisoner, after being cautioned in the usual way, said
the deceased kicked and abused him very much, and that he
had two witnesses to prove it. He also said that the
deceased had threatened to kill him before, and he was
afraid he would carry out that threat.
The Coroner said he had postponed the inquiry from the,
previous day, in order to have Captain Holberton and the
chief mate present, but they had not thought proper to
atten'l. In his opinion, there was a serious charge pending
against the captain and chief mate, and yet they did not
come forward to meet it. If the statement of the deceased
were true, in reference to the langur ge of the captain, he (the
coronet) must say his conduct was perf ctly brutal, he could
not we a more moderate term for it. He then summed up
the evidence, and left it to the jury, whether the case was
one of manslaughter or justifiable homicide. The jury at
once found a verdict of manslaughter. The coroner then
told the prisoner it became his duty to commit him for trial.
He had no doubt, however, that if application were made in
the proper quarter, and bail tendered, it would be accepted.
The prisoner was then committed for trial at the assizes.
The prisoner's father, a respectable looking person, was
present during the enquiry. The prisoner is about seventeen
years old, and he was described as a quiet inoffensive boy.
tmerican consul was also present, as the deceased was
hout thirty years of age.

an American citizen

He was

POLICE COURT.

—YESTEnDAY

(BEFORE MR. MAX IV F LL.)

THE EXTENSIVE JEWFLLERY AND MONEY ROBBERY.--•
Inspector Murphy brought up two persons, named John
and William Hadfield (brothers), on a charge of being
concerned in the robbery of gold and jewellery belonging
to Monsieur Sancan, a French gentleman, who arrived
here last Friday from New York, by the ship Driver.
A detailed report of this robbery appeared in our paper
of Wednesday. In addition to the evidence already
given, the inspector said that after he arrested the prisoner
Flood (already in custody), in Manchester, he proceeded
to Stockport, where he secured the prisoner John Had-
field at his residence, Bently-street, in that town. The
prisoners now at the bar, it appeared, came as passen-
gers by the ship Driver from America. When the
officer arrested John Hadfield, he at once admitted that
Flood had taken the box, but he (the prisoner), at the
time imagined it was his (Howl's) own property. He
took it to a public house in Oldhall-street, where he
opened it, for the purpose, as he said, of getting a shirt
out of it, and then when he (the prisoner), saw what the
trunk contained, he knew it sins stolen. On the other
prisoner the officer found twelve twenty dollar pi!ces,
such as bad been stolen from M. Sancan. The wife of
William Hadfield delivered him up £2l in gold, which
she said her husband had given her. The brother-in-law
of one of the prisoners had also given up two ten pound
notes, saying the prisoner had given them to him the
night before to keep. The prisoners, at the request of
the inspector, were remanded.

ROBBERY OF £52.—A young girl named Anna Wrigg,
was charged by a gentleman named George Murphy, with
ha ring robbed him of Eri2, in Clayton-square, at an early
hour on the previous evening. The story w' as shortly
this. The complainart was the worse for liquor, and
got into a cab to go home. The prisoner forced her way
into the vehicle, but made a hasty retreat, when the
complainant missed his purse, which contained the sum
of money already mentioned. The girl who cried
bitterly, and denied the charge, was remanded.
THE CHARGE AGAINST A SHOPMAN.—George Gregor.
late a shopman at Messrs Cook and Townsends, and his
wife, were again brought up yesterday on further charges.
Mr. Snowball attended for the prosecution, and Mr.
Bluck appeared for the prisoners. Scott, the detective,
who had the prisoners in custody, said he had found
about 100 pawn tickets, which related to goods pledged
in Glasgow, Newcastle, Manchester. Liverpool, and
other places. Several pawn-broker's assistants came
forward and identified the female prisoner, as the per-
son who had pledged goods with them, and some of this
property was identified as belonging to the prosecutors.
The prisoners were both fully committed for trial.
ALLEGED ROBBERY OF A WATCH .TWO respectable
looking young men, named Patrick and Brien M‘Grim-
ness, (brothers), were charged by a person named James
Cahill, with stealing his watch. On the night of the
18th, the complainant was in Harrison's public-house,
Lime-street, between one and two o'clock. The
prisoners and some other persons were at the counter.
The light was suddenly put out, and the complainant
was struck a blow on the nose, and his watch was taken,
as he alleged, by the prisoners. Mr. Bluck appeared for
the prisoners, and in cross-examination of the prosecu-
tor, he elicited such facts, as at once induced the magis-
trate to discharge the prisoners, at the same time saying
there was not the shadow of a foundation for a charge
against them.