The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-12-31 00:00:00

CORONER'S INQUESTS.

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MAsrseatmweta.--On Saturday last, an inquest was held,
by adjournment from Friday, before James Crosbie, Esq., one
of the coroners for the borough, on view of the body of the
Irishman named Gandy, who was killed in the affray in Kitchen-
street, as alladed to in our paper of Friday last. The following.
dare the particulars of the shocking occurence, as detailed in evi-
ence :
Andrew. APA.-nally, an Irish labourer, stated that on Sunday
evening, about'seVen o'clock, he was
going across Blundell-
street teem Crosbie-street along with lais.wile, when he saw the
deceased, John Gandy; he was neither .drunk nor sober, and
said he was going home. At the corner of the street there
were five men standiug, among whom were James Harris and
his brother, and James Shanuon. When the deceased got up
to them, he was knocked down ; but the witness could not say
by which of them, and he was too far off to hear whether any
words had previously. passed. Witness ran up to them, and
was knocked down also, but could not tell by whom, and
Harris ran off with his bat. Witness then got up and made his
escape. had known the deceased eight years. Had heard
there - *eas a quarrel between Harris and the- deceased about
three years ago.
Michael Halloran, another labourer, deposed that he was in
his own house, in Reynold's-court, and heard an alarm that
Gandy was killed in Simpson-street. He ran to the spot, and
found a great crowd and h noise. Gandy was standing in
the channel, and his wimfe uc
holding him up. He had his right
hand on his belly, and complained of being hurt there. !le
wanted to lie down where he was. Witness assisted his wife to
take him home, and said he would dress ,his head. He said he
did not care for his head, he was stabbed in the belly. When
laid on his bed, witness opened his breast, and saw two holes
in his belly, about as far asunder as the prongs of a carving-
fork., His head was cut on the right side, and bled much.
Witness asked what had happened, and he said it was a man
named James Kelly who had done it. Saw the deceased on
Monday evening, when he was dying. He made no observe
tions then.
Thomas Paddon went to see the deceased on Monday last at
four o'clock. He was very ill, and seemed afraid he was goin
to die. Witness asked if he knew who hurt him, and he said it was the Kellys and James Shannon. Ho said another man
named Patrick Sheridan was partly in fault, and when he
found they were slaughtering lint, Element away and left him.
Witness went again to see him, between eight aud ninie.o'clock
in the evening. Ile was worse, but sensible. Fifteen leeches
were put upon him, and he died soon after. .
Paul Gilding, a watchman, heard on Monday night that
Kelly was at M'Conochie's, in Simpson-street, and went to
apprehend him. FoUnd Shannon there, who said he was
asleep at the time of the affray, in M'Conochie's house. While
he was proceeding alongZiorfolk-street with Robert Campbell,
another watchman, Kelly (Harris) came up, and said he was
one of the men they were looking for. Had known-liarris for
a year and a halt; and he always went by the name of James-
Kelly.
James Murphy, hair dresser, Crosbie-street, heard the de-
ceased say that Kelly had stabbed him. Knew Harris by that
name.
Mr. Alfred Higinson, surgeon at the South Dispensary,
Was called in to the deceased, at four o'clock on Monday morn-
ing. Found a wound two inches in length on his head, but the
hone was not broken. Examined the wounds in his belly,
Ntil;ich might have been made by a fork. The pains extended
e"vover his belly, which was slightly swelled. He vomited
ws 6al
tomes While witness- stayed. He said he was. not sober
Jo.: cit happened. Said he had been injured by
reeaCl Kelly and another man, whose name witness does not
titres
in‘er. Witness prescribed for him, and saw him three
and 44. e" Visited him with Mr. Cooper at halepast four,
hope
saw,lira finally at eight in the evening, when there was no d °` "is recovary. Witness opened the body on Wednes-
loYdreadorriling. The brain was healthy, but the vessels were
t, rth dark coloured blood. The punctures extended into
tine cavity ot the belly, and extended an inch and a half higher
ttp than the maternal marks. Marks of intense inflammation, of
vizeent crlial„ter, through the whole cavity of the belly, were
Wounds I' • is of Opinion that the inflammation producedby the
in the belle caused his death.
prtfr. Crewe, the altorney., attended the inquiry on behalf of the
tti aners2 and cross-examined the witnesses with a view to shake
eir testimony but '
denee . • /without effect, and the whole of the evi-
°mug aaduced, (of which the above is the substance,)
tule_ i.ter,y,_without hesitation, returned a verdict of Manslaughter
_elloen
,t James Harris tstid James Shannon, and the coroner
4-,,,T itted both the nr,
prisoners to Lancaster to take their trials
'nuke next assizes.
‘4lll n BußNED.—Yeaterdav another inquisition was taken
lainefuireefihe same coronr touching the death of William Burns,
It ep ant of five ones,y f age -ho met his death by burning.
11,..„Peered from the eviden • '
;" ataatn gar - • in Le that the deceased was the son of
.n.g day,
at us, residing hereon-street, and that the follow-
with anoth_noon, the mother left the deceased in the house,
Are, in which child, about seven years of age, playing near the
one of thebb.urning
Are, took chips were burping. In her absence the
aeetally set fire to embers from the grate, and acci-
that it died a few h mieelf: The child was so inuch burned
preseri.ptions of 141 *N3t.irs afterwards, notwithstanding the able
N hitley, the sun eon. e Verdul of Accident The jury returned
ntal death.