The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-07-20 00:00:00

:iced by a mob, who corn

windows, b'

i; Wife and dauibte

of the rooms, in con

.eby four persons

.hed the house, and

and that they

and sticks

,ses called would

s the p

he found a small pune-
mother on

e inner part

in his opinion, to be gun-

as, and for the first
that he discontinued

sin sent for,

ncle he found a

d to be a shot. On
it side, he discovered that
between the 9th and 10th
extravasation of blood into
z.ause of death, and was set
he wounds—he was inclined

under the circumstances, he should
it of the case ; for there being no evi-
qarty was that fired, if they gave a
proceedings, it must of necessity
-I some person unknown.
who appeared for Mr. Casement,

that no stigma should rest

lid return-

mates of the house, were

Ir. Daven

the.decision of the case

some acknowledged legal autlni-

11 yesterday

NED INQUEST

iker, residing in CrosshaU-street,
Casem,nt's house on the night of
re from about eight o'clock until
was quiet and peaceable for about
I time. A boy then came and said

and that they were corc

tters were in consequence put

ows and the door was Closed. In
carter of an hour the mob came up,
nd bricks came through the parlour
ith several others ; Captain
thin Tear, Charles

.ptarr Crayne, Cai

ham Kewley, were all in the
ont of the room. I saw Mrs.
e lobby with a brick, and the

e brick struck her on the back of
:e became black. I then went to
bile I was doing so a stone came

)or and struck

Miss Case-

went to lift her up, and

r was broke open again and

stened the door and it was
er this stones came through
I did not see Mr. Casement
n. Miss Casement was car-

no colours or flags shown
any one, and all was peace-
::re were three or four him-
Irt of fire-arms, but I do not
I considered my life in

a boy, said—l am son of James
at No. 3, Baxteth's-court, Canning-
n the night of the election, when I
out, and saw the crowd breaking
louse) windows, corner of Mersey-

went to the waste ground. in Ans-
'omen filled their brats with stones
hem to the men. Several of those
us go to bloody Casement's house,
-r what we will do !" This was

ck. The crowd then went to
them. They looked up when
,ne of them said " This is it—
The night was misty and dark.
ime, and the door closed. The

g stones at the room win-

.t many stones go through the squares

balf-bricks, and atones the size

re hurraing, and making a great
,ent when I see him. I was
throwing stones, I saw a
a one of the windows, but I did
I then went home. The crowd

.owd were

tw no more of them afterwards.
tiding, superintendent of police, said—
( on the night of the election, word
Market, where I was on duty, that four
.ighbourhood of Canning-place.
sent me with a body of police-
ing to the Salthouse Dock, we
ad been fired from Casement's
I at the door. Some one asked
was .then opened. Mr. Case-

eesaary to take him

not say anything unless he
my one had been shot, or if
He replied that he did not know, but

a brace of 'pistols loaded with swan shot,
to his firing he had warned the crowd three
considered his life and that of his family

him into custody. The windows
rs and the floor strewed wish half-
The light over the front door was

arapet in front of t

Le house

a who resides in Ansdell-street,
ction I was standing at the cor-

aen I saw a crowd, very riotous, at
, and I heard some of the crowd say,
t's, the Three Legs of Man. Some
ere." I saw them go to Casement's
with them carrying stones in their

e crowd said, "-ain't heave at any
:nt's." They then began to throw
vas burst open or broke open, and
shouted that if they would not go
Immediately afterwards some one
know who it was. -

it, daughter of Mr. Casement, said—On
at home. Between nine and
oy came and told me that there
I coming to break into the house and kill all
vere in. I looked out at the door and ob-
ming. I shut the door, am'
hen some bri

ryas in the act

stones came through

I received three

cks and stones, which caused me to
ble. I heard my father exclaim,
the bolt?"—meaning the bolt for
reat noise from the crowd at the
Isible for two hours. There
some of the mob to force the

s and 'ins
►ts made