The Sun.
London, England, 1839-02-14 00:00:00

CRIMINAL COURT-MILS DA

EXTENSIVE ROBBERY AT Tile DOCKS.—James Northcote, 37, t
bacconist; George Hopkins, 30, labourer; Richard
labourer; William Chrislali, 36, agent; Francis Joy, 31, viCtU....
ler; and James Gregson, 5'2, mariner, were indicted wfth other
persons not in custody, for stealing 00 casks of butter, the propel
of Joseph Barber.
The indictment contained several counts, the principal of which
questil;
charged the prisoner Vincent with stealing the property
and the others as being kcessories before and after the fact•
Ea'
of the prisoners is provided with Counsel, and as there are betv":Cnn
30 and 40 witnesses to be examined for the prosecution, and5--
ted that the
equal number on the part of the prisoners, it is expected
trial will not terminate till a late hour. Vincent, 4:;
Mr. Clarkson, for the prosecution, was stating the case to the
Jury when our reporter left.

HORRIBLE MURDER AN
SUICIDE AT PADDINGTON.

An inquest was held this morning at eleven o'c'ock, before Mr'
Baker, and a very respectable Jury, on the bodies of two Pergni,,
named Lovett, husband and wife, who were found dead there cat.)
on Wednesday morning.
Great excitement appears to have been created by the until,
event. The inquest room was crowded during the whole of -
proceedings.
After the Jury had viewed the bodies, which were in a most b°l.
rible state,
Margaret Ryall, mother of the unfortunate female deceased, W 3.1
called and examined. The effect of her evidence was as folloiv§:-;
The deceased had been married about four years, and had one
That the husband was rather given to drinking, and that they eftelat
used to have words. Ha was of an irritable temper. Mrs. IPlet_,4
was engaged in the upholstery work, to which she went out at eie!'d
in the morning and came home at nine in the evening. :hot
did not seem to like that. He appeared jealous of her, and di"
seem right in his mind. When he had been drinking he usedrrit
on in a very strange kind of way. Once he said to witness 046.0
she did not take her daughter out of the room her life would
danger. Witness did not take her out of the room. About
a fortnight ago there was a cry of " Murder" from the se
Lovett was under a delusion that some man was in the house a.ftert
his wife, and he went to the window and cried " Murder!" but
was soon satisfied that it was only his wile's brother, who is alio:,
nineteen years of age. Lovett was very violent then to 0°,9.1:
daughter, who went up to speak to him ; he took her by the tu'"-
He had not been drinking then. ces,
A Juror said he had heard that the wife used to go out to elan e
which Lovett did not approve of. (Lovett's father, an old man, he
with tears in his eyes, exclaimed, " Ali! that was the ruin of ul'„rt,
happiness." Witness, however, swore positively that Mrs. MY'
never (to her knowledge) had gone to a dance. She was a very hand°°..-es
woman. The night before the deaths, the witness heard no sv°re
at all between the two deceased :—she must have heard if tlf„,
had been. That night Mrs. Lovett came home at seven o'clock. '—
did not drink—she could not afford it.
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The CORONER said, many persons drank without being au
afford it.
Witness said she did not see Mr. Lovett that evening.
Lovett bade her good night some time between ten and ele"::
appearing then to be cool and collected. Witness slept on the
appearing then to be cool and collected. Witness slept
boUt
first floor back ; the two deceased on the second floor front. Ab°U;
seven o'clock on Wednesday morning witness heard the child erYt;
went to the door, knocked, and, receiving no answer, entered, the
door being :on the latch, not fastened, and there beheld "o'd
child at the foot of the bed ; it was dusk ; from the early Peri„
of the morning ; hearing no one speak, she asked the child vibe—,
her father and mother were? the child showed them to tsitneAsoll;
the child was sprinkled with blood about her night clothes ala"-
her face. (During the time when the witness was giving this dread'-
ful account, the infant was shuddering in her arms.) Witness rat
down screaming, and a policeman, and a medical man were__";e;
for. The position of the bodies was not altered till the tnew
man arrived.
The CORONER sold it would be better perhaps if the rest of the
account was furnished by the medical gentleman. wet.
Witness was so appalled that she did not perceive the bouieS
tering in their blood. She had no suspicion of ally other Perh%,
than the deceased having committed the act. She felt certain
no one had entered the room before she did. There were lodgint
in the same house a man and his wife. Lovett bad hurt hit, Tad
before he was married driving a cab, from which he fell, and b
e e
often complained that he could not drive from the effects of
th
injury. pia '
George Lovett, the father of the unfortunate deceased man, had
hst
ad
that accident had taken place eight or nine years ago, and ad
never perceived any difference in his conduct after -had
accident. Witness also denied that his deceased son it.
been addicted to drinking. He was married unknown WA sde,
ness, or to the parents of his wife. Witness had hear".oo,
ceased complain to his sister of the conduct of Jilt„,der
Witness was asked by the Coroner if he thought his son 'was "'ion
a delusion in that respect ; to which he replied " Yes," and wen
to speak warmly of his having heard of Mrs. Lovett going out 'ith
out his knowledge, and not corning back till late in the evening.
The CORONER said he did not think witness understood his qua,
Lion, and enquired of the witness what he took the word "deltaic°
to mean.

Witness—Jealous.
state'
The Coaoaaa said that witness had been going into a long s
went which was not evidence.
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Witness declared a great deal whtch Mrs. Ryan bad swor—
n se
false. He went on to sly that his son had told him that, on the
,:ed
occasion to which she had alluded, lie had been beaten and scratch
by six of them—Lovett's wife, his wife's mother and father, an
his wife's sister and brother.

This statement excited a great sensation in the minds of the Pr!'
The CORONE it said as it was mere hearsay he could not g° int° •tt
'Witness said his son came to him on tha t occasion with his 11;.,
torn and his face scralclie.l. Lovett charged his wife within:: o
lity ; but at the solicitations of the witness and the Paren-,n-
Mrs. Lovett, they shook hands together. The next ov,ia-n.
ng, the follow.workmen of Lovett
were casting all linty
ner of skits and jokes on him as to his wife's Crimint
b,i
which had worked up his mind to a high pitch. Witness deciaia;t
that Mrs. Ryall had admitted to his daughter that Mrs. Love!t
the
remained out three nights once. Ile had seen her dancing on. rid
green between seven and eight o'clock in the evening, her husband
not being with her,
‘ The sister of the deceased, Lovett, stated that he had -
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great jealousy to her, on account of his wife having
refused to
him the number of the house where she was working at.
(The conclusion will be given when the Inquest is orig)