The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-19 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIUENCE.-Auy. 18.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CHARGE OF
MURDER.--Charles Francis Cotier, furniture broker,
No. 42, Warren-street, Fitzroy-square, was brought
up for final examination, charged with the wilful
murder of Elizabeth Carly on the Bth August last.
Mr. Sleigh was for the prosecution ; and Mr.
Edward Lewis for the .prisoner.
The evidence on the former occasion was to the
effect that the deceased had lived with the prisoner
as his wife for some years, and had borne him seve-
ral children. On the Bth August the prisoner was
seen to tear the clothes from the deceased, was heard
to threaten to murder her, and afterwards was seen
to inflict blows on the deceased. It was also proved
that the prisoner admitted he had just previously
broken three of the ribs of the deceased, and that he
would break three more before he had done with
her.
At the request of Mr. Lewis, Mrs. IVl'Arthur,
the principal witness examined last week, Was
called and cross-examined. She said she had not
been drinking with the deceased on the day in
question, but the prisoner might have been drink-
ing on that day. Both deceased and the prisoner
were of very intemperate habits. Had only heard
the deceased call " murder" on one occasion. Saw
her clothes torn off by the prisoner.
Mrs. Elizabeth Southgate examined—l have
often heard cries of " murder," both day and night,
from the deceased. I saw her early in the evening
before her death in the street ; she was then going
on like a mad woman. I did not think she was
the worse for drink, but out of her mind. She
called out to the prisoner that she would fight him.
The prisoner pulled her indoors, but she came out,
got into a cab, and went away.
Mrs. Susan Spinks—l live in the house occupied
by the prisoner and deceased. About six o'clock on
Friday evening week I heard a noise in the passage.
I came down stairs, and saw the prisoner struggling
with the deceased, who wanted to go out, but he
said she should not. The prisoner tore her clothes,
and in the struggle caught hold of her hair, and
both fell, the deceased undermost, and her head
came with violence against one of the stairs. I

took her down stairs, and pinned her clothes toge-
ther, and she left me. About 12 o'clock that night
I.heard cries of murder from the deceased. I heard
her scream repeatedly. I heard the voice of the
prisoner. The noise went on for about half an hour.
Heard a kind of knocking and a rumbling noise in
the room, which gradually ceased. About 6 o'clock
the next morning the prisoner, who was dressed,
called me into his room. He said, "I am afraid my
wife is no more." I saw she was lying on the
couch quite naked, except a bandage round her, and
I felt that her face was getting cold. There was
somb of the hair of the deceased on the couch. The
deceased's hair was disordered as if there had been
a struggle. I collected the hair, and it is the same
now produced. The head of deceased was bare of
hair on one side. Before this the deceased appeared
to have the usual complement of hair. There was
a bruise on her left eye, and the opposite side of her
face was also badly bruised. There were marks on
the floor as if she had been lying there all night.
Cross-examined—She was a very violent person
when drunk. When I saw the prisoner struggling
with her he was only trying to keep her within
doors. He was in a great passion. The deceased
was in liquor at the time.
Elizabeth Spinks, sister to the last witness, said
—I saw the prisoner and the deceased struggling
together in the passage. I saw the prisoner with
his hand twisted in her hair, striking her with his
other hand. I saw them fall together, and then I
saw the prisoner tear off the clothes of the deceased.
The deceased seemed excited either from drink or
fright.
Police-sergeant Franklin, C 20, took the prisoner
into custody. The prisoner said, " This is spite ;
the charge is got up against me about some money
transactions." He told the prisoner he had nothing
to do with that; he must go with him. The pri-
soner, on the road to the station-house, said, " All
I did was to tear her clothes off, to prevent her
going out."
Mr. Mason, the surgeon, was recalled, and cross-
examined—There were bruises on one arm and one
knee. Had attended the deceased for delirium
tremens. The injuries on the head might have
been caused by a fall.
Mr. Lewis, addressing the court on behalf of the
prisoner, said, had all the witnesses been called he
felt confident that the magistrate would not have
sent the case before a jury at all. It would be ab-
surd to commit the prisoner, on the evidence before
the court, for wilful murder. If committed at all,
he hoped it would only be for manslaughter.
Mr. Tyrwhitt considered that it was his duty to
commit the prisoner for murder. If there were any
circumstances that could be adduced on the trial to
favour the presumption that the case did not
amount to murder the jury would be ready to re-
ceive and to act upon them. He should commit
the prisoner for murder.
Mr. Lewis applied for bail.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said these cases of death by violence
so increased that he must refuse the application.
The indictment cou id be preferred at once.
Mr. Lewis said he had a great number of wit-

nesses to look up, and such a speedy course of pro-
ceeding would very much prejudice the prisoner.
Mr. Tyrwhitt replied that when the bill was
found further time might be asked.
The prisoner was then fully committed.

THE ALLEGED MURDER NEAR FITZ-
ROY-SQUARE.

Last evening Dr. Lankester, the Central Middle-
sex coroner, resumed for the second time an inqui-
sition at the White Horse Tavern, North-street,
Fitzroy-square, on the body of Elizabeth Carley,
aged 48, cohabiting with Chas. Francis Cotier,
furniture dealer, No. 42, Warren-street.
In consequence of Cotier being charged with
murdering the deceared, by violently assaulting her
in a quarrel, the inquest room was crowded with
persons, as on the former occasion on Friday last,
when the second adjournment was made, mainly in
the hope that the Home Secretary would allow the
accused to be present on this occasion.
The Coroner, in opening the proceedings, an-
nounced his regret that the accused man was not
present. He had made an application to have him
there, because he (the coroner) thought if that
Court by the laws of the country had a right to
record a verdict of murder or manslaughter, the
person affected by the verdict should have the
right which every Englishman claimed, namely, to
be present whenever evidence was given against
him, more especially as counsel could not be heard
in his defence in a coroner's court. But the Home
Secretary had been unable to grant his application,
and the accused was committed for trial.

After other evidence had been adduced,
The Coroner summed up, and in doing so pointed
out that although there was little doubt deceased
had died from the mortal effects of external vio-
lence, apparently from the hands of Cotier, still, as
a medical coroner, he thought it his duty to ex-
press his belief that Cotier did not intend to kill
deceased ; and that there were diseased conditions
of the brain, arising out of her previous state of
health, which rendered her more liable to the effu-
sion of blood on the brain, which caused her
death, than if she had been healthy.
The Jury deliberated, and returned a verdict of
"Manslaughter" against Charles Francis Cotier.

ALLEGED MANSLAUGHTER OF A
WOMAN BY HER HUSBAND.

Yesterday morning an inquiry was resumed at
the Prince of Orange Tavern, Phillip-street, St.
George's-in-the-East, by Mr. H. R. Walthew,
deputy coroner for East Middlesex, respecting the
death of Catherine Donovan, aged 30, who was
alleged to have lost her life through injuries inflicted
on her by her husband, a soap boiler, in the public
street.

Sarah Potter, nurse in St. George's Union-house,
said that the deceased was admitted to the house suf-
fering from severe injuries. There were several
bruises over her body, and she had a serious wound
in her mouth. She stated to witness that she went to
her husband in a public-house, where some words
ensued, and she left. Her husband followed her, and
dealt her a heavy blow in the mouth, knocking her
down with great force into the road, and she added,
"It was that brought me to this." Every effort
was made to save the deceased's life, but death took
place in three days.
Dr, G. Kay said he was called to see the deceased,
who was suffering from a severe cancer in the m nauthe
and bruises over the person. The cancer migh.t
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have
been caused by such a blow as that deserfibed
bruises would be occasioned by violent
road. The injuries to the mouth were
imme-
diate cause of death. thea lls in the
Sarah Sullivan, sister of deceased,
month before deceased's d two cuts of a knife
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After some further evidence,
Dr. Crouch said the actual cause of death wrap

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pericarditis, which might have been caused by'a
blow on the side.
The Coroner then summed up, and said that the
evidence was very conflicting as to the husband hav-
ing inflicted the injuries upon the deceased. It wee
very doubtful whether the injuries alleged to b. ave
been inflicted by Grace, of which the only direct
evidence was that of the husband, had been the tm-
mediato cause of death.
The Jury, after a long consultation, returned a
verdict " That deceased died from the effects of
certain injuries ; but by whom or how inflicted
there was no evidence to show."

THE FATAL CATASTROPHE TO THE IRON
SHIP GANGES IN 2HE RIVER.

Yesterday afternoon Mr. J. Humphreys, the
coroner, resumed and concluded the inquiry touch"
ing the death of the four lascars and boy, who were
drowned by the capsizing of the iron ship Ganges
in the river, of Shadwell, at the Albion Tavern,
High-street, Shadwell.
Mr. Poland, the barrister, wl-,o appeared for the
owners, produced the ship's register, by which it
was shown that Captain Nourse, the commander,
owned 48 shares of the ship, and other gentlemen
38 shares.
Charles Lewis, a waterman, said he acted 0.9
pilot in transporting ship from dock to dock. On
Tuesday last he was on the river in his boat and
followed the Ganges. As soon as she turned round
to go into the dry dock the ship came down on
the port side and went over. Considered the
accident was caused by the things in the hold.
not being made fast, and when she took a cant
the thing gave way and she fell over. If the
things were fast, then he should say it was owing
to her not having sufficient weight.
Robert Osgood was then examined, and after
the usual caution from the coroner, he stated that
he was a transporting pilot, but not connected
with the Trinity House. He had a licence. lie
took charge of the Ganges at the Limehouse
entrance to the West India Dock. She was towed
by a tug, and she went up steadily. When she
got abreast of the graving dock, commenced to put
the ship round. The steam-tug slacked the rope,
and the ship had swung round sufficient to ap-
proach the dry dock. The tug was eased to alloW
a ship which was coming out of a dock above to
get out of the way, and while in that state the
Ganges went over. She was not across the stream,
and the tide would have little or no effect upon her.
The tow-rope was loose, and the bight hanging
down.
By the Coroner—Neither the tug nor the tide
caused the ship to go over. He could not account
for her doing so, and he did not think that any
living man could do so. He would guarantee If
move the ship again with the same ballast.
she had had 100 tons more ballast in her he could
not tell whether she would or would not have gone
over. She was just as likely to have gone over
she had had 100 tons more ballast in her.
By Mr. Poland—He never had a more easy shill'
and she steered like a little boat. He had seen the
ship since she was raised, and when the water WO
pumped out, and although her ballast had shifted,
she was quite stiff. Considered she was sufficiently
ballasted when she left the dock. _ _

Capt. Nourse was re-called—He stated that when
he was examined on Saturday he mentioned the
ship was uninsured ; he had since been informed
that she was half insured, having been chartered
for a voyage out to Australia.
The Coroner summed up, and left the jury to sal
whether the loss of life resulted from the ship being
insufficiently ballasted, and whether there was any
one to blame.
The jury, after considering a short time, returned
a verdict to the effect that the deceased lost their
lives by the capsizint of the ship Ganges, and that
the cause of her capsizing was the insufficiency of
ballast; and they further were of opinion that shiPs
were too frequently sent out from docks to dry
docks in a dangerous condition from the same CAW.

COUN2.RI MABRJ2S.

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COLCHESTER—Auo. 16.

The supply of wheat to-day at market was lirettY
good, principally new, varying in quality, and prices 10
higher for dry parcels. A sample or two of new barley at
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late quotations. In beans and peas the prices of last week
advanced ls.
Wheat, white. 60s
666 s Bemanidsctazsc mz.4
asgans..3oBss 041
red 52s 0s
Barley 3Bs 40s Peas, white 42s 442
Oats

GLOUCESTER—AUG. 16.
To-day there was a moderate supply of wheat at market,
which brought last week's prices. A sample of new wheat
of fair quality brought 60s per 496 lbs. Foreign wheat 01
retail demand. Barley firm. Beans and oats at the rates
of last week.