The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-04 00:00:00

JUNE 4, 1847.

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.
THE- HORRIBLE MURDER IN
MARYLEBONE.
(Continued from our Edition of yesterday.)
William Crofton Meat, surgeon, Upper Berkeley-
street, Bryanstone-square—At half-past five o'clock thi!,
morning I was called to the back kitchen of the house
N 0.40, Adam-street West, and there saw the body of
an aged woman lying on her right side; one of her legs
was bent over her body, and her neck was lying across a
fender. A small rope was passed six times round her
throat, but not tightly. There was a bruise under the
left jaw- bone. The body was quite cold, and the
muscles rigid; the hands were begrimed with ashes, ani
the hair of the head was full of dust. A cap was lying
by the side of the deceased, under whose head was a
quantity of clotted blood, which had emanated from the
mouth and nostrils.:
Mr. Rawlinson—ln your opinion, sir, how long had
the deceased been dead before you were called in? Wit-
ness—l should think about eight hours.
Mr. Rawlinson—Can you form any opinion as to how
the death was caused? Witness—l have taken merely
a cursory view, and, so far as that extends, death ensue)
from loss of blood. I have not as yet made any exami-
nation further than what I have mentioned.
Mary Anne Porter, wife of a constable of the D divi-
sion, said—l was called to search the prisoner, and I
found a great deal of blood upon her clothing; her bonnet
strings had also marks of blood upon them.
Mr. Rawlinson—Did anything more transpire respect-
ing the appearances you speak of? Witness—No; but,
in addition to what I have stated, there was blood upon
the prisoner's cloak.
Mr. Rawlinson—Did anything more pass? Witness
--While in the cell a man came to look at the prisoner.
and she said, " That is a son•in-law of the old lady, and
there are some things in the bundles which I have given
the old lady ss. for."
Mr. Mills, 3, George-place, Carnaby-street, St.
James's, said—l am porter to Mr. Barker, 170, Regent-
street, and son-in-law of deceased. I dined with her on
Sunday last, and have not sees her since. The prisoner,
who is a servant out of place, had been lodging with her
11 weeks, and a fortnight ago she received notice to
quit, but she refused to do so. Last Sunday morning
niy mother (deceased) told her she was grieved ac
not being able to get rid of her, and the prisoner
had been heard to make an observation to the effect that
:he knew that the old lady had some money in a corner
drawer.

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that there was a very serious case inside. I asked the
prisoner what she had been doing, and she replied " No-
thing." I asked her what made her leave the house so
early, but she made no reply, and trembled very much;
at this time Battersby came from the back part of the
house and said, " This is a serious affair; take her to the
tation-house." I did so, and we went there in a cab.
I took the bundles with me, and gave them to the in-
spector. On the way to the station the prisoner made
no observation whatever.

Susannah Nisbett—l lodge at 40, Adam-street, on
the first floor. I knew Mrs. Stowell, the deceased, and
saw her yesterday afternoon between three and four
~'clock,
Mr. Rawlinson—Did the prisoner lodge with her ?
Witness—Yes.

Mr. Rawliuson—When did you last see the prisoner ?
Witness—At twenty minutes to nine o'clock I saw her
come out.

Mr. Rawlinson—Did you hear any noise or struggling
in the house ? Witness—None, sir.

Mr. Rawlinson—Did you ever hear the prisoner
threaten the deceased ? Witness—Yes ; the night be
,-,we last I heard her call her an old wretch, and say she
would do for her.

The clothes contained in the bundles before referred
to, and marked " tiL 5.," were proved to belong to the
murdered woman.

The prisoner, on being asked what she had to say, and
being duly cautioned by the magistrate, denied al;
knowledge of the way in which the old lady came by
her death ; she said she knew nothing whatever about it.
The Magistrate remanded her for further examina-
tion, and on her way from the Court, while being re-
moved at one o'clock to the prison van, she was hissed at
and hooted by a large mob who had assembled.

CHARGE of MURDER at BRISTOL.
BRISTOL, JUNE I.—This morning the news was spread
throughout the neighbourhood of Limekiln-lane, in this
city, that the wife of a mechanic named Skinner had
been murdered by her husband, who had thrown her
out of a third story window, and dashed her brains out.
Skinner, it appears, is a nailer, living with his wife and
two small children at No. 4, Limekiln-lane. Yesterday,
not being well, the husband lay down in bed during the
greater part of the day. He and his family occupied
an upper room in the house, the third window from the
' street. At half past seven o'clock last evening the wife's
brother called in to see them, and noticing that the
hearth-brush lay broken, asked the husband how it was
done, to which he replied, " I broke it on Sally, beating
her yesterday." The brother made some remarks, upon
which the husband ordered the brother out of the room,
but the wife begged him not to go, as her husband would
murder her if he did. A struggle ensued, in the course
of which theyall three fell on the bed, the husband
striking the wife, The husband then got up and ran to
a shelf, from which he took a table knife, which he held
in a threatening manner, and drove the brother out
down two or three of the stairs, after which he returned
into the room, and almost immediately a crash was heard,
and persons in the street saw the wife falling from the
window into the street. The neighbourhood being a
crowded one, every assistance was rendered, but the
poor woman shortly died without havingl spoken, her
skull having been severely fractured. The husband was
immediately taken into custody, but alleged that his wife
had fallen out of the window herself. To this, however,
it is replied that a young man who was passing near the
house at the moment, and who saw the body falling, on
looking up, noticed the window closed immediately after
the body fell, which, if true, renders it more probable
that she was thrown out.
A Coroner's inquest will be held this evening, when,
no doubt, the true facts of the case will come out.