Charge Of Murder.
The Times, 1824-08-03T00:00:00

Yesterlay afternoon, at two o'Cock a Coroner's tnquest was held before J. H. ELLT., Esq., Coroner for Westminster, at the MWa. terworts public-housc, Chelsea, on the body of Ann Mark, the wife of' Robert MVlark, in the employ of Messrs. Johnson, Sons, and Brice, paviers ahd contractors, Chelsea, who was found drown- ed the night before. George Thomas Alarshall, gun-maker, St. George's-place, de- posed, that a few mintutes after twelve o'clock on Sunday niorning, he was on the WVooden-bridge at Chelsea, atnd heard an altercation between a male and a female, who were not on the bridge, and shortly after he heard a female voice say, " Don't hold my hands - don't hold my hands !" whihls was repeated several times. He hal- looed out, " lVhat is the rx%tter below ?" but received no answer, which caused him to repeat the call. He then heard a violent screaml- ing, and something fall into the water; the night being very dark, he called out to the watchl, and rats dorn to tihe place where the cry came from, accompanied by hMaclow, the watchman, and a stranger, and then thiey saw a man who was leaning on the wall, and who the stranger and watchman took into custody. The man appeared to be in liqluor. RichlardI Painter, a labourer, was in company with the deceased and her husband, Robert Mlark, at the King's Head public-hotuse, Chelsea, from nine o'clock in the evening uintil near 12 on Saturday night last; the deceased and her husband appeared to be on good terms until about 11 o'clock, when the husband sang a song, but did not sing the last verse to his wife's liking, on which shie herself sang the remainder, as well as she could, vhich made the husband angry, and he struck lier with the back of his hIand on the face. They all thi ce then went away, apparently friends; the whiole were in liquor. On co-ing into the street, they met a man named George Rope, and the deceased asked him to take some gin, which he refused, bitt the hiusband pressing him, the thiree wcnt back to the public-house again, and witness wert home. t3eorgc Henry Rope, a labourer, on Saturday night, was on his way home, and saw Robert AMark, the deceased, and Richard Pain- ter, standing by the putblic-house door; the deceased asked him to have sonie drink. Seeing that slic was in liquor, he declined it, but was overpersuaded by her husband, and the three went in, andl had halfa pint of gin amongst them; they were all in good humour, anti about five minutes came out. Alart and his wife left him, and walked towards the bridge; they had walked but a few paces, when witness saw deceased put lier hand round her husband's neck. He heatd the husband say, " Takebold of my hand," and they walked otlrapparently in good humour. Before witness an(i they parted, ;karl told hun lie shiould be out all night on the barge, and said that lie should not go the Pimlico way to t6e barge, but by the bank near thle high roadl. Wim. lVhittal coal-merchant, deposed, t,hat on Sunday morning about one o'clocir, he heard several voices, which lie found to be of persons taking Alark into cuetody. He heard Mark express much anxiety about his wife, and wished to have her searched for; and said had lie not been held by the watchman, he would have jumped in after her; and witness thinks he would have done so. William Mlartin, a fellow-workman with Mark deposed, that on Sunday morning, about one o'clock, he heart a nmost violent screaming three distinct times; he heard no words and the screamn- ing proceeded frotii the spot where the deceased was afterwards found. The screaming appeared to bim as if the person was sus- taining violence. Win. Couzens, a watchman, assisted in taking the deceased out of the creek or cut, about four o'clock on Sunday morning; she was tieti quite dead, and when found her head was downwards, and her whole person was covered with mud. Afrer a few minutes' consideration, the jury, without reti-ing,pro- nounced a verdict of " Wilful murder against Robert Mark ;" and the Coroner issued his warrant for his comrnmitment to Newgate. The prisoner is about 28 years of age. He was previously in custody, having undergone an examinatioii at AMarlborougli-street police of. fice, but haying been remanded to await the result of the Coroner's inquest. CJIARG13 OF MURDER.