The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-23 00:00:00

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s a gurgling in her throat,

bserved some blood coming from, as

this time the prisoner

was on the floor. The witness stated, I then said ,4 Sal
will you go to the hospital ?" She nodded he.
I observed that the blood was running in streams from
her neck or mouth. I got ready to take her to the hospi-
tal, but was not then aware that her throat was cut. The
prisoner then got up and said he would take her himself,
and he mit his arms round her neck and waist, and the
deceased did the same to him, and they left the house for
the purpose of goincP., to the hospital.

head, when

The 63roner-: With the assistance the prisoner ren-
dered her, was she able to walk out of the house ?
Witness Yes. In about five minutes after the pri-
soner returned and said, " Sally has dropped down dead."
I then called up Ann Loftus, who slept in the garret.
The Coroner : How soon, after you had heard that she
had dropped down dead, was it that you heard that she
had a wound in her throat ?

Witness : About half an hour. When the prisoner came
back and told me that Sally was dead, ha asked me for
twopence-halfpenny which I gave him, and he went out.
As he left the door he said, " This is the last pint I shall
ever get of you." In about five minutes he came back
again and sat down in a chair. He asked me to give him
the scissors. I told him they were upstairs. He then
shook hands with my little boy, Morris, then little
Willey, who is eight years of age, and then with Ellen,
and then took hold of me and bid God to bless me.
I was very much frightened, and I went to a neighbours
house. I forgot to tell you that he wanted me to take
a lock of his hair. It was then that I felt frightened
and went out of the house. Last night I went to the
hospital when I saw that the deceased's throat was out.
That is all I know about it. (A knife was produced and
handed to the w itness. It was covered with blood.) I
cannot say if that knife ever belonged to the prisoner. It
was about six o'clock when the prisoner and the deceased
left the house together.

The Coroner (addressing the prisoner) : Have you any
questions to put to tile witness ?
Prisoner : No.
Sarah Wilson deposed that she lived with her husband
in a cellar in Prince William-street. She was not on
intimate terms with the deceased, but had spoken to her
on the previous Sunday afternoon. I asked her what wa3
the matter with her, as she had a great " heeling " (a
lump) on the side of her nose. She said she was ashamed
of it, but it came of itself. I have seen the prisoner, but
have never spoken to him. I know the last witness, as
her door is close against my cellar. On Monday morning
I got up about half-past four o'clock to make my hus-
band's breakfast. About twenty-five minutes to six I
heard the deceased cursing the prisoner very much. They
were coming up Marr-street. The prisoner was speaking
to her but not cursing. They went into the house belong-
ing to the prisoner's mother. When in the house I heard
the deceased say " Have I got anything else belonging to
you ?" He replied " Yes, my old shoes; take them off."
I did not hear her say anything else until the deceased
called out " Oh my face—my face," which she repeated
several times. I then heard a rattling with the mugs, and
the deceased called out "Loose my arm—loose may arm—
loose the basin." The next I heard was a woman calling
ont in the street that Sally Drummond was gone to the
hospital badly hurt. I thou ran out of the house as fast
as I could for the purpose of seeing her, and I overtook
her in Wolfe-street, just before she fell.
Coroner: Are you sure she was alone?

Witness : Yes ; no person was near her; she was alone.
She was lying on the parapet, her throat was gaping wide
open, and the blood was flowing fast from it. I was too
weak to call for the police, but went and set on
a step opposite to her till some men came up as
they were roing to their work. They did not call
for the police, but some of them, after looking
at her, went on to their work. I left her, and
went home and told my husband, and when I came
back, police-constable 262 was there. Nothing was done
by any of the men to assist her. She was put into a
cart, and taken to the dead-house. I thought she was
dead when she fell, from the quantity of blood that flowed
from the wound.
The Coroner—(to prisoner) : Will you ask this witness

any question ?

Prisoner

No ; proceed further in:the case, I shall say