The Sun.
London, England, 1825-12-30 00:00:00

CHARGE OF MURDER.

The following Investigation took place at the
Hatton Garden Police-office, on Tuesday, before
Mr. Serjeant SF.LLON and Mr. LAING A with
Jeremiah Cain and Mary Cain, his wife, were charge" , b-
having murdered a man named Maurice Fitzgerald, ay
bing him through the heart with a knife. , „float
Bridget Reily, of Horn's-alley, Liquorpond-street, uer-whoge
that she lodged in the same house with the two prisoners'bi de-
room wait immediately under that of the witness. Son.,
ceased was an acquaintance of the witness, and came 0t .013 Ce
day evening to visit her. After he had been in witnessdag
some time, they heard the prisoners quarrelling and race.
below stairs, and the female prisoner calling,out for ass'n'ffi- ore
'
Deceased ran down stairs to interfere, and witness sawn v—
of him, until he was found lying in the yard outside the
bleeding ; he was not then quite dead, but breathed his Isswer
aifew minutes after. Witness did not see the female Pris°
do any thing to the deceased.

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Stephen Skinner, an assistant to slr. Diamond, sure., lie
Gray's Inn-lane, was called upon to attend the deceased' the
had a large wound that had penetrated to the region oitbitt
heart. lie had also a bruise on the back of the head, bleabt
Might have been occasioned by a fall. Witness had f the
whatever that the wound in the heart caused the death a.
deceased. 0*
AV. Wainwright, one of the officers of Hatton Gardentto
duced three knives which he found in . the room inhabite
the prisoners, and the last witness stated, that either olova
knives produced would have inflicted a similar wound to
which had caused the death of the deceased,
that
knew mal; prisoner here expressed a fleQire to state all
knew of the affair, and after having been admonished by
Serjeant Sellon that all that he said would be taken down'aily
related the following story :—After leaving work oa .31°11the
evening, he went with several of his fellow-workmen te tot
Windmill public-house, l.eather-lane. His wife learning thehe was there, came for him, and she abused him before pa'
company. He, however, went home with her, and then coat
menced beating her. This caused a sort of fight, and lie hie
outside the door, where he met the deceased with a knifeißacf.
hand ; he afterwards heard an !,.darni that a man was kille"',o4l'
immediately went to hint ; he found hint bleeding, and n'y die
dead. This the prisoner declared was all he knell'
tit
The r. the
jacket of the male prisoner was here produced, and
were a number of marks of blood found upon it. et br
The male prisoner accounted for the blood on his jack;ia
saying, that he picked up the deceased whilst he was bal Oat
fast.—Patrick Reilly, the son of the first witness, Stated'. 00f
his mother fetched hint from the public-house in conseVg,„o
the deceased having been killed. On his arrival he stor t,,tA
prisoners and a number of others. Witness's mother 501"-:-
the female prisoner, " this man has been killed, and,superre'
you have been killing him ;" to which the female pris,°,ofiaa
plied, " then why did he not stop at home, instead of 111` nee'
with other people ?" Upon the witness being further 4e
tinned, he reluctantly admitted that the language nude algal
by his mother to the female prisoner, regarding the deg,..0,00
was stronger than he at first stated, for that upon th !,-e
prisoner being accused of having caused the death of thf?
ceased, she dal not deny it, but said it served him right'
had no business there; he ought to have staid at home. IrisU
Several other witnesses were now called, all of thern_,of
people. They all persisted in stating that they
of the matter, although it was evident that sante of then' ""
have known it.
Last evening an Inquest was held on the body, sc-ehnea SO
knew n°',,ist
get Reilly was again examined, and she stated, that vi
went down stairs and found the deceased bleeditfLith the
daughter was holding his head up with one hard, and Ws suing
i
other, she endeavoured to stop the blood which was
from the wound under his left breast. opP°'
Johannah Mac Loughton resided in the house direct‘YreDig
site Cain's ; was standing at the window when the qunthat sibs
commenced. Time was a gas lamp in the court, so t ore
could see every thing distinctly. Cain and the decessetwoli,
to the door ; the former was standing whir his thee °u ide;
the latter seemed to be expostulating with some petons ;fa an"
Two women came out soon aftee ; they were Cain's a-0 OW
daughter ; the wife, in an angry manner, said, " ,}pannel,oof
geral, go out of my house, you vagabond,, or let )10 not
that you have no business in my place." Decease('
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move away, but the two women caught hold of high, ac"
fell. Cain was then some distance off. hi ad he strues• ppel
ceased, witness must have seen it. When Fitzgerald (1, V,th vat
down, one of the women called out, " the man is kille°3 assiie
not see any blows given ; Cain took down a shutter, and
of
ed in carrying the deceased to a surgeon's. atouse
Margaret Cain (the daughter), who is now in the SO
Correction, was brought up in custody of an officer, ;'_eesalci
stated, that on coming into the court she saw the of.'
lying at the door, and site endeavoured to stop time blOOO,l 05
Some other witnesses were examined, but their eviderl`eraict
oft` of an important nature and the Jury returned
reuaah
Wilful Murder against, slary Cain, the wife of Je
Cain."

HowrAsa at FUNERAL,S.-The practice r°tls
howling at funerals, so common in some Pia
of Ireland, seems to have been both ancientldo
general, and was in use amongst several n°tife„l
of old ; and it is known to every ciasAsja,
reader, that the Romans had their Prer-of
whose business it was to superintend the riwue.aos
lamentations at funerals. Dr. Clarke men
this custom of howling to be very general
the Arabs ; and in a Narrative of the C°ltTe
Expedition, it is stated to exist amongst '
tiro
Africans at Embomma, on the batiks oCongo or Zaire.

BIRTHS. , Do
O afora'
On the 2;4th inst. the Lady of J. S. Gregoy, Estl.°' ,
row, of a son. SO
n the 19th inst. Mrs. Lewis, of Green Lana-rod'
Newington, of a son. j 6
On Mon Clay, the 26th inst. in Earl-street, Blackfriars, t
wife of Air. J. R. Houghton, surgeon, of a SOll.
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MARRIED. eshire'
On Wednesday, the 28th instant, at Middlewich, Ch sorh
Thomas Kenneriey, jun. Esq. of the firm of Kennerlep.,,htet
and Stanton, of Covent-garden, to Margaret, youngest at"
of William Hitchin, Esq. of the above place.
On Thursday, the 29th instant, at St. George's, ft. Love'
square, by the Rev. Mr. Glen, Mr. Thomas Brown, o.l,oftbs
Belgrave.street, Pimlico, to Theresa, only surviving chit"
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late Mr. John Painter, of Ernswortli, Hants.

DIED. to 17 /105
On Wednesday, the 28 inst., 213th Mary, relict of the
William Curling, of Chatham-place, Mialworth, in 't
.101111
year.
Recently, at St. Omer, in the kingdom of Franreehona
Harcourt, Esq., late of Well-hall, in the county of 11 ovirY
,formerly Member of Parliament for the Borough of
ster, Herefordshire. ibt3s'
On Wednesday, the 27th inst., at Dr. Williams 110
Red Cross-street, in the 75th year of his age, William
Esq., of King's-road, Gray's-inn-lane. lie had been
a quarterly meeting of the Trustees of that institution fell
had just seated himself at the dinner-table, when he
in his chair, and instantly expired.

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