The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-13 00:00:00

THE INQUEST.

The inquiry as to the cause of death, which was
commenced on Tuesday, terminated on Friday, at the
Talbot Arms, in the parish of Biddulph, before Mr.
C. 'larding, the coroner. The following were the
principal witnesses examined :
John Brough, the son of Jude Brorgh, proved
seeing the prisoner cross the meadows at the time with
the deceased, which was the last time he was seen
alive.

.Mr. John Harrison, surgeon, of Barsham, who
made a post mortem examination, said he found the
head on the left side was much fractured, and several
pieces of bone were found driven completely in, which
were sufficient to cause death. It was the result of
some severe blow with a heavy instrument, such as a
hammer.

James Brough examined—l live at Blackwood-hill
Farm, and am servant to Mr. Challinor. On Friday
night, while I was supping up my horses, my brother
John and Ishmael Lancaster came to me. They
opened the door and came into the stable. Ishtnael
Lancaster then said, " I am came in to kill thee." My
brother John said that Thomas had taken my box and
his, and was going to sell him up, and he wanted me
to go with him to settle it. I said, "itis so near the
week-end, it's no use my going with thee to-night, he
won't sell thee up this week." He said, " bed them
down, and come with me now." I said, " I'll clean
this mare, I've been to Leek with her, she is all of a
sweat." As soon as I had cleaned her down, I went with
them out and locked the door. After I had locked
the door I went to look after the cows, to see if they
were all right. We all three then went into the house.
John Brown, another servant, got them bread and
cheese, while I got ready to go with them. We all
three went on till we got to Ishmael Lancaster's
house, where Ishmael stopped. I and my brother
came on. Just before we got to my brother Thomas's
house, John said, " I will tell thee what thou must
say when thou goes in. Thou must say, What is
my box doing here ? where is Tom ?' " I did go into
Thomas's, and saw the box. I saw my brother
Thomas's wife. She said, in answer to my question,
that she did not know; she was at Tunstall when they
were brought there. I said to her, it was a strange
thing they could not be quiet. I would go over to my
mother's, and would call as I came back again. As
I was going along the lane frommy brother Thomas's
house, I overtook my brother John. He said, "Is
he in ?" I said, "No, he has never been seen since
he came from the Whitefield." Thomas's wife had
told me this. John began crying, and said he did
not know what he must do ; and I asked him what
for. He said he reckoned he should be hung. I
said, " What for ?" , He said he had hit my brother
Thomas on the back of the head with a hammer, and
he reckoned he had killed him. I said, " Oh, dear,
John, you should not have done so, you're sure to be
hung." I then said, "Where is he?"—[The prisoner,
John Brough, was here sent for, and on being brought
into the room, the Coroner told him that the witness
who was then bein:r examined was beginning to give
evidence which affected him (John Brough) as
being implicated in the murder' of his brother,
Thomas Brough. It was, therefore, his (the Coroner's)
duty to have him brought into the room, that he
might listen to what was said. The Coroner then
read over to the prisoner those parts of James
Brough's evidence which affected him. The examina-
tion of the witness was then resumed.]—He said that
he was at the bottom of the meadow, and that I must
help him to do something with him. I said, " Oh,
dear, John, I cannot go near him." He kept begging
of me to help him to take him somewhere. I told
him it was no use asking me, I could not go near him.
I went into my mother's house, and he kept following
after me to ask me. My mother asked what she
must get for our suppers. I said nothing, I had bad
mine. She then warmed some milk, and whilst she
was doing so John went out milking. When the milk
was warmed she gave me mine, and I drank a few
spoonfuls, the remainder set down for the dog. She
asked me if I was going to stop all night ? I said no,
I was going hack again. She begged of me to stop
all night. When John came in I told him I was going;
he said don't go to-night, start early in the morning.
I said I am obliged to go to-night, if anything happens
at Blackwood-hill, and me here, Mr. James will lay
it all on me. I set off to the Blackwood-hill. John
came out with me, and followed me to Thomas's
house. I did not go in; there was a lock on the outside
of the door. I came out of the yard and John begged
of me to help him to do something with my brother
Thomas. I said, "Ah John, it's no use asking me,
I can't go near him." He then began crying, and I
said, " Good night," and I star:ed. Up the lane I met
Ishmael Lancaster and Thomas's wife. She asked
me whether I had seen my brother Thomas? I said
no. She said she doubted but that he was made
away, as he had never been home. I said if he was
he would be found. I said if I could have seen him I
could have settled the matter. She went down to-
wards home, and I went to Blackwood-hill. When I
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Job Bailey--On Saturday evening I found the
hammer now produced in a meadow which is part of
the Whitefleld Farm, and in the occupation of John
Brough. It was about sixty yards from a spot where
there was a quantity of blood. When I found the
hammer it was wet, and there was blood on it with
black hairs. The blood on the ground was on a steep
bank, at the bottom of which there was a little stream
of water, and it was in a direct line from the White-
field Farm and the house of the deceased. The turf
on the bank appeared to have been recently turned
up, as though to hide the blood. The stream of
water appeared as if it had been damned up ; there
was blood about the place. There was also blood in
another hole.

The prisoner here said that the banks of the stream
were red with carr water, which came from some
iron works ; that it was so from year's end to year's
end.

After the Coroner had recapitulated the evidence,
he asked the prisoner if he had anything to say with
respect to the charge ? The prisoner burst into
tears, and uttered some expressions which were not
distinctly audible ; but we understood him to say
that he "must suffer for other folks." He also said
something in reference to transportation, or being sent
out of the country.
The jury then returned a verdict of " Wilful
murder" against John Brough for the murder of his
brother, Thomas Brough.
Brough was then committed for trial.

EXECUTION OF MARY SHEMING
IPSWICII, JAN. 11.—This wretched woman, who
was condemned at the late assizes at Bury St. Ed-
mond's, for the murder of her grandchild, at Mart-
lesham, near Woodbridge, expatiated her offence on
the drop in front of the county gaol this day, at twelve
o'clock. From the time of her condemnation up to
the period of her execution she uniformly maintained
her innocence of the crime, and endeavoured to fix it
alternately upon two of her daughters, one of whom
is now confined in the gaol under a conviction for
larceny, and whose imprisonment expires in the
course of a few days. Yesterday she took her final
leave of all her relatives, and mutual forgiveness was
exchanged, after which the unhappy woman resumed
her religious duties. Notwithstanding all the efforts of
the chaplain, the culprit could not be induced to make
any confession. Upon arriving at the press-room, she
sighed heavily, and when the executioner attempted to
pinion her arms, she complained, in a firm tone, that
he hurt her wrists, and begged that he would not pull
the cap over her face, so as to prevent her breathing.
Beyond this, she never spoke a word to any one,
except asking for a female attendant who had left her,
and upon being informed that she was gone, the
culprit walked firmly up the stairs, and took her place
on the platform. The executioner adjusted the rope,
and she was left standing alone and unsupported
during the remainder of the prayers. The drop fell
about five minutes after twelve, and the wretched
culprit, after a few struggles, ceased to exist.

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ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
(From our Bridg,twater Correspondent.)

The hitherto peaceabb: and happy village of Shapwick
has during the la,t week been tkrown into an extraordi.
nary state of excitement by the death of a young man,
one of that village, and from the symptoms attending his
decease the medical attendant had reason to suppose it
had been occasioned by poisoning. A coroner's inquest
therefore sat on the body on Thursday, the 2d instant,
and was, at the suggestion of the coroner, Mr. Caines,
adjourned to the following Wednesday, to give the sur-
geon an opportunity of having the contents of the sto-
mach examined by Mr. Herapath, the celebrated che-
mist, of Bristol. We regr,t to state that the suspicion
of the committal of the horrible crime falls upon the
sister of the unfortunate youth, who, it appears, had
been waiting upon him during his illness. She left
Shapwick early on the morning on which her brother's
death occurred, taking with her the wearing apparel,
&c., of her poor mother, who also died about three weeks
since. Her friends having occasion to look into the
chest or box where the old woman's things
were kept, were surprised to find the chest empty:
suspicion of the theft at once fell upon the prisoner, and
information of the same was immediately sent to the
police in Bridgewater, wiio discovered that a part of the
things had been pledged. They soon found the young
woman to company with several loose characters dancing
at a low pot-house in the town, where she was immedi-
ately taken into custody, and lodge.i in our gaol. A pri-
vate examination took place before the magistrates on
Monday last, which was adjonrned until Friday, ti.e
10th, to await the Coroner's verdict.
On Wednesday last the inquest was resumed, when a
verdict of " Wilful murder" was returned against her,
and the Coroner made out his warrant for her committal.

The case, as may be supposed, has (Totted intense
excitement here, not simply arising from the circtitn•
stances connected with the case for which the prisoner
stands committed ; but from the fact, that within a short
time she has buried no less than five of her nearest rela-
tives, busides her brother—viz , her mother, who was
buried about three weeks since (and whose clothes she
had stolen), three of her illegitimate children, and her
husband. The body of the mother has been exhumed,
and no doubt is stated to exist of the fact that the unfor-
tunate woman was poisoned. It is expected that the
other bodies will also be taken up and examined. We
are further informed, that the prisoner appears anxious
to make a confession, but the gaoler and constables have
hitherto refused to hear anything. They say that if she
wishes it, a magistrate will receive her statement, and
we have no doubt she will make one.

A RETROSPECTIVE GLANCE AT

THE STATES OF JERSEY FOR 1844.
(From the Jersey and Guernsey News.)
The States of Jersey have been summoned only
fourteen times during the past year, owing to the
lethargy and indolence of the bailiff, which is five
times less than the year before, and they have done
no earthly good whatever worthy of a legislative
body. They began the year with a debt of
61.842/. 13s. 2id., and, notwithstanding our cur-
rent expenses of the year exceed our revenue by
nearly 3.0001., they have since managed to saddle
us with a further debt of about 200,0001. for
building a floating dock. They calculate, how.
ever, to meet it all in time, by trenching deep
into the impost which was expressly granted for the
purpose of establishing a college; but, sewing to the
influence of the shipowners, it has always been
diverted from that purpose. Thus, it is not to be
wondered at that education should be at such a low
ebb in the island as to render it difficult to find men
sufficiently qualified to fill public offices. By the re-
turns of the Statistical Society, it appears that there
are not less than
.from 3,000 to 4,000 children in the
town parish of 24,000 souls, without any
means of instruction whatever, so that our
merchants are reaping riches at the expense
of a national calamity. Our late Dean, with
becoming zeal, prevailed on the States to promise the
erection of a large school-room adjoining the hos-
pital, to mitigate this evil ; but we have not heard
that any measures have yet been taken in the matter.
The States have done nothing during the past year to
reform the manifold abuses under which the island
groans. They have not even passed a single Act
worthy of note. Some Bills have been introduced,
and very good ones in their way, but none of them
have been brought to maturity. There was one by
the constable of St. Helier's, for regulating inquests,
requiring witnesses to be sworn, and reducing the ex-
penses from 51. 12s. to about 2/ 10s. It was brought
in on the 26th of January, ordered to he printed on
the 9th of March, pledged to be brought forward at
the following sitting, but allowed to remain au greffe
-•—or, in other words, to be kicked under the table!
Mr. Le Sueur brought in another Bill on the 9th of
March, for regulating the levying of penalties, a very
large amount of which, he said, was due to the public,
but remained in arrear, because no person had been
designated or authorised to receive them. Thi3 Bill
has also been thrown aside. The constable of St.
Saviour's, Mr. Godfrey, brought in a Bill to prevent
fresh witnesses being heard in criminal cases before
the grand jury, after verdict by the petty jury, which
being, as we think, a very injudicious measure, he has
abandoned it. Surely a person convicted of crime
ought never to be deprived of the means of establishing
his innocence, even down to the last day before the
execution of his sentence ! A resolution was
passed by the States to procure 1,0001. of copper coin
(by the bye, we should like to know what profit
is made on this speculation, and how it is disposed of);
another to print Le Geyt's manuscripts, which have
been taken by tender, at a very low figure, and the
third to remove the register book of contracts from
the care of Mr. P. de Carteret to that of Miss
Quesnel, at the public library, for safe keeping.
The oyster fishery, once a lucrative branch of our
commerce, but which has been tampered with
from time to time until nearly ruined, has been
brought before the Assembly twice, the Hospital
three times, the Impost twice, and the Habeas Corpus
twice; the last time to appoint Mr. Le Breton De-
puty, at three guineas per day, to prosecute a suit on
behalf of the Court, before the Queen's Bench, con-
trary to law, which only allows the States to appoint
a Deputy to represent their common concerns to his
Majesty in Council ; and which measure was brought
in, adopted, and carried without being lodged
au greffe, contrary to law, by which the island will
be taxed about one thousand pounds without its con-
sent. In short, the States have done literally nothing
during the past year, excepting to vote money for the
repairs of roads, enlarging the harbours and markets,
and regulating weights and measures. It is abso-
lutely ridiculous to call them a legislative body--they
perform none of the uses which belong to A popular
assembly ; hut are an excrescence--a publio nuisance
—which every well-'wisher of the country must wish
to see abolished, that something bettor may be erected
in its place,

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EQUITY BUSINESS FOR HILARY Ttuot..--The arno',• nt
of business of the Chancery Court for the P
appears to be of an average obaraeter
preceding terms of late years. with that of the
hear-
ing before the Lord cho- appeal cases for hear-
there aro 34, no ..ncellor up to the present period
about u. causes before the Master of the Rolls
Present term
—. Of causes before the Vice-Chanctllor of Eng-
land 99. Before Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce there
are 34; and before Vice-Chancellor Wigram 46; making
a total of 300.
TAKING OF FIRE-ARMS.—We are informed on
most respectable authority that yesterday (Monday)
morning, at the hour of nine o'clock, some ruffians, with
their faces blackened, entered the house of a farmer
named Laurence Creagh, and of a gardner of Mr. Thomas
Evans, of Ashroe, on the eastern borders of this county,
and carried off fire-arms from both. When will there
be an end to this wicked and disgraceful practice, from
which no good can possibly arise, but, on the contrary,
the most disastrous consequences to all engaged in it?—
Linterich Reporter.

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EXTRAORDINARY INQUEST AND MARKET NEWS.—(SATURDAY.)
COMMITTAL FOR MURDER. c OVENT-GAITZD ZN.
We had a full average time of year supply of both
(From the Sherborne and Yeovil Mercury.)
SHA.PWICK.—A most intense excitement has been ere- Fruit and Vegetables on sale, 'while the demand oral.
.
somewhat inactive, at but little voriation in price 9.
ated in this visually quiet village consequent on the death
Potatoes from 3s to 4s 9d. per cwt; Turnips, 13 '1
of Charles Dimond, a labourer, whose illness and death
to 2s 9d ; Carrots, 5s to 68 6d ; Coleworts,
were attended with circumstances that occasioned the
2s to 3s 3d • and Leeks, 8d to is 6d per dozen bunches;
suspicion that he hail been poisoned. An investigation
Apples and Pears, 2s to 4s ; Spinach, is 6d to 2s ; I:::
into the case commenced before Messrs. Gaines and
Onions, Is 9d to .2s ed per half sieve ; Pine APP 3d
Francis on Thursday, the 2d inst., when evidence was
8t to lOs ; and Filberts and Cobb Nuts, 10d to."
adduced proving the symptoms attending the man's ill-
per lb ; Savoys, is to 2s per dozen ; Horse Radish, n
ness were of such a character as to lead to the conclusion
to Bs ; Broooli, 2s to 3s 6d • and Celery, is to 23 D''
that he laboured under the effects of poison. A post
; per bundle ; Oranges and Lemons, 8s to 105 per 100.
mortem examination having been made by Messrs. Phil- or Greene
lips and Bartlett, theindications observed internally con- WEWI6.IIICII APED 1.31146.1:11171/11111.1.
Although the supplies of both Game and Potds
firmed their previous opinion and Mr. Phillips was re-
were by no means large, the sale was heavy, at Wel
quested to convey the stomach and various other viscera
of the deceased to Mr. Herapath, analytical chemist of previous rates. With the exception of prime Muttv_,
and Veal commanding a steady sale at full carol,.
Bristol, to be by him tested for the presence of poison.
The inquiry was then adjourned, to give necessary time : cies, the trade was heavy at barely previous figur, ,
li
for this to be performed, and on Wednesday the investi Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 2s 8d to 33
gation was renewed. Mr. Herapath was in attendance, Teal, 3s 6(1 to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 2s 6d to 35 10d per 811 m
and proved distinctly the presence of arsenic in the in- ' zelawrOSlT•
testines of deceased, and in his opinion the man died from There was a fair inquiry for good Meat. In °thee!
its effects. The sister of the deceased, Sarah Freeman. avtis , kind' next to nothing was doing. Beef from 25 10d to
6d ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 3s 8d ; Veal, 3a ed to 46 601 '
the party charged with having administered it to him ;
and it appeared in evidence she had, under a false and P ork, 3s to 44 per Sibs.
1117NGERPON7b. t arti'
name, purchased arsenic on the 9th of Decembar, at a Although we had but limited supplies of MO!. - ish
chemist's shop at Bridgewater—that she had cooked the Iles off' ring,. the general demand was in a very 3100
deceased's dinner on the slay he had been attacked with state, and prices were not supported.
illness, and administered gruel to him during the coati- ' XIXI. 1 MGM:LAMM
„A Hits
nuance of that illness, until separated from him by the The supply of Fish was not large, yet only a mode-
interposition of the magistrates, which was on the night business was doing in it, at about late rates.
previous to his death, on the 29th ult. Atter a most , VTECITECIMPE3I.
laborious and lengthened investigation,
a the jury returned We had a dull inquiry for almost all kinds of Afest f!
an unanimus verdict of 4, Wilful merder ' against the still. however, we can notice no material alteration '-
party charged, and she was at once committed to take value. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 2s 10,,t,0,
her trial at the next assizes on that charge. Mary Di- 3s Sd ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4e 6d ; and Pork, 2s 8d to 31'
mond, the mother of the deceased and of Sarah Free- per 81bs.
man, died lust before Christmas, and the circumstances
at:ending her illness and death are of so suspicions a
nature, that Mr. Caines issued a warrant for her disin-
terment, and this was accordingly immediately done. A
view was taken by the jury, and from the little alteration
that had taken place in the features, identification was
easily made. A post mortem examination was then per
formed un this body, and the various viscera having been
carefully taken from the abdomen and thorax, they were
at once consigned to the charge of Mr. Herapath, for
him to make similar experiments to those befor, made
on the son. The inquiry was then adjourned till Satur-
day (this day), to enable this to be performed. The
greatest excitement prevails, and it is very currently re-
[eine(' that several other parties have fallen victims to a
similar fate.

The prices of whenten Bread in th• Metropolis lb.
from 7d to 7id ; of household ditto, Sid to bid per*
loaf.

EIDE PRAZZZT. ief°
Raw hides at pur stone of 14Ibs.—Best steers and -e jo.
5s 6d to 5s 10d ; middling hides, 5s Od to 5. 4a! si
terior hides, 4s tid to 4s 10d. Sheep and calf skin>
per skin—Market calf, 6s 6d to 8s Od ; long "
sheep, 3s to 4s ; short ditto, 2s 6d to 3s 6d.

JULY MASULZTII. 411511
SMITIIFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 lOs to to
Useful ditto, 41 165 to 51 4s ; fine Upland ditto, 5,' 4, to
51 lOs ; Clover Hay, 41 lOs to 6/ ; Oat Straw, qrade
1/ 16s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 163 to 11 18s per load.
on the whole dull, at our quotations. 4
10"
CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 125 v- , g
Useful ditto, 41 17s to 5/ 5s ; fine Upland ditto, 5`,1°150
5/ 12s ; Clover Hay, 41 lOs to 61; Oat Straw, fpt
to li 18s; Wheat Straw, 1118 s to 21 per load.

average supply, and a steady demand.
W HITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 1 Os to 46,
Useful ditto, 4/ 16s to 5/ 4s ; fine Upland ditto, 51.1,,t0
5/ 103 ; Clover Hay, 41 10s to 61; Oat Straw, 1/ I.(nq,
1/ 16s ; Wheat Straw, 11 16s to 1118 s per load. v
Hay and Straw sold slowly, at late rates.

WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.—FAIDO t to
We have to report a very heavy arrival of Willeo
this day's market. Fine dry samples support last 'lot
prices, but all other descriptions. are slow sale and r of
lower. The supply of Barley" js.not large, Let Pools
decline, in some instances Is. per quarter. Not .0001
business passing in Oats, Beans, and Shelling, wt,
material alteration in value.
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RAILWAY RETURNS.
RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipt, °"1,
ways for the past week--that is to say, up to the date to W.HII oatil
respective returns are made, together with the reeelplll of '—
week in the previous year
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Week
endiug

Jan. 4
3

Last
week.

JE
200
2,245

151,
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