Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-08 00:00:00

HOMICIDE OF A WIFE BY HER HUSBAND.

At the Lambeth police-court, on Monday, Henry Welsh
was brought up oo remand, charged with inflicting such
serious injuries neon _Eifel Welsh, his wife, as to occasion
her death Police-constable Isaac Sheppard, 49 L, in-
formed the magistrate that an inquest had that morning
been held oa the body of the deceased, and a verdict of
manslaughter returned against the prisoner. The witnesses
were now all in attendance, with the exception of the
medical gentleman who had attended the • deceased.
Andrew Moore, a stoker employed at the Vauxhall gas
works, deposed that he lodged with the prisoner and the
deceased at No. 4, Model-buildings, High-street, Lambeth.
On Saturday, the 19th ultimo, he and the prisoner went
to Brixten to tee a (laughter of the latter, and on their
return home at nigat they fouled that the deceased had
left the apartment, and that 'the chi Been were alone and
crying. Witness went to bd, and the prisoner set out in
search of his wife. About midnight witness was awoke
by the prisoner and his wife quarrelling, and he got np
and went to the room in which they were talking. The
prisoner blamed his wife for leevirg the children, ~and said
he had found her outside a beershop in Vauxhall-walk.
The deceased was very much intoxicated, and seemed
scarcely able to'sit or stand. She was also very aggra-
vating in her language and manner, and at last the
prisoner struck her a blow on the side of the head with
his flat hand and she fell to the ground, her head coming
in contact with the doorpost. Witness lifted her up, and
the prisoner ordered her to go to bed, and she did so
The following day she weft very ill, and the prisoner sent
for a doctor, who at ended her up to the time of her
death. Honor Stafford deposed that on the night in
question she heard violent screaming in the prisoner's
roam, and the deceased exclaim, " Oh, you will kill me."
On the Wednesday the deceased became delirious, and
died at midnight on Fridsy last. Mary Crawford, also
an iomate sf the same house, gave 'estiwony to the same
effect. This witness also beard the dreadful screaming
spoken of b 7 the last witness, and further, that the
deceased cried out, " Oh, you will murder me." and almost
immediately afterwards she heard a heavy fall against the
window. She did not see the deceased until the 23rd,
when she was des gerously i.l, complaining of violent pains
in her head, neck, back, bosom, and chest, all of which
portions of her b,dy were bruised. The eyes were also
blackened. She was only sensible at intervals ; but when
so, she told the witness in the prisoner's presence that
the injuries had been inflicted by him, adding that he
ought not to have beat her so for raking a drop of beer,
The constable Sheppard proved his apprehension of the
prisoner, who. when told the charge was for violently ill-
using his wife, acknowledged that he had done so and that
he was sorry for it. There being no other witnesses ready
to give their testimony, the prisoner was remanded for
further examination. An inquest was held at the White
Lion public-house, High-street, Lambeth, be'oro Mr.
Carter. Eliza Hutson deposed that she was sent for to
attend Elie(' Welsh, on the morning of the 20th of Sept.,
and that on arriving at her residence, No 4, Model
Houses, Vauxhall, she found her lying on a bed very rest-
less Her face on the left side was very much sw Alen,
and very purple She was then insensible Mr Welth •
told her (witness) that he struck his wife a flat-handed
blow, that she fell, and that this was the cause of her
illness. She put a blister on the B:da of her head. She
lived a fortnight afterwards. At intervals she was in-
sensible. On one occasion, the 22ad, when she came to
herself, she said, " I have been badly used, but by whom
I don't know." Her husband, who was standing by, said,
"My dear, by ma." She said, " Harry," which- was her
husband's Christian name, " what money had I home with
me on Saturday night ?" He repl ed 124 and some half.
pence. She exclaimed, "My God, you will drive me mad
if you say that—that is what you beat me for." The
husband answered yes, "your stopping out and getting
drunk, tad not getting my supper ready." In reply to
a question from his wife, the husband stated he found her
made a Jerry shop, and that he said he would pay her
out for it when he got her home. The jury, after a brief
deliberation, returned a verdict of manslaughter against
the prisoner, who was committed on the coroner's
warrant.

GTS' CLOT/TING MAD- WITET GREAT TASTE, at LEWIS and
COMPANY'S,9 Racelagh-streLt.

SiIIriVRECTC it THE BALTIC.—The ship Nil., 378 tonb
register, S:ephens moter, from Itartlepool. to Orolistadt.
with a cargo of coal, was stranded on the north went reef
..f the island of Sveicar dur.ng a very heavy gale on the
morning Tuesday,. tho 23rd of B,..pt(mber, at 330 a.m.,
and will become a total wreck. This vessel is on her
learn-en Is and cargo gone ; crew saved, the whole of the
Crew having experieccei the greatest kindness from the
inhabitan,m.

At LEWIS Az COIPAra'S, Ranelagh-street.
BOYS are CLOTHED f m the Ages of Six to Twenty Years.