The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-08-26 00:00:00

MURDER AND INQUEST.

An inquest was held on Wednesday last, at Lattera, by
James Carroll, Esq., on the body of Ellen Murphy, who
came by her death as follows :—The first witness examined
was Judy Hayes, who stated that on Sunday, the 3d of July
last, she went to the house of John Murphy, the husband of
deceased ' • John Murphy was also sitting on a stool in the
corner. Mrs. Murphy, the deceased, then came in from the
yard, and passed into the inner room, and brought out some
boiled potatoes for the fowl in the yard. Denis Murphy fol-
l'l'wed deceased out to the yard, and Mrs. Murphy returned
almost immediately to the kitchen, and sat down by the fire;
went followed by Denis, who kissed both his harlin, and
to the dresser and kissed it also. Mr. Murphy called
thanw him " You omedhaun iraun, you are more rogue
kw:
expressiona. " Say that again," be said, and she repeated the
Denis then walked into the room inside the
kitchen,
a, Whai
are Mrs. Murphy followed him, calling out,
need you 620 u doing there ?" He answered. " What
husband ofle." Witness then called to John, the
a former man; deceased, and the father of Denis, by
ing (Denis) miogoef to go into the room for fear. he men-
quickly as possibled say or do anything to her. John, as
the father got up and followed them into the room ;
nis, and desired remonstratedher with deceased for arguing with De-
biota re him trusting to himself. " Why
don't you correct
could be no satisfaction " she said. John answered, there
got of him, whatever he was to do.
Deceased took a lookin ter s from Denis in the room, and
hushedushed the door after
brought
she was coming out, and she
pit again. She then
dresser,
the looking-glass to the
kitchen, and went to the
and appeared to threaten
Denis with the looking-glass, batrfi did not strike him. She
came back to the middle of the nor,
, anci
to
her husband was
himo be trusting to him-
Denisig her to let him alone
, and knocked
they were
self tbe father, and not to mind
tne de-
ceased the handle e
aware of it, got hold of a spade
ceased down by a blow on the shoulder, and
up, tooke of the
broke the spade
on her; he then ran out of the house, wi
spade in his band. Deceased thengot
roe!, was a
iron of' the spade from the floor, and said, "andif T up the
strong woman, that blow would have killed
NN, itnes
then called to deceased not to go out, but she follow as
Denis into the yard. Immediately after witness hearde
the sound of blows she ran out, and saw deceased on
the ground bleeding from the head, and Denis Mur by
running away with the spade handle, passing the window
towards the potato field. Previous to this, in the morn-
ing, witness was talking to deceased, who said Denis was
going on with his tantrums, and that he had raised a stool
over her Wad and killed a pullet on her ; witness also visited
deceased several times since she was struck, and found her
up about the house, and also saw Denis one day sitting by
the fire in the kitchen. Mary Madden, daughter of de-
ceased by a former marriage, was also examined, and said
that her mother told her that Denis Murphy struck her and
was the cause of her death. The evidence of the medical
gentleman in attendance was, that there was a longitudinal
wound of three inches on the right side of the head, on the
parietal hone ; another at an angle from that near the crown
of the head, the scalp much thickened, and frontal bone
fractured; there was inflammationc and suppuration on the
brain, which caused death; the right shoulder was dis-
coloured from,the,effects of a blow. The following verdict
owfasonfoeunmdo
:r•-t-al
woundpeeeased came by her death in consequence
on the forehead, inflicted by Denis
Murphy, on the 3d d
which she languisheda?ril7f July last, with a spade handle, of
Tuesday, the 16th day of August
instant, and then died at Lattera." The coroner's warrant
was issued on Thursday morning, and in the course of the
same day Denis Murphy was arrested and lodged in the
county gaol of the N............__0rth Riding.--Nenagh Guardian.

A flying fish was seen in the river Fal, near Falmouth, a
short time ago. This fish is a very rare visitant of our
shores.