The Express.
London, England, 1857-12-09 00:00:00

4831211 IRTELLIGENOIL

NORTHERN OlRCUlT.—l.rnaroot, nee. 7.
(Before Mr. Imam Ingthimme.) e
Aerate MeUse, aged Si, a beam-maker, area charged, en I
a coroner's inquest, with the wilful netuder of Ann Mellor, I
at Bolton.
ip. Semler and Mr. Iligens conducted the prosecution; I
Mr. Feeneley defended the prisoner.
Mr. Bowler, In opening the cue, mid the prisoner am
charged with the It Wel murder of kis wife. It seemed
that, shout five years before this fatal ask took plea I
the prisoner and the deceased were married, end the-
' living fruits of the marriage were three ebiklren. From
the time of the marriage it appeared that the primmer
and the deceased had tired on bed terms, so much se
that tho deceased thmenned to leave him ; and on lie
26th September list she actually did ken his roof, and
went to sleep at another house. Between seven and eight
o'clock on the evening of the let October, the deceased
was getting bee en ppe at her mother's h.OlO, when the
miaowr went into the piece nether the worm for drbek.
It seemed more conversation took Ore bet warn the prisoner
and the doomed, with reference to the dummied returning to
him. She refused to go holm, alog fur • reason that she
had nothing to go to but a damp cceelllearr in which there had
been no linter a week, end that if she and the children ei
turned they would take their deaths of cold. The deeemed
proposed to keep two of the children—the child In RM., and
the second boy, Tom. The prig. ter loft the house, and re-
mained away for a few minutes When he ranee beck agate
he approached hie wife, put his hand on her eitoolder, ended&
he wanted her to let him clip her, as be would not hurt • hate
open her head. Ile then went out again. The deceased and
her lumber sometime afterwards went out together to purchase
some things foe the children. They went along C repo mem",
and when they got sear the bridge they heard the prism:prose
ning eller them. Upon hearing him approach they both turned
round to face him. When be mate mph° irked tim docemed if
she would go Lack with him, anti she said, "yea, she
would." Some convenation took place between the mother-
, in-law and the prisoner, and the prisoner eveatually told the
old mama to go away, or she would be sorry for it. The
prisoner and the deceased then crossed the dime on the Lite
bend side, and they went along from Crown-select into
Deans ate. When they got into Deanagate the prisoner
pro his wife a Move, and then she said, " What are you
about r They went on a little further, till they emus oppo-
site to a ahop, talking ; and the prisoner fell ovum a ring in
the stmt. used for the purpme of letting down barrels into the
cellar. They amend to the other eltle of the street, opposite
to a spirt-vaults; and there again some more conversation
took pesos Peeress the primmer sad the deceased. At length
. a preen who would be called new the prisoner run up to
. the deceased and begin to strike her about the head—eo
much se, indeed, that she wee on the polat of falling, when
the prfteeler caught her with his left hand, and pulled
her head over his bps, took out • Wile from a side
picket in his trousers, and commenced casein her throat.
Nu sooner bad the primmer cut his wife's *feat than he
drew the kaife acme@ his awn " end then the Ma bopped
. free binhand, which wee takes up by a permgt.
Fogg.
end
Both the prisoner and the deceased were takes' to the la-
t tirmary, and the prisoner wee detained there under treetmaga