The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-28 00:00:00

The Fatal Stabbing Case in Leeds.

On Wednesday Mr. Blackburn, the Leeds borough
coroner, resumed, at the Town Hall, the inquest on
soon after mldnight on Sun-
the body of Anthony Golding, aged 26, which had
been adjourned from Monday. It will be re-
dmaeym baenr e dI r i tshhat
row
took place in Brick-street,
York-street, and the deceased was stabbed by a man
said to be Patrick Hirley, or Patch.
Patrick Hirley, the person accused of causing the
death of the deceased, who had been apprehended
at Otley, was brought xp, in custody, before the
coroner and jury. Mr. Granger, solicitor, appeared

for him. -
The Coroner, in justice to the prisoner, rend over
the evidence taken in his absence on Monday, ex-
cepting that of John MF.cdonaid and his wife, which
he said ho had struck out.

After hearing further evidence,
The Coroner, in the course of his summing up,
said—ln this case the prisoner, it was said, was
going about the street using threatening language,
with an o
no part pen knife in his hand. The d+ ceased took
in the effeay. Ho offered no provocation,
and Was wholly and entirely an unoffending party.
Unfortunately for him he was looking on, and when
the prisoner came by he offered words of peace to
him, upon which the prisoner struck him with a
knife, and caused his death. Assuming that the
man who was dead had been Fee, or any of the
party had been engsged in a fray with the deceased,
and a knife had been used with fatal effect, he
should have said the case was one of manslaughter.
But, considering the deceased took no part in the
affray, and that the prisoner, if he was tne man who
inflictedafa im
y,offering
ffer
injury, must have known he was not in
the
he was standing far off, and ho
words of peace as being an un-
offending party,under such circumstances, the
rrht the
becauseinthen,
g
stabbing was clearly and beyond all doubt wilful
murder. The only other question was, whether the
prisoner at the bar was the party who inflicted the
injury ; and if the jury thought he was, then they
would say he was guilty of wilful murder. If they
did not think he was the man, or they bad any
doubt about it, then they must give him the bene-
fit of it.
consider their verdict, and in
against
Patrice
an
Higley."
ri refeyot.ti,rocddd
one
of
"Wilful murder
The prisoner (who eppe
ared stag eyed by the
decision)—But I'm not
guilty of that ort
The Coroner then made out his warrant for the
winter gaol delivery.
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