The Sun.
London, England, 1825-07-07 00:00:00

CORONER'S INQUEST.

Yesterday an Inquisition was held at tile
Dolphin public house, Long-alley, Finsbury, before T. STIR-
LING, Esq. Coroner, on view of the body of Ann Brown, a
woman between 40 and 50 years of age, residing in Crooked
Billet-court, Long-alley, who was found in her bed on Sunday
night last, with her throat cut.
This case has excited intense interest throughout the neigh-
bourhood, in consequence of the apprehension of the husband
of the deceased, on suspicion of having murdered her.
The Jury, having been sworn, proceeded to the house to view
the body, which presented a dreadful spectacle, being little else
than skin and bones, and the windpipe being severed.
On the return of the Jury, one of them (Mr. Constable) said
he wished to observe on the impropriety of removing the situa-
tion in which it had been found, before it was seen by the Jury,
a practice, he said, by which they were prevented front forming
so perfect an opinion as they might otherwise be enabled to do,
as to the manner of the death of the deceased.
The summoning officer replied, that it was done by direction
the Coroner (Sir. Un win, for whom Sir. Stirling officiated on
this occasion), who desired that the body might be removed, and
place in proper order.
Sir. Constable repeated that he thought the practice improper.
and some others of the Jury expressed the same opinion.
Henry Powell was then sworn, and deposed, that h_, occupied
a room on the same floor with the deceased, who had been bed-
ridden for the last five weeks, and could not get out of bed with-
out assistance. Witness saw her on Sunday afternoon between
four and five o'clock, and then fed her with a spoon. She wa+
so weak that he could not understand what she said, but from
the motion of her lips it appeared tis if she said, " God blesi.
you." About twelve o'clock that night witness felt himself
shaken by his wife, and, on awakening, heard Brown, the de-
ceased's husband, exclaim, " Oh, you wicked woman ! you
wicked woman !" Witness immediately ran to Brown's room.
where he found the deceased lying on her back in bed with her
throat cut. Witness asked for the razor which had done the
deed, and, on its being produced front a drawer by a little
boy, son of the deceased, witness threw it against the grate.
and broke it, exclaiming, " It shall never cut another throat."
Witness was so agitated at the time, that he cannot say whether
Brown spoke or not, nor whether there was blood upon the.
razor. The witness deposed also, that the deceased, during
her illness, had been treated with great tenderness by her hus-
band, who provided every thing for her which his means would
allow of.

To questions by the Jury, he replied, that be did not know'
that Brown was taken to the watchhouse in consequence of anY
charge made against him. Could give no reason for his being
taken to the watchhouse. Never saw any reason to think that
the deceased was in an unsound state of mind.
Mr. James Farmer, of No. 54, Crown-street, surgeon, wag
called to the deceased about half-past 12 on Sunday night. He
found an incision of about an inch and a half in the windpipe-
She appeared to have bled very little. In the emaciated state
in which the deceased appeared, a small effusion of blood would
be sufficient to cause death. He thought that if the wound had;
been inflicted by a stronger hand than the deceased's, it would
have been done more effectually.
Mary Ann Powell, wife of the first witness, confirmed hi*
testimony, and added that within the last six months the de-
ceased had buried two children, which appeared to have preyo
upon her mind. On the occasion of burying the last she a>'
pressed a hope that in six months more she herself would be in
the grave with it. This witness also deposed to the kindness
with which the deceased during her illness had been treated bf
her husband.

•
Wm. Brown, aged twelve years, son of the deceased, slept
with his brother, in the same room with his father and mother'
On Sunday he went to bed between nine and ten o'clock. 05
father came home that evening, not sober, but not very drunk'
and laid across the bed. He was asleep hetbre witness went t 6
bed. Witness in the night heard his father say, " Oh, :IT:2
wicked woman, what have you done to yourself ? "
ness, on being asked for the razor, took it out of the drawc,r
and gave it to Powell. His father and mother did not quarto
while she was

Another little boy, brother of the last witness
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, who, on Pc-
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bed.)
the razor shut up, and afterwards, at her desire, gave her the
A watchman, named Johnson, deposed, that hearing the 01,
of women on Sunday night, he went to Brown's room, and foun'
rile statedr corns.t h a tlie his
gave n)
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the deceased in bed, quite dead. Ile afterwards thought it 1.0
duty to take Brown to the watch-house_
A female named Preston spoke to the good understanding
which subsisted between the deceased and her husband, who
crying on Sunday evening in the presence of witness, asked his
wife, who then appeared to be in a dying state, if he hail not
behaved to her like a husband ? She replied " Yes ;" and eV
tended her hand to him.
The Jury, after a short deliberation, returned their verdict---
" Died by her own act, in a state mental aberration."
The result of the Inquest was afterwards communicated bY„.
the Coroner to Mr. Benett the Magistrate at the W 0157;
street police office, who, after a further examination of od
witnesses' ordered that Brown, the husband of the delft,
(whb has been in custody since Sunday night) should be
charged.

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DREADFUL SUICIDE.-Last night, about
O'clock, an unfortunate girl of the Town, naroe.
Sarah Hudson, in a fit of temporary dertiollef.:
ment produced by intoxication, was wal,ol‘ln%
with a female of the same caste along the
River bank, near Islington, when Hudson- glie
over the Wooden rail and threw lwrself into t
water, and before assistance could be obtained;
she sunk to rise no more. The distress of Ile
15'
afflicted parents, who live in Union passage,
lington-road, is beyond degcriptlon. The 11.11 et
happy girl was only 18. The body
been found.
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MELANCHOLY CIRCUMSTANCE.--OD ti C
evening last, at ClifFe-house Academy, St. illargaret'sc%tetil
pupils being nearly all gone home, and the house being, inh'ntter
with rats, with a view to destroy them, some bread andronlY
was steeped in arsenic by Mrs. Temple, who unfortunately cog
put it out of her hands for a few seconds,' preparatory to Pi3viere
it in the rat-holes ; when three or four of the lads, w.h! into
waiting for their friends to fetch them, accidentally goiny' for
has not J
the room, conceiving the bread and butter was left there the
their supper partook of it, and were soon taken ill; °l,l;csi
discovery of what had happened, every remedy which we isit
advice and assistance could suggest were had recourse t°„',., of
we regret to add, that one fine little boy, named Fu"' big
London, fell a victim, and to add to the distressing seen
father arrived to take him home, in about an hour after thetool‘
fortunate event had taken place. The other boys, who p-
„
of the bread and butter, are likely to recover. the.
A halibut, of the species usually caught cul
gA p
Dutch coast, was brought to Falmouth market Tinir
weighing above 701 b.

COAL MARKET JuLY
S6h9ips4 Newcastle at Market.
5 Ships
1 sold
30s Od to i' fitt
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31 Sunderland ' - -24 i -29 s Od to 3

MARRIED. Or'
At St. George's, on the 6th inst., Lieutenant Chawcilel ht.-
A-
Ross, R.N.,
.daughter_ to Sophia, youngest of David P.I '
son, Esq., Wellclose-square. . relio'
At St. James's Piccadilly, on the sth inst., Thalia- jou/ 0f
ing, M.D., lecturer on the obstetric science in bon ~q.,
Martha, second daughter of the late William Stewart, 1"
the former place. rho
H. „rcli,be
On Tuesday, the sth inst., at St. Pancras New ,'"- i "I,
H. G. Brown, to Frances Ann Brown, only dauglitegotiP.
late Robert Brown, Esq., of Bartholomew-place,
town. /

DIED,

1060 in

Early on Monday morning, the 4th inst., at h';
s of
Grosvenor-place, the Right non. Lord LiltOrd. „r
On the 27th ult , Mrs. Scales, of Stamford-hill, or v
Edward Scales, Esq., of Stoke Newington, in the 715) 6t,
her age.
„eon, of
On Tuesday, the sth inst., at the house of his „eon,
Thomas's street, Southwark, Mr. William Coz, Orb-
trs
L On theombard- 3 street d
. or,„,10
of March, between Mount Sinai and .I'.' et 's trot
Red Sea, the Rev. Joseph Cook, ISLA , Fellow of Chroclr,
lege, Cambridge, younger son of the. Rev. Jose
Newton-hall, Noithumberland.

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