Star.
London, England, 1826-08-05 00:00:00

MURDER IN FULHAM FIELDS.

Thursday evening a Coroner's Inquest was held be-
fore Thos. Ilms, Esq. the Deputy Coroner for West-
minster, at the Triumphant Chariot, in Pembroke Mews,
Upper Grosvenor-square, on the body of Sarah Bate-
man, aged about 40 years, who was killed by her hus-
band, Isaac Bateman, in Fulham fields. _

Mary Hughes, the wife of J. Hughes, of Fulham.
fields, near Hammersmith, sworn—Witness stated, that
the deceased and her husband resided at Ills Old Grey-
hound, once a public house, in Fulham-fields ' • they &one
occupied the house ; she had known than for the last
three years. The deceased was occasionally addicted
'to drink, and her husband also got tipsy. Indeed it was
the practice between them to drink freely on every
Sunday and Monday. and then they would quarrel to-
get er. The deceased's husband would wrangle with
her at those times ; he w..s a labouring man in the
gardening line, and his wife also went out to work at
the same place that be did. On Monday night, ab nit
12 o'clock, witness heard a noise in the deceased's house;
it was like the breaking of crockery ware; upon which
she approached the place, and on going towards the
door, she saw Isaac Bateman standing there ; she was
dressed. Witness said to him, " you thief, you have
killed your wife." She thought it was so, in consequence
of hearing her groin: He replied; "iro, I have not
hurt her ; she is net hurt yet ; She *ants nothing but j
gin, and gin and water, and water I dna give her,"-f
Bateman then took a minim his hand, send went to the
pump; he took no water from it, but threw the can
down, and ran away. He was in the habit of throwing '
water over the deceased when she got tipsy. Witness
went inside the house, and about three yards in• the
place she saw the • deceased lying on the tiles of the
ground floor ; she bad all her clothes on except her cap ;.
there was a great quantity of blood all round about her ;
blood was also flowing from her head, neck, and
temples; the deceased was quite senseless, and •every
article of crockery ware was broken in the hoe :e. There
was no light except vi hat th! neighbours brought, in
c nsequence of the noise which alarmed the village.
The deceased's husband did not return again during the
time that witness remained there, which was till half-
past one o'clock. The man did appear to be tipsy.—
Several of the neighbours went and washed the blood
off the deceased, and some said there was life in her.—
A Medical Gentleman, an assistant to Mr. Bowling, was
call d in, who said there was life still remaining.
Mr. John Bowling, surgeon, deposed, that abort ten
o'clock on Tuesday morning he visited .the deceased,
her face wai a good deal contused ; theie was a cut
over the right eye, which was black and another cut
oa the scalp, behind the right ear ; they s!etned to have
been done by some obtuse instrument ; the wounds were
not of a dangerous nature. The deceastd was then
sensible, and complained of great pain at the lower part
of her body. Witness inquired of her how she came in
that state, when some of the neighbours observed, that
her husband had said she was seen with some person in
the stable, upon which the dec..ased said it was false,
and the neighbours knew that her husband would say
any thing when drunk. At this time she was aware of
her danger. Witness suspected that the - deceased's
bladder was ruptured, and she described it as having
been done when he (meaning her husband) was kneeling
scot her. Witness preset ibed for bur, but conceiving she
would trot get proper attendance, advised her being
brought into St. George's Hospital. The rupture of the
Isladder,being an internal inj,iry,was theoccasion nf de ith.
• Mr. Henry Itu,seil, house surgeon of St. George's
tHospital, stated, that about seven o'clock on Tuesday
evening the deceased was brought there ; she then said
she had been knocked down and ill-treated by her him(
hand. Our being put to bed he attended her ; she was
eiertectly sensible, but complained of great pain in the
rer part of the abdomen, though she did not seem in
dangerous state. On pressing the particular part, he
found the pain increased, and during the night dais-
erons symptoms came on. In the mincing, deceased
eclared she could not survive, and she died about three
o'clock on Wednesday afternoon. Witness had exa-
mined the body since, and the bladder being ruptured
was quite sufficient to cause death, which must have
been done by outward violence, in consequence of her
husband's kneeling on her. There was no external
appearance of a kick. •
The Coaconta now addressed the Jury, who consulted for a few
minutes and divided, when there appeared thirteen for a verdict
of Wilful Murder, and two for Manslaughter.
CoaoNze—Gentlemen atlas Jury, this is aa important
Ingishi-
don, on which we have bad the opinions of medical men; bet I
need•not inform you that twelve of yourselves are sufficient to de-
cide the point. We have already had that number from amens
yourselves, besides the Foreman; and therefore there can be ao
difficulty in coming to a melancholy verdict, but which, I con-
ceive, you feel bound in conscience to give.
The Jury then returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder against
Isaac Bateman," and he was ordered, on the Coroner's warrant, to
be forthwith committed to Neavg,ate for

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