The Sun.
London, England, 1837-01-09 00:00:00

MARybEBoiNE.

Mr, George 'filial, a respectalne tradesman, residing at
No. Onford-street, appeared before the Mrgistrates to
answer the clitoge of having assaulted Mrs. Ellen Tillett,
his wife. Complainant stated that on the previous niglzt
the defendant, who had repeatedly- threatened to take her
life, beat her, without the slightest provocation, in a most
violent manner, and her bonnet and comb were broken to
pkees owing to the force with which she was knocked
against the wainscot of the room. With much difficulty
she at length irtna.l her way into the street, when the de-
fendant said she might seek redress either in h-11 or at the
staticm-bouse in Marylebone-lane, as she might think proper.
Mr. SUUTT (to defendant)—What is • your answer to
this ? Defendant—l deny having struck her at all last
night ; there's not the slightest foundation for the charge.
should like, with your Worship's permission, to ask my
wife a question or two. Have you not (addressing the
complainant) often vowed that you would have my life?
Complainant—Oh no, never.
Defendant—What! nor threatened to poison me ?
Comt6inant—No, on my oath I have not.
Mr. SHurr dismissed the warrant, and told the " happy"
couple that, from what he had heard, there was not a shadow
of difference between ;hum.

ALLEGED MURDER OF A WIFE

BY HI HUSBAND.

A Jury assembled on Saturday afternoon at the Albion
Tavern, Duke•street, to inquire into the circumstances
which had caused the death of Ann Bailey, the husband
(a coffee-shop keeper in Thomas-street) being in custody
on suspicion of having by his violence destroyed her life.
Mr. C. Verral, surgeon, was called in on Saturday last to
see the deceased. lie found her in a dying state. She
complained of a violent pain in the head, and witness was at
first of opinion she was suffering from neglected typhus fever.
On the following day some person stated to witness that it was
probable the deceased was labouring under the effect of her
husband's ill-usage ; and also that the deceased had about a
fortnight previously received a violent blow" on the head
from her husband. The deceased related to witness va-
rious acts of ill-usage from her husband. The deceased
and her husband had, for many years, been in the ser-
vice of Mr. Whitbread, the brewer. The deceased gra-
dually became worse, and having at length lost "her
senses, her sufferings were soon afterwards terminated by
death. While she was in possession of her faculties she
repeatedly gave the same statement relative to her hus-
band's violence. After her death witness opened the head,
and found, as he expected, that considerable inflammation
existed. Witness was of opinion that a blow with the fist
would produce similar appearances. The deceased com-
plained that her husband had struck her with his fist on the
forehead. Witness was given to understand that the wo-
man did not, take to her bed until a week after the blow had
been given, and witness was not called on until a week after
that period. There were no visible bruises on the forehead.
If medical advice had been called in earlier the woman's
life might, perhaps, have been saved.
Verdict—" Wilful murder against Jonathan Bailey."

DISCOVERY OF THE HEAD OF A
FEMALE OF ABOUT FORTY YEARS OF AGE.

On Saturday morning, about half-past eight o'clock, as
Mathias Ralph, the lock-keeper of the Ben Jenson lock, on
the Regent's Canal, at the World's-end, Stepney, was
°'en-
ffaged in closing the lock after a coal-barge had passed
through, he found that the falls, or sluices, would not close,
and that there was a space of several inches between both.
On examining minutely to ascertain the cause, he was horror-
struck to find it was a human head, and he concluded that a
body was of course attached. He instantly procured assist-
ance, and having got a ladder descended into the chamber of
the lock, and by feeling with his hand, discovered that the
head was quite detached from anything else, and that it was
evidently the head of a female, as there was a large quantity
of very long hair upon it. Ralph carefully-took it from be-
tween the gates and brought it on shore, when upon exami-
nation it was found that the right eye had been knocked out,
apparently from violence, as the part above and the cheek un-
derneath were dreadfully bruised and swollen. The jaw was
also twisted round, as if by great violence, but this might
have been occasioned by the pressure of the lock, and cer-
tainly could not have caused the removal of the eye. Not-
withstanding the countenance is thus disfigured it is still
capable of being recognised or identified. It is evidently
that of a female from forty to fifty years of age, with a
great quantity of black hair on, and it now lies at the bone-
house in Stepney church-yard, to which it had been- re-
moved. Information of the discovery was sent to Mr.
Baker, the Coroner, who advised a medical examination of
the head. In compliance with this suggestion, Mr. flirt-
whistle, surgeon to the hamlet of Mile End-town, residing
in the Mile End-road, attended, and made the following re-
port :—The face was very much disfigured from bruises.
The lower jaw on the left side fractured ; there, was an ex-
tensive laceration of the left cheek as well as of the upper
part of the head. These in all probability have been done
since death, either by its being jammed in the locks, or by
boats in the canal. The right eye is knocked out ; but
that appears to have been done before death. The head
had been very dexterously cut off with some sharp instru-
ment, and the fifth cervical vertebrae sawn through, and not
disarticulated as a surgeon might have done it. The hair
is dark and slightly grey, and I should think her age, to
have been from I(m.y-five to fifty." It was also the surgeon's
opinion that the head had been in the water four or five
days. The circumstance has created considerable sensa-
tion throughout the neighbourhood, and given rise to many
opinions, but the one most prevalent was that the head be-
longed to the body of the female discovered some days
since at Edgware.
(FURTHER DISCOVERIES.)
This horrible and mysterious affair, it is expected, will
this day receive further elucidation, in consequence of some
persons having come forward, who state that, from. the
descriptions given in the PaperS of the deceased, they will
be able to identify the body. .Since the inquest, police con-
stable Pegler, S 104, who was the first policeman who saw
the body, and -she, it will be recollected, observed a cart
near the same spot on the Saturday previous, has been in-
defatigable in making inquiries. A day or two ago he re-
ceived information that a female, answering the description
Of the unfortunate deceased, had been residing at the vil-
lage of Willesden for some years past., but left a few months
ago, and had not bean heard of since. Yesterday after-
noon the persons above referred to, a woman and her hus-
band, were with Pegler at the station-house of the S divi-
sion of police, in Salisbury-street, Liss On-grove, where they
were for two hours. The account they give of the mur-
dered female was—that her maiden name was Sarah Col-
lins, and that some years ago she married a man named
Griffith Day, who dying she again married, the name of
her second husband being Ricketts. He shortly after left
her, and cohabited with a woman, by whom he has had a
large family, two of his sons being labourers on the railroad.
They both resided at Willesden, and the husband is
now an inhabitant there.
.Her physical imperfections were
well known to exist, S 9 much so that the boys called her
by a nick-name in allusion to it She got her living as a
laundress, being an excellent hand both. at that and iron-
ing. In September last. she left Willesden for the purpose
of going to Great 'Marlow, Backinghamshire, to receive a
legacy of 700/, Since that period she has not returned,
but her husband has been once or twice deem to•visit Uer
to inquire after the property, no portion of which be found
he could lay claim to, it having been bequeathed to her in
her own right. On Saturday, after the discovery of the
head, a communication was made by the superintendent of
police to inspector Felton, of the S division, who the same
evening proceeded to Stepneye•when, from the, representa-
tions made to him, he felt it 11:s ditty yesterday to call on
Mr. G. P. GOodwood, the intdical geetternan who t!"-a-
-mined the body, who immediately accompanied him to Step-
ney and examined the head, which lay at the Town Hotx._
From a careful inspection, Mr. Goodwood found that the
incision (by which the division of the head.from the body
was effected) in the remaining portion of the vertebra:rot.
the head was the exact corresponding one on the vertebra)
of the body, and the cut had been done by a saw. There
were no ear-rings in the ears, and the hair is of a brown
colour. The head much' mutilated.

HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.
The King's Stag Hounds meet on Friday at Walk and, near
Chobham—half-past 11.
Mr. Dalyell's Hounds on Wednesday at Sawbridgeworth ; Satur-
day,. at Bennington Village—half-past 10.
The B. C. (Hants) Harriers on Friday, at S,heldon's Farm—
half-past 10.
Mr. Giles's Hounds on Thursday at 13romesberraw Heath-10.
Mr. D. Radcliffe's Hounds on Wcdnesday at Dysvell Hill; Fri.
day, at Preston—half-past 10.
The Norfoli Hounds on Wednesday at Gaythorpe; Saturday, at
Liham Common—hf-p. 10.
Mr. Villebois's Stag Hounds on Thursday at Harpley—hf.-p. 10.
Page's Harriers on Friday at Shouldham Hall-11.
Mr. Paynes Hounds on Wednesday at Misterton; Friday, at
Duston; Saturday, at Salby Hall--qa. toll.
The Duke of Graftotx'A Hounds ou Wednesday at Furzen Field;
Friday, at Foxley—half-past 10.
The Atherstone Hounds on Thursday at Arbury; Saturday, at
Cadeby Toll-gate—e,uarter to 11.
Mr. Drake's Hounds on Thursday at Edgcot Village ; Saturday,
at Lower Shuckborough Village—half-past 10.
The Cambridgeshire Hounds on Friday at Patton Wood—hf-p.lO.
The Heythorp Hounds on Thursdayat Boulter',s Barn ; Friday, at
Gawcomb-10.
The Warwickshire Hounds on Thursday at Wiistourne ; Satur-
day, at Farnborough—qr. to 11.
The North Warwickshire Hounds on Wednesday at Dunchureh ;
Friday, at Baddcsley Clinton—qr. to 11.
Mr. Fane's Harriers on Wednesday at Crowmarsh; Friday,
at Rofford-lane—half-past 10.
Lord Pctre's Hounds on Thursday at Downham Heath ; Satur-
day, at the Dog and,Partridge, Stifford—half-past 10.
The H. H. on Thursday at Hursley
The Hambledon Hounds on Friday at Wt.,stend Telegraph-10.
The N. F. Hounds on Friday at Spea,-ywell ; Saturday, at
Minested Mill—half-past 10.
The Vine Hounds on Wednesday at the Grotto Coppice ; Friday,
at the Pine Apple—hf-p. 10.
The Badsworth Fox Hounds on Thursday at Melton; Saturalan
at Streethouse Bar—half-past 10. •
The Herefordshire Hounds on Friday at Ford's Bridge; Tuesday,
at Wo,7nelow Tump-10.
The Latt:2ow Hounds on Friday at Bucknell Wood; Tuesday, at
The Cheltenhati:
Prior's Ditto-10.
Stag Hounds on Thursday at Beckford
Mr. Wyndham's Ifin,lnds on Thursday at Fonthill Abbey—hf-p.lO.
Mr. Codrington's floul,,ds on Friday at Sowley-10.
The Craven Hounds on Wednesday at Brimslade ; Friday, at
Lily ; Saturday, at Donnington .Pate—lialf-p. 10.
The Charborough Hounds on Thursday at Bore Wood-11.
Mr. Farquharson's Hounds on Thurs.iay at Moreton ; Friday, at
Hampreston Church. .