The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-17 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE—T'ths Day.

THE PADDINGTON WIFE MURDER.

INQUEST TIIIS DAY.

The adjourned inquiry touching tho death of Greco
Ringwood, who was stabbed by her husband, was held this
' morning before Dr. Lankester at the Hall Arms, Edgware-
road. A great deal of interest was manifested in the pro-
ceedings, a large crowd surrounding the house where the
inquest was held. The accused, Ge3rge Ringwood, was
present in custody, having been brought up under an order
from the Home-office.
Mr. T. Willing, solicitor, of 17, Titchborne-street, ap-
peared for the prisoner.
The Coroner road over the depositions taken at the first
inquiry, comprising the evidence of Mrs. Juson, of the
Greyhound beerhouse, Louis Marcki, a lodger there, who
witnessed the murder, and Mr. Hammonds, surgeon:
Mrs. Juson was re-examined, and, in answer to Mr.
Wilding, said—l have known deceased and her husband
snore than a twelvemonth. I have seen her during that
time frequently the worse for drink. On the evening iu
question the prisoner first sat with his back to the door
near a table. He was not sitting nearer to the table on
which th, knife and fork lay when Marcki came into the
room. Tne prisoner was not eating any bread out of his
hand, nor had he tho knife in his hand. The whole affair
was done in a moment, and I am certain Ringwood did
not intend what ho did. They both appeared to be on the
best of terms, and Ringwood even joined the deceased in
a chorus a few seconds before the unfortunate circumstance
took place. When I came back, after leaving the room,
Ringwood was supporting the deceased in his arms.
Louis Marcki was recalled, and said he saw the bottle
thrown. It would have seriously hurt the accused if it
had hit him. When the deceased called Ringwood "a
thief" she had her back to the sofa, and the accused had
shifted closer to the table whore the knife and fork lay.
Tho whole thing was done in a minute and in the height
of passion.

By a Juror—Ringwood had not the knife in his hand for
any time before ho struck the blow, but took it up on tho
moment.

By the Coroner—l think it was in self-defence he took
up the knife, as she was so violent. I never know Ring-
wcod to ill-treat his wife.

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M' r. B. Stephens, who was called by Mrs. Juson after the
occurrence, deposed that she said to him, " For God's sake
come into my house—there is murder." When witness
wont into the room he saw Ringwood and his wife. Bing-
Ile had both his hands
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By a Juror—l saw James Ringwood •m a butcher's shop
buying a piece of meat, and he told me about a contract he
had taken that day, and said what a blessing it was for his
little family.
lie- was perfectly sober, but she smelled
strongly of drink. They both appeared most happy.
The inquiry was not concluded when we went to press.

A POPULAR " LIFE OF Tom SAYERS "—Capi-
tally well written by the author of " Pugilistica,"
and published for the nominal sum of ,6a bob," by
S. O. Beeton, is a little volume really worthy of
preservation. It is the record of as genuine
pluck as ever brave man manifested. The
career of Tom Sayers extended altogether
over less than forty years, dating from
his birth in the July of 1826, at Pimlico, in
Brighton, to his death in the November of 1865,
at No. 257, High-street, Camden-town. His
indomitable courage, coupled with his honestly
self-restrained mode of life, for a prize-
fighter, up to the period of his final retire-
ment from the Ring, when he unhappily for him-
self appears to have given loose to his love of ease

and pleasure, lent a sort of respectability to Pugilism.

He was the most popular of all the winners of the
Belt, since the Belt was first won by the Champion
of England—and for the dogged valour of the man,
for his daring pluck and unconquerable good
humour under punishment, he nobly merited
his popularity.
A NOBLE LIFE. By the author of " John Ifali-

fax, Gentleman," "Christian's Mistake," &c. 2 vols.—
" T4is is another of those pleasant tales in which the
author of 'John Halifax' speaks, out of a generous heart,
the purest truths of life. Of the mere skeleton of the
story thero would not be much to tell, but in the clothing

with warm flesh and blood the author uses her own
magic arts. The chief of them are her sympathy with all
that is right and kind in human intercourse, and her habi-
tual solution of all problems of life by reference only to the
highest grounds of action."—Exantiner.
ANECDOTE OF THE PRINCE IMPERIAL.—One of
the &naves of the Imperial Guard some days back received
1,500 f. on re-engaging himself, and was about to send the
money to his mother, when by some unfortunate chance
he lost the notes. The journals published an account of
the circumstance, but the man never recovered the money.
His comrades, who knew him to bo an excellent, well-con-
ducted soldier, made a subscription for him, but the amount
was very far from making up the sum lost. At the end of
last week the company of the poor voltigeur was on duty
at tae Tuileries, when the Prince Imperial sent for the
officer in command, and handed him 1,5001., with a re-
quest that the sum might be given to the soldier. "I have
heard," said his highness, " of the loss, and of the use for
which the money was destined. Have the kindness to give►
him this from rue—it is a little present from a grenadier to
a voltigeur."

COURT OF DIVORCE.
(Before Sir J. P. Wilde.)
COOKE V. COOKE.
This was a suit promoted by Eliza Cooke for restitution
of conjugal rights, to which her husband pleaded adultery
and cruelty on her part, but did not appear by counsel.
Mr. Staveiy Hill was for the petitioner.
From the evidence of the petitioner, who was the only
witness examined, it appeared that the parties were mar-
ried at Gateshead, on the 9th Marck, 1839, and that there
were seven children issue of the marriage. In 1853 the
respondent accused his wife of adultery with a person
named Bennet and others, but they continued to cohabit.
In March, 1861, the parties agreed to separate, and the re-
spondent allowed his wife £175 for some time, but he be-
came a bankrupt, and she was at present on parochial
relief, although the respondent, had relieved his position,
and was again in business.

The learned Judge made the decree, and allowed the
respondent a month to comply with the order of the
Court.

His lordship was engaged a portion of the day in hear-
ing tho case of Taverner, falsely called Dichfield v. Dich-
field, in camera.