The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-19 00:00:00

V HIS DAY'S NEWS

7 'A 'E MURDER IN ARTILLERY-LANE.

INQUEST ON THE BODY.

7b is morning an inquest was held by W. Baker, jun.,

Eso deputy-coroner for the eastern division of Middle-
sex, at the Old Artillery-ground Court House, Fort-
stre e t, Spitalfields, on the body of Catherine Lordon,
age d 45, who was so cruelly murdered yesterday morn-
ing lby her husband, Daniel Lordon, at their residence
15, :Parliament-court, Artillery -passage, Artillery-lane,
)psgate-street.
e jury having been sworn viewed the body. On
the;lr return the first witness called was

J o hn Davis, residing at 15, Artillery-passage, la-
bou r' sr. Ho deposed that he occupied an adjoining
roo no .in the same house with the deceased and her hue-
ban .d , who was a velvet weaver. Yesterday morning
aho n t seven o'clock, as he was lying awake in bed
he 1 eard screams of " Murder" uttered seven or
cigl it , times by the deceased, and proceeding from her
roe et and her husband calling her opprobrious epithets.
He heard the deceased open the door and run down
staff = s. Witness did not get up, because it was a frequent
pra c tice for the deceased to cry murder when having a
rov r with her husband. About five minutes after he
her r i a person leave deceased's room and go down stairs,
irs "ding heavily like the footsteps of a man, when he
crd deceased scream " Murder " three times, and the
pe) son immediately return to the room. Witness dressed
hit ~self and went down stairs about six or seven minutes
aft at he heard the cries of murder, and saw the deceased
sitt ;Eng on the landing in a crouching posture. He oh-
ser ved blood on the upper landing against de
eta a ed's door. When ho came out of his room,
deceased when he saw her appeared quite dead.
Th zi '0 was a great quantity of blood about the
lan d ing, bannisters, and stairs, and also on her clothes.
Wi ti mess went and informed his fellow-servant (Ellen
Le. u y, residing at 7, Artillery-lane) what he had seen,
a.m.( on his return to No. 15, in about ten minutes, he
sac r a doctor, a policeman, and the husband with the
dec ci aced. Lordon said to him, " Holloa, John."
WI ti less said to him, "What do you call this ?" He re-
plic "I don't know ; it's a bad job." Witness said,
" I ':,es it is." The husband appeared as if he had been
dri a king. He did not observe deceased was wounded
unl it Mr. Shaw, the surgeon, moved her head on one
sid e.. He had never heard the husband threaten his
wii a's life. They both drank very much, and he had
int, arfered on more than one occasion to separate them
wh, 9 a quarrelling and fighting.
1:y the Jury—There were persons living on the floor
wle are he found the deceased, but he did not alarm them.
f laxah Elias, wife of a general dealer, resided in the
san re house as the deceased. She occupied the first floor
back, and did not hear any noise yesterday morning.
Ha di she heard any she should have taken no
not Lee of it, it being such a frequent occurrence
for -the deceased and her husband to quarrel. About
hal. E- past seven o'clock, or 20 minutes to eight, witness
can it ) out of her room and found deceased sitting on the
top stair of the first flight of stairs, with her elbow on
her :lap, supporting her face with her hands. She saw
blo 041 about half a yard from where deceased was sitting.
Wi tr mess passed her, went downstairs, and returned
wit h out speaking to her. About five minutes after her
att, it ;tion was called to the arrival cf a policeman, and
Mr. Shaw, surgeon, and then it was she knew de-
cea, s A was dead. She heard no screams of murder that
mom wing. Witness was much disturbed about 2 o'clock
in I b e morning by the deceased and her husband quar-
relP, ii mg in the street. Deceased was apparently tipsy
at tb e time. Witness did not speak to deceased on the
ng, considering she was in liquor. The husband
was
.generally of quiet habits, and rarely tipsy ; but the
dec. 9: tsed was scarcely sober one day in a month, and
qua rrelled with everybody. She used vile language.
Wit as ess never heard him call her other than " You dirty
blac :1; guard, you have been drinking again."
Police sergeant, 13 H, Police constable, 59 H, and
Insl ?e,ctor Marsh gave similar testimony to that before
Mr. D'Eyacourt, at Worship-street, yesterday after-
noo a, and reported in The Sun.

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

T HE CASE OF STRAHAN PAUL AND CO.

T ite Attorney-General and Mr. Bodkin appeared for
the Crown ; Sir F. Thesigcr for Sir John Paul and Mr.
Str than ; and Mr. E. James, Q.C., and Mr. Parry for
Mr. :Bates.

S sJortly after the learned judges took their seats on
the 6,?noh an application was made by the counsel for the
prix( esters, to postpone the trial till next assizes.

A fter a short discussion this coarse was agreed to.
T he learned counsel asked whether the parties would
be r, squired to enter into fresh recognizances.
Justice Crowder said of course, as they had sur-
rend;eared, the recognizances must be renewed.
T. he, defendants and their sureties then entered into
recol paizances in the original amount, namely, each In
the sum of 10,0001., with two sureties in 5,0001. each,
and they then left the Court.

NEW COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Crowder.)
Jall2 es Barrington, 25, William, Collins, 28, Cornelius
Sh,epp. tcrd, 31, George Dixon, 37, ilenry Kemmish, 24,
William Ratcliffe, 20, Thomas Henry, 29, excavators,
and A., nn Maria Pooley, 27, spinster, were indicted for
riot, mud assaulting two officers of the police, named
Cannon and Willis.

The case, which will last the entire day, arose out of
a dru Jaen riot committed by a large gang of navvies,
who, being about to embark to the Crimea, were, whilst
awaiting their final order, located at Penge Common.

THIRD COURT.
(Before Russell Gurney, Esq., Q.C.)
Job ot Hackett and Robert Hackett, brothers of the well-
know n Hackett the burglar and prison breaker, who
recen by suffered death in New York, were indicted for
stealin g a box of drugs belonging to John Hammond.
Mr... Sleigh prosecuted, and Mr. Robinson defended.
It a ppeared that upon the night of the 17th of
Augusi%, as a carrier, named Pexley, was driving along
the BD mnpton-road, a cabman saw the prisoner, John
Hackett, driving a small cart close in the rear of the
carrier'is cart, and saw the prisoner Robert, and another
man wihohas escaped, take a box containing the drugs
from file tail board of the cart and make towards the
vehicle. drawn by tho prisoner John, but being alarmed
the bo fell from the cart which John drove away, and
the others, after a smart chase, managed to get away.
At a later hour the same night the same party were seen
in Ke innington-lane trying to steal a bale of goods from
the b ack of a carrier's cart, and John Hackett was then
taken, in charge, but not until the officers Clifford and
Lorn :were sadly ill-used by the prisoners, one of whom
used a life-preserver upon the head of Clifford. John
Hackett was then apprehended, Robert and the other
man getting away ; but a few days after the constables
saw the prisoner Robert talking to a woman near the
Queen's Bench Prison, and they then took him into
custody.

The jury found them guilty.
Tho prisoner, John Hackett, was shown to be a wqll-
- burglar, and a ticket-of•leave man.

The prisoner John was sentenced to six years' penal
servitude, and the other to three months and hard

labomr.

THE VACANT GOWN IN FARRINGDON-STREET WARD.
—This day the election of an alderman for the above-
named ward, in the room of Thomas Kelly, Esq.,
deceased, was held in the Board-room, at Christ Hospital.
Deputy Eagleton, the only candidate, was elected with-
out a contest.
THE VICTORIES IN.
THE CRIMEA. -- Thursday next
being the anniversary of the Alma, the inhabitants of
Kingsland and West Hackney intend celebrating the
victories which have crowned the arms of the allies
during the year by a display of fireworks.
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of Government to establish
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a camp at Stirling.
The friends of Lieut. Palmer, 62d Regiment, reported
in the list of the 11th as missing, have been informed
that he is a prisoner, but quite well.
ST. MARTIN'S CEMETERY, CAMDEN-TOWN.—Last
evening another meeting of the inhabitants of the dis-
trict was held in the National School-room ; Mr. King,
the churchwarden of the chapelry of St. Stephen's, in
the chair. Several gentlemen having spoken in
terms of the liveliest indignation, it was eventually
resolved : "That this meeting cannot but express
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their feeling of horror and indignation at the manner
in which the graves of the dead have been disturbed in
with equal disregard to the health of the inhabitants
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dead buried in the cemetery." It was also resolved--
further progress of building, and also to withhold
the granting the faculties for removing bodies." Mr.
Hooper regretted that the Secretary of State, Sir G.
Grey, had not responded to the memorial sent to him
on this subject. He suggested that the Home Secre-
tary should be appealed to until he did reply. The
stench nightly emitted from burning of human bodies
was most noxious. The proceedings were terminated
by the appointment of a committee to take such further
steps as might loom desimblo.