The Sun.
London, England, 1849-08-23 00:00:00

BIRIVILNGIiAM,-AUGUST 22.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The late half-yearly meetings of the great
railway companies appear to have had a salutary effect upon the
share market, for although little business is done, all transactions
arc marked by caution, and prices aro for London and North-
Western, 129%.

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YORK, AuGusT 21.
STOCK ExcualmE.—The transactions to-day have been as fol-
low: —Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, (N. D., guaranteed 5 per
cent.,) 13 k— York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Newcastle Extension),
14—Ditto ((1. N. H. Purchase), 4%—Caledonian, 21.

THE CHOLERA.
RETURN OF CASES, AUG. 22.
Attacks.

Deaths.

DI London and vicinity, viz.:—
Rotherhithe 4
Whitechapel ... ... ... 26 5
Southwark 14
Bermondsey 12
St. Luke's 1
Poplar ... ... ... ... 13 2
Stepney ... ... ... ... 22 9
Other localities in London ... 232 132
In England and Wales, viz.:—
Liverpool ... ~. ... ... 100 26
Merthyr Tydvil ... ... ... 13 1
Plymouth ... ... ... ... 23 6
Newcastle-under-Lyme ... ... 14 6
Leeds ... ... ... ... 16 0
Dowlais ... ... ... - ... 13 3

Other towns in England ... .g. 95 63
In Scotland, viz.:--
Dundee ... ... ... ... 11 19
Other towns in Scotland ... ... 12 5

Total ... ... ... 701

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Mr. Sergeant WILKINS then rose, and stated the
case on behalf of the prosecution. He said thatuader
the sacred bonds and obligations of justice ri:nposed
upon the jury by the oath they had just takes, their
duty was clearly pointed out and limited byit, and
under that sacred bond they were bound to dscharge
that duty manfully and honestly, to look at the fees
which he should proceed to lay before Vern, and
without the interference of any sinister votive or
impulse, without fear and without hope, in estraight-
forward and manly manner, they were to pro-
nounce their verdict, guilty or not guilty, according
to the evidence which would be hed before
them. Under any circumstances the duties of jurors
were most painful, but they would be more thin ordi-
nerily so in the present case, not arising mil of any
difficulty that existed as to the facts of the case, but
in consequence of the great number of facts which
they would have to retain in their minds. fn order
not to encumber them with any intricacies, his
Learned Friend and himself had come to the conchs-
sion that it would be desirable to take the fads of the
case in the order of time in which they had occurred,
from the first moment in which the prisoner appeared
on the stage to the moment of his apprehension, and
subsequent imprisonment, in consequence of the
evidence which was given against him. Having made
these statements to the jury, he should no proceed
to lay before them the facts on which this charge
against the prisoner arose. He was charged with the
wilful murder of Mary Parr. The deceased Mary
Parr was a servant in the house of Capt. Hinrichson,
of Leveson-street, in Liverpool. Whilst Captain
Hinrichson was on his voyage Mrs. Hinrichson was
in the habit of employing certain musical talents
which she possessed, in order to assist her in support-
ing her family. She was also in the habit of letting
apartments in her house with the same objet. The
servant, Mary Parr, was about 30 years of age,
and the family then at home consisted of Mrs. Hin-
richson and her two little boys, the one five, and the
other three years of age, and of Mary Part, the de-
ceased, whose death was the subject of the present in-
quiry. They would be told that on Tuesday, the
27th of March, the prisoner called at the house, and
inquired for apartments, and after some inquiry he
agreed to take the back parlour and the front bed-
room. It would be shown to them that the prisoner's
taking these apartments was a mere pretext, that he
had already apartments in another part of the town,
and to which he again went after the transactions in
connexion with this case had taken place. After he
concluded his agreement with Mrs. Hinrichson he
went out, and in a short time returned again. He
then went out again a second time, and returned at
ten o'clock in the evening, and soon afterwards went to
bed ; but before doing so he told Mrs. Hinrichson
that which"be ljnew tp he a falsehood—till-Raid to her
be there to-morrow, when, in truth, there was no
foundation for any such statement. Early on the
following morning the prisoner went out, and the first
they heard of him was at a tavern in Great George •
street, where about nine o'clock they found he had a
glass of ale. When he went to the tavern he asked
the mistress of the house if she would give
him a wafer. She said she had none, but
that she had some black sealing wax, if that would do
as well. He then sealed a note which he had with
the black wax. The prisoner then said that he could
not write, and the landlady of the house called her
daughter, who came into the bar, and, according to
the instructions of the prisoner, directed the letter to
John Wilson, at No. 20, Leveson-street. Following
upon this the jury find a most important fact, and one
which would serve for meditation and reflection long
after that case should have been over. After he left
the tavern he called a boy in the street named M‘Der-
mot, and told him that if he would take a letter to the
house to which he would .direct him be would give
him some halfpence. He then told the boy to watch
him into the house in Leveson-street, and to follow
him in a few minutes afterwards with the letter, and
to ask the party who came to the door if John ‘V
il-
son lived there, and to say that the letter was from
the prisoner's master. The bey watched the prisoner
into the house as desired by him, and in about five
minutes afterwards he followed him, and knocked at
the door, and the deceased Mary Parr came to the
door. The boy asked if the prisoner lived there,
when she said, " Yes, here he is." It was important
to remark here, that at the time the boy came to the
house the prisoner was without money, and he
borrowed some halfpence from Mrs. Hinrichson to
reward the boy. In the course of the forenoon Mrs.
Hinrichson went out to purchase articles for the
use of the house, and the first shop at which she called
was at that of a Mrs. Cox, in St. James's-street,
where she purchased a quantity of potatoes. A boy
named Anthony Carney was directed to take these
potatoes to Mrs. Hinrichson's house, and shortly
afterwards he went to the house with the potatoes.
And here he prayed the particular attention of the
jury, because he thought they would have no doubt,
when they should have heard the whole of the facts,
that the murder of this poor girl took place while
Mrs. Hinrichson was absent making these purchases.
When the boy Carney knocked at the door the
prisoner answered it, and took the potatoes from him.
He did not open the door thoroughly, but only in
part. In a few moments the prisoner returned to the
door with the basket which had contained the potatoes
and gave it to the boy ; and the jury would hear that
this boy was much struck with the appearance of the
prisoner. The boy would tell them that the prisoner
was the man who took the potatoes from him, and
that he was very much struck with his peculiar ap-
pearance. On going down the steps from the house
he met Mrs. Hinrichson coming home, and here he
(the Learned Counsel) might say, that although the
prisoner now stood charged with the murder of the
servant, it was impossible to keep out of view
the circumstances attending the murder of Mrs.
Hinrichson and her children. He thought there
could be no doubt in the mind of any rational being
that almost the moment that unfortunate lady got into
the house she was murdered by the prisoner in
the same manner as be had already murdered the
servant; because she was found with her bonnet and
gloves on, lying partly in the lobby of the house.
Whilst Mrs. Hinrichson was out, she had occasion to
call at the shop of a Mr. Roebuck, where she pur-
, chased some jugs, and young Roebuck took the jugs
to Mrs. Hinrichson's house. The boy knocked at the
door for a long time. and still he did not hear any
one coming. He then looked through the key-hole
and saw the legs of a female lying across the lobby.
Afterwards he looked through the parlour window,
and saw the servant lying there, into the cause of
whose death they were then inquiring, and the little
boy, five years old, was lying beside her, with his
hand over her. (The Learned Counsel then pro-
' ceeded to state the circumstances connected with the
discovery, of the bodies, after the alarm was given by
the boy Roebuck and others. The painful particu-
lars as to the state of the deceased parties are already
familiar to our readers, and we do not therefore think
it necessary to state them here in detail.) 'After
the bodies had been discovered, the authorities
found, on going into Mrs. Hinrichson's room,
that her jewels and other things had been taken
away ; and on examining the prisoner's bed-
room they found a quantity of bloody water, from
which it would appear that he had been washing his
hands. The depositions of the servant herself
would be laid_ before them, and it seemed to him that
' that statemLent alone could leave no doubt whatever
' on the mind.t; of the jury as to the guilt of the prisoner.
The Learned Counsel then proceeded to speak of the
movements of the prisoner after the murder had been
committed, aria
traced him to what is called the figure
of eight pit, at Windsor, in Toxteth Park, where he

Edward M‘Dermott called—Was a labourer. Was
in Pitt-street on Wednesday, 28th March. He met
the prisoner, who asked him was he busy; he an-
swered, " Not at pr,ssent." The prisoner 'asked him
to take a letter for him, which he gave him. The
prisoner told the witness to follow him and watch
where he would go to, and when he had been in fire
minutes to come to the door and knock, and ask for
a young man named Wilson, and say that the letter
was from his master. The prisoner went into No.
20, Leveson-street. He did as the prisoner directed,
and rang the bell, which was answered by a girl. The
girl told him Mr. Wilson stood behind her in the lobby
where he saw him. Ile gave the letter to the prisoner.
The young woman went to the front parlour, and the
prisoner followed her. The prisoner returned again,
and gave the witness three penny pieces. The witness
could not read. The envelope of the letter was pro-
duced, which the witness said had three lines on when
he'had it at first.
Cross-examined—Had never seen the man before
who gave that letter.
Anthony Carney, examined by Mr. Sergeant Wu,
KlNS.—Remembered Mrs. Hinrichson coming to his
master's shop on Wednesday, the 29th of March
last. She purchased a peck of potatoes, which the
wttness took to her house. He ramp. hell ..r,
returned the basket in. about a minute. The witness
noticed the prisoner was much heated. He met Mrs.
Hinrichson on the steps of the door, but did not see
her go in. He made an observation to his master
when he went home.

Cross-examined—Fie rang the bell twice. The
man came immediately after he rang. The man
stood at the door, partly behind.
Daniel Roebuck called, and cross-examined by Mr.
BLAlR—Lived with his father, at No. 2, Great
George-place. His father was a dealer in earthen-
ware. He recollected a lady coming to his father's
shop on the day before the murder. She bought a
basin and some egg cups. He took them to the
house with 198. Mrs. Hinrichson gave him a sove-
reign, and he gave her the change. Next day, about
eleven o'clock, she came again and purchased two
jugs. She went about a quarter of an hour before
him. He knocked at the door twice, but got no
answer. He looked through the key-hole and saw
the legs of a female lying in the lobby. He rang at
the bell. No °Eke answered. He heard a moaning.
He knocked at the cellar door, then he got upon the
' parlour window. He saw a child and a young
woman on the floor bleeding. He told his father what
he had seen. His father came back with him, and
some persons had got into the house.
John Hughes, cross-examined by Mr. PAGETT—
Was a bricklayer. He was near St. James's Church
at a quarter past twelve. He went to Leveson-street
direct. A young girl was knocking at the door of
No. 20. She came down the steps, spoke to a woman,
and seemed in trouble. The boy was peeping in
through the Venetian blinds. The witness tried to
look through, but could see nothing. He then got upon
the railings and saw a woman and a child lying on the
floor in the front parlour. He observed blood. The
woman lay with her feet to the fire-place and her
head to the parlour door. The child was beside her;
it had its arm round her waist. He gave an alarm,
broke the window, and lifted the catch. He got in at
the window. When he got in he saw another woman
laying with her feet: in the lobby and her head in the
parlour. He picked up the child ; it was alive. It
tried to speak, but he could not understand it. The
servant arose on her hands and knees and looked wild,
savage. She tried to speak, but the witness could not
understand her. The woman lying in the lobby had a
straw bonnet on and kid gloves. She had a veil upon
her bonnet. They were all over blood. There was
a deal of blood about. Some of the tables and chairs
were piled up in the lobby. It appeared as if the
room had been cleaning. He went into the cellar
kitchen and found a boy about three years old with
his throat cut.
To the JUDGE—The woman in the lobby was not
dead.
Examination continued—The man that was with
the witness carried the child up stairs. He went into
the top back bedroom. A box was there. The lid
was open; the things were scattered about.
John Martin examined by Sergeant WILKINS—
Was a surgeon. He was in the neighbourhood of 20,
Leveson-street. He went in. He observed a lady
lying partly in the lobby. He began to examine her.
He raised her head. It was covered with a bonnet
at,d veil. He found several wounds in the head, and
her t,:ce covered with blood. The wounds were made

through the bonnet. The skull was fractured in
several places. He saw a child in the front parlour
on the floor. The lady was living. The little finger
of the child's left hand was wanting. Its arm was
wounded. The same instrument would make both
wounds. The child's skull was severely fractured.
It was living. A younger child was brought in ; its
throat was cut through the windpipe, the carotid
artery and blood vessels were severed. The witness
saw a table knife. The servant was brought for his
inspection. Her skull was fractured. The wounds
were sufficient to cause death.
Cross-examined—On the head of the female with
the bonnet on he should say there were five wounds.
Great violence appeared to have been used in the
blows. He saw a poker there. Any one of the
wounds might have produced death. The brain of the
child was completely exposed. The whole side of the
head was broken in. That must have been done by
repeated blows. The servant had at least two frac-
tures. He should say twenty blows had been given
to the servant.
Samuel Hough examined by Mr. BLAIR--IS a
police-constable. He went to Leveson-street, and
found a poker there, lying by Mrs. Hinrichson's head..
It was bent, and there was blood upon it.Bo found
a bonnet. It was broken when he fooo,do 1: He
observed some potatoes on the parlour n 0
searched the house, and found a box broken open.
The contents were strewn about the floor.
described
Mary Nott recalled—She knew the room
as Mrs. Hinrichson's.
Henry Povah, a Police' 1
fficer, examined by Mr.
PAGETT—Found a fire-shovel near the servant girl.
o
It was bent, and the hair ;Von it. Tie found part of

DREADFUL UJRDER OF A. WIFE
BY HER HUSBAND.
Yesterday Robert Ward, a man about 46 years of
age, was brought before Mr. E. Yardley, at the
Thames Police court, on remand, charged with the
wilful murder of his wife Sarah, who was represented
to have been a fine looking woman, about 35 years of
age.
The prisoner is a mild looking man, of quiet de-
meanour, with a little appearance of dissipation. He
seemed greatly affected, and when his daughters were
put into the witness-box to give evidence against him
be sobbed convulsively, threw himself back into a
chair, and concealed his face in his hands.
Police-constable Edward Rummell, No. 167 K,
was the first witness called, and he stated that a few
minute before I _eVI:111 nn Pritlav nierht lank
street, btepney, where he saw a woman lying upon
the floor, and bleeding most copiously from a severe
wound on the left side of the head. A doctor was
sent for, who dressed the wound, and advised that the
woman should be immediately conveyed to the Lon-
don Hospital, which was done. He remained in the
neighbourhood of the house until about one o'clock
the next morning, when he received information that
the prisoner returned to his home, and got in the
back way. Witness entered the house again, and
saw the prisoner in the lower front room, standing by
a table, with a small account book and a pencil in his
hands, casting-up some accounts. The prisoner spoke
to him first, and said, " I'll go with you quietly when
I have reckoned up my work, so that my daughters
may get the money," and he allowed him to do so.
Before leaving the house the prisoner turned to his
eldest daughter, and said to her, " This is all through
you and your doings." Witness asked the prisoner
for the poker with which he had killed his wife, and
he said he had struck her with his fist, and did not
think he had any poker. On the way to the station
house the prisoner said, " It's a bad job ; it's all
through my eldest daughter ; this (meaning the de-
ceased) is her mother in-law."
John Bivand, 117 K, said the deceased never spoke
after being removed to the hospital, and that her cap
was handed to him by a female. There was a hole
which had been burnt out on the top of it, and blood
on the sides corresponding with the burnt hair and
the wound in the left side of the deceased's head. The
cap strings (ribbons) were saturated with blood. On
Saturday morning, in consequence of information, he
searched the house again, and found a poker in an
upper room, concealed behind some boxes. There
was a little hair on the poker, of the same colour as
the deceased's hair. It was singed, and matted to-
gether with blood. He had no doubt the poker was
quite hot when the blow which caused death was
inflicted.
Sarah Wren, a married woman, of No. 34, James-
street, deposed that she lived exactly opposite to the
house where deceased and her husband lately resided.
Unhappy differences had arisen between the prisoner
and his wife, in consequence of his eldest daughter
by his first wife, who is unmarried, having becomethe
pregnant. About a week before the fatal
theeventgirl,
prisoner and his wife quarrelled about
Ward beat the deceased and gavereh_aetrng to the eldest
to two black eyes.
and
eyes.
Owing to the reports circulated 1
daughter, witness took her .a_doctor, who said she
was in the family way. On Friday night last, shortly
before ten o'clock, the deceased, who was then in
good health and spirits, called upon witness, and
asked for the loan of some bread, and said she was
going to get some meat for her husband's supper.
About a quarter of an hour afterwards she heard the
prisoner and his wife wrangling in their front room
about the eldest daughter. The prisoner used wry
horrible expressions, and accused his wife with pub-
lishing his daughter's shame to the world, and said,
You are like a -- walking newspaper, for you
have been and exposed the girl among the neigh-
bours." The deceased replied mildly, "No, Ward,
there is no occasion to do that ; I have not done so,
but the neighbours could see quite enough without my
telling them." Witness afterwards heard the prisoner
call his wife a liar, and threaten her, and he also
said his daughter was a sight better than his wife,
who was not fit to stand in her shoes, and that he
would not see her lost, although she was with child.
He also used other vituperative expressions, and from
the way he addressed his wife, was exceedingly
angry. About ten minutes afterwards witness was
fetched over to the prisoner's house by his daughter,
Sarah Ward, and upon entering the lower room she
discovered the deceased on the floor weltering in her
blood, with her head lodged against the head of a
chair. The blood was flowing profusely fromvf!
wound on the left side of the head—it 71 awls::
stream. Witness exclaimed, "Oh,.
have you done to your
replied, " I struck her over
oor
wilifeead'rsi.t,oithwa abipc' ohkehre,
but I did not intend to do it. The poker which was
and witness took hold
nearly red hot, was on the c
it on thbealr'round near the
of it and threw
fire-
place. She then knelt down agnd took. the deceased's
head upon her lap, and asked the prisoner to obtain
some water immediately. The prisoner said, "Don't
wash her head with cold water, use warm," and he
gave her
somewater, and
~ assisted in washing his
wife's bead and
face, and dabbed" the water on her
,with a piece of rag. Witness removed the deceased's
cap from her head. It was scorched, and there was
a hole burnt in it. She then saw the wound, which
corresponded in size with the burnt hole in the cap.
Directly after that the prisoner left the house.
In answer to a question by Mr. YARDLEY, the
witness said the prisoner did not express any concern
while his wife was insensible and bleeding, or say he
was either sorry or glad. She did not-think more
than five or seven minutes elapsed after she heard the
prisoner abusing his wife before she WAS fetched over
to their house.