Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-12-30 00:00:00

CORONER'S COURT.-YESTEEDAY.

The Borough Coroner heid the following inquests yesterday

On the body of John Ferguson, who shot himself in his
berth, on board the Empire of Peace emigrant ship, in the,
Queen's Dock, on Monday last. Bateman, a Manchester de-
tective, came down to Liverpool to search for deceased, who
had been in the employment of Messrs. Brown, of Manchester,
from whom he bad abstracted £370. Redman, the officer,
joined Bateinan, and the result of their joint inquiries was that
Ferguson bad taken a passage in the "White Star" Erie to
Melbourne, in the name of Myers. They proceeded on board
of the Empire of Peace, and at the berth No. 5, op deck,
Redman opened the door, and, looking in, saw a person
in the bed, 'to whom he said, "Mr. Myers, come out here;
I want to speak a few words to you." The person addressed
turned in the berth, and instantly the sound of a pistol shot
was heard, and the result was the de ith of the unhappy man.
When removed from the berth a rifle-bore pistol was found
under where he lay. The jury returned av. relict offelo de se.
The unhappy man was not mere than twenty years of age, and
was a native of Scotland. An uncle of the deceased had come
from London, on hearing of the sad calamity.---On the body of
Robert Roberts, a seaman, who was killed by falling from the
bridge of the steamer Duke of 'Cambridge against the fore spon-
son. There was evidence to S,b.ONi; that the fail was accidental.
The steamer arrived at her moorinve at six o'clock a.m. yeste.•-•
day morning, and the accident occurred whilst she was being
got aleagside the quay. Verdiot,accordingly.—On the body of
Margaret Cress, who died on Christmas night in a brothel in
Comm-place, of which she appeared to have been an inmate.'
• The rleceased was drunk on that night and quarrelled with
Mary Ann Sullivan, another inmate of the same place, at
whom she sung a candlestick, when the latter is sworn to
have seized her by the hair with both hands, pulled her to
the ground, and bumped. er head with great violence against
the flags several times. Site then kicked her while down on
' the back, head, and netk, and knelt on Cross's chest. The
latter called out "Oh! Mary Ann, oh? Two or three
more like that will lkill me." Sullivan, on this, again
leisied her a second time, and thumped and kicked her. Toe
wretched woman is •said to have then ran for a knife to
stick hevelf, but in this she was stopped. Sullivan is
eaid to have been -comparatively sober. Deceased was car-
Tied up stairs, and a doctor sent for, but before he reached,
,ske had ceased to live. This inquiry had been adjourned
'over Monday andrruesday, because, at first, quite a different
-complexion had been given to it by one of the inmates of the
house, Martha Davies, who witnessed the whole. This woman
-stated, en Monday, that deceased had fallen on the grate in
her contest with Sullivan, but inquiries having led the officers
of the court to suspect this story, investigation led to dis-
covery, and Davies then related the tale as above. She admit.
ted what she had first stated was false, and pleaded that she
had been requested by Sullivan, and bad agreed to give the
affair another complexion. Yesterday the jury, after con-
siderable • discussion in their own room, returned a verdict
of " Wilful murder" against Mary Anne Sullivan, and
the Coroner made out his warrant for her committal.
At the same time he gave Davies in charge for wilful and
corrupt -perjury.---On the body of Joseph Bean, who was
working •at the Compton House, on the 14th instant, and,
falling. through the joists, received such injuries as caused his
• death. 'Verdict accordingly.---On the body of Mary Williams,
who fell into a cellar. and received such injuries as caused her
'death. Verdict, " Accidentally killed."---On the body of
Edmund Morris, found burnt, under the circumstances stated
in our paper yesterday. Verdict accordingly.---On the body
•of Eve Green, a resident of Ben Jonson-street, in which the
jury found a verdict, "Died of excessive drinking."---On the
body of Patrick Clarke, two years old, who was accidentally
burnt, and in which the jury found a verdict to that effect.