The Sun.
London, England, 1814-02-04 00:00:00

C7110::%:1'S INQUEST.

.Yesterday an In(rte,a etas licks at the Middlesex
HoSpital, on the I-K;(1y of:Edmund I:'ltite, who
was murdered on Sunday night, in St., Giles's.
AThis,White was the man„wholodged in the' same
house with ,ITnes Leary.) i •
Patrick M‘Carthy stated, that he lived in St.
Giles's, and was a hr4:klayer's labourer;' .he
knew the deceased, who N'vas a!so a labourer ;
he
:was about for: y' years of age, and a man
of a quiet and peaceable- disposition. , On Sun-
day evening, about eight o'clock, ',witness was
in a pul4c-house in St. Giles's ; and in con,‘
,sequersei,! of
,a riot in Bainbridge-street, he went
to see whit it was ; and on going forward, he
.saw the deceased lying in the kennel, and a great
many men beating-bini with sticks. Among them
were Michael Regan, Patrick-Rea-an, and Conte- .
lius, Callaghan, all labourers. rMichael Regan
struck the deceased a blow with a sword which
he had in, his: hand ; 'Patrick. Regan also struck
the deceased as'lie-lav stretched out, with a stick,'
and also gate him a violent kick in some part of
the body. Cillagh-an -also struck the deceased a
bloW with a pieee of WO MI. he had in his hand.
W. Pretty, House Surgeon to the Middlesex
IloSpital, stated, that the deceased was brought
to the hospital about half-pasx nine o'clock on
Sunday evening, with a severe injury on the head :
he died on Tuesdayanorniiag, and from a particu-
lar eXamination of the head, both at the time he
Was first brought t,i-ille hospital, and since his
death, witness was firmly of opinion that .he died
• in consequence of shainatirY which he received in
his head; there was a fracture of the , skull, ac-
companied with A depression of hone, a laCeration
"of the membrane of the brain.tnd the brain itself
.--,
• much injured. s '
v..
Margaret Donaghue depoSed, that the riot took
place in a pot-house iii Bainbridgestrect, where
the deceased had, been to pay hislandlord some
rent, And that site saw Michael Regan strike him
with 'a swmal, Patrick Regan, Cornelius Cathy:an,
and Patrick Gallaugher, each struck him with
sticks,
.and several otheo struck him,. whose
names witness did not recollect'; but she should
know them again, as, she frequeutly saw Wein erps
_ gaged in quarrels before. ,
, • .
. • Eleanor Harrington stated, that on: Sunday
f evening she ,was in the Hare and flotillas public-
house, in Buckeridge-street,and saw the deceased
there. She asked him what brought him up from
Satin-in-hill at so late an hour ? "He was Paying
for a pot of beer,- and had a purse in his-hand with
some money in it ; he aftswered, that lie came to
pay his landlord, Martin Hearn, • his renL- 'I he
-deceased then- asked witness, to go -with biro to
partake of a pot of beer; witness desired hitn to
go. before, and that she would follow shortly ;' he
went out for that purpose, 'and witriesw shortly
after followed. She-heard a hallooing; and saw
him two or three yards from the door of the
Ship public-house, struggling to make his escape
and she.saw Patrick Gallaugher come out with an
iron bar in his hand ; he gave the deceased -a vie"-
lent back-handed blow with it on the head: his
hat fell off, and the deceased fell to the ground,—;
Michael Regan then - came tfp,.with a piece of
wood in one-hand, and a cutlass in the other, and
gave him a violent blow with one of them, but
which witness did not know,. Patrick Regan also
• came up %vial a large .bludgeon, with which he
also struck the deceased as be.lay stretched under
, him. Many other persons also struck /he de-
ceased, whom witness did not -know by name.
Martin Hearn stated, that he lived in Claren-
don-square, Somers-town : he was acquainted
with the'deceased, who was alwayi a quiet peace-
able kind of a man ; lie was tenant to witness,
and rented five small tenements, which witness
built iii' New-court, Saffron-hill: The - deceased
- did not come to' pay his rent, as stated by the
other
:witnesses, only to excuse himself, he owing
three weeks ,rent for them. On Sunday last wit-
ness went to the Ship public-house, in Rain-
bridge4-street, kept by Owen Daly, where be was
informed that two or three brothers,, of the name
of Norwood, who Chad a previous quarrel with
another' party in St. Giles, were out that (1.6,
providing men to fight
:the other party, and
that there was to be a general fight. Witness, in
consequence of this inforthation, called on Mr.
Chambers, the High Constable kor the HOlborn
division. Witness informed him of it, and told
. hint if he were to come and take some of the party
into custody, .it might put a stop to the fight.
Mr. Chambers told witness to go back, and have
have an eye to them,- and if he saw any thing se-
rious likely to happen, to acquaint him with it,
and that lieavotild remain at house all the evening
for that pu4pose. Witness returned to the Ship
public-house, where he found soine"of the oppo-
site party to -that of the. Norwood's.: witness ad-
vised them.-to go house : there was a number of
them, perhaps about a dozen; they had ,75.4.(1. rec-
koning to pay, which the little girl was collecting ;
the reckoning might be about a pot a-piece.—.-
Three women came in, two.of whom witness un-
stood tb be wives oftheNorwoods, and also a man
of the -name of Kelly, who iMinediately began to
quarrel with Pat. Regan, who was there. A crowd
was coming up from the end of Church-street, cry-
ing out huzza ! a womaa at the door called out,
m here theY:coe :" witness shut the door; a tall
man on the inside pushed witness from the door,and
pat out his head,
.when he received a blow, which
cut him so that the blood flowed -down over the
witness's breast : one of the men on the outside,
who witness was informed was one of the Nor-
woods, had.a shovel. . They afterwards had a ge-
neral quarreLon the outsider witness remained in
at the time, and did not venture out : White, the
deceased, was outside ; he worked all that (lay
,with his master until four o'clock,. and then he
asked- permission to go to a funeral--a. pretence,
in order to come there : he did net come .to pay
rent ;• ivitness often blamed him for being among •
those parties. t . .
•. The following questions were put to this wit-
ness by the Jury
Q. Do you know what views White had in
coining to St. Giles's ; did lie come-with an in-
tention to,.fight ?—A. I.cannot tell. .
Q. As you were not outside, how can you tell
that W -

-hite was with the outside party

not know any thing of what passed on the t -
side. .

"A woman -of...the name of Norwopd crime for-
ward to, give. her evidence, which w,e it to state,
that the last witness, Marlin Hearn-, was the licad
of the Other party, ; that he provided them with
swords and sticks, and stood at the-door to hand
them arms. as they went.,out:

The Jury returned a ‘'erdict-oc-7-117i/jra. Murder
against Michael Regan, Patrick Regan, Cornelius
Callaghan, and Patrick ;Gallaugher.

THE POLICE.