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The Sun. — 1863-05-14 (London, England)

THAMES.  MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON A WIFE.--William Neville, a rigger, who has been in custody 12 days, was brought up on remand, charged with cutting and wounding his wife in a very shocking manner.  It appeared from the evidence of the wife, who was a very reluctant witness, and did all she could to save her husband, that she was dwellin, with him and her five children in Sophia.street, Poplar, up to the 2d instant. On the even mg of that day she went to the White Horse public house, in Poplar, in search of him, and, finding him there, asked him for money to buy victuals for the children. He came out of the house, and sbe spoke very angrily to him several times. Two or her children came up and spoke to him while he was speaking to a young man, and he gave one of the children 2d. They went home together, and she threw the halfpence at him, and aggravated him, and, of comae, he struck her with his knife which he always carried about with him. She had five children, and a better father to them and a better husband to her never lived than the prisoner when he was sober.  Michael Barry, a police constable, No. 313 K, produced a rigger's knife of large dimensions with which he prisoner had inflicted a severe wound on the arm and which caused a large effusion of blood. The prisoner said his wife in flitted the wound on her own arm. There was a pail with a good deel of water and blood in it in the room where the transaction took place. The woman was recalled and said she did not know whether her husband struck ber or not. She got the blow in the confusion between the lights. Mr. F. IL Anderson, a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons and assistant house-surgeon at the Poplar Hospital, saw Mary Neville on the 2d instant. She was evidently in a slight state of collapse. There was an extensive lacerated wound with blunt jagged edges, evidently inflic ed with some very sharp weapon on the right arm. It was three and a half inches in length and two inches deep. Iha muscles were cut through. The only wonder was how toe knife escaped the radial artery. The woman was very ill, and lost a very large quantity of blood. The knife produeed would have inflicted such a wound.  The prisoner said he did cut his wife with his knife, and was very sorry for it. They had lived happily together 16 years, ann he never raised a weapon to her before. She was a good wife, but her temper was " hot," and she provoked him very mucb,but for all hat he ought not to have struck her. He had always endeavoured to do his duty to his wife and children. His wife thought he had been'at work on the 2d of May, but he had not. and he had no money to give her except 2d., which she threw at him. When the wound was inflicted he wantel to bind his handkerchief round the wound, but he was too agitated and was quite unable to do so, and that caused the filor of the room to be covered with blood as described by the police constable. The depositions were completed by Mr. Bowdler, the second clerk, and the prisoner was committed for trial.
The Sun. — 1863-05-14 (London, England)

THAMES.  MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON A WlFE.—William Neville, a rigger, who has been in custody 12 days, was brought up on remand, charged with cutting and wounding his wife in a very shocking manner.  It appeared from the evidence of the wife, who was a very reluctant witness, and did all she could to save her husband, that she was dwelling with him and her five children in Sophia"street, Poplar, up to the 2d instant. On the evening of that day she went to the White Horse public house, in Poplar, in search of him, and, finding him there, asked him for money to buy victuals fur the children. He came out of the house, and she spoke very angrily to him several times. Two of her children came up and spoke to him while he was speaking to a young man, and he gave one of the children 2d. They went home together, and she threw the halfpence at him, and aggravated him, and, of COMBO, he struck her with his knife which he always carried about with him. She had five children, and a better father to them and a better husband to her never lived than the prisoner when he was sober.  Michael Barry, a police constable, No. 313 S, produced a rigger's knife of large dimensions with which .he prisoner had inflicted a severe wound on the arm and which caused a large effusion of blood. The prisoner said his wife inflicted the wound on her own arm. There was a pail with a good deal of water and blood in it in the room where the transaction took place. The woman was recalled and said she did not know whether her husband struck her or not. She got the blow in the confusion between the lights. Mr. F. H. Anderson, a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons and assistant house-surgeon at the Poplar Hospital, saw Mary Neville on the 2d instant. She was evidently in a slight state of collapse. There was an extensive lacerated wound with blunt jagged edges, evidently inflicted with some very sharp weapon on the right arm. It was three and a half inches in length and two inches deep. the muscles were cut through. The only wonder was how the knife escaped the radial artery. The woman was very ill, and lost a very large quantity of blood. The knife produeed would have inflicted such a wound.  The prisoner said he did cut his wife with his knife, and was very sorry for it. They had lived happily together 15 years, ana he never raised a weapon to her before. She was a good wife, but her temper was " hot" and she provoked him very much,but for all that he ought not to have struck her. He had always endeavoured to do his duty to his wife and children. His wife thought he had been at work on the 2d of May, but he had not, and he had no money to give her except 2c1., which she threw at him. When the wound was inflicted he wanted to bind his handkerchief round the wound, but he was too agitated and was quite unable to do so, and that caused the fl.- or of the room to be covered with blood as described by the police constable. The depositions were completed by Mr. Bowdler, the second clerk, and the prisoner was committed for trial.
The Sun. — 1863-02-03 (London, England)

DAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, 1863  WIFE MURDER IN MANCHESTER.  On Saturday a murder was committed at a beerhouse called the Jolly Hatters, No. 49, Edge-street, near Shudehill, Manchester, under circumstances named Mary Ann Taylor, displaying great coolness and deliberation. The victim is a young woman, and the person in custody on the charge of murdering her is her husband, Levi Taylor. Taylor is a youth about 18 years of age, and describes himself as a blast furnace tenter, but at present out of work. He lived in Back-lane, Faiiswortb. The unfortunate woman was about 24. Her maiden name was Bradbury, and her friends live in Matlock-street, Royal Oak-yard, Bakewell, Derbyshire. The deceased and Taylor were married about seven or eight weeks since at the Manchester Cathedral. He states that he first met her about four months ago at a vaults in Oldham-street. He knew that she had been leading a loose life before, but believed that she had reformed. After their marriage he tookher to Failsworth, but she only remained there a few days, and there had been continual differences between them because she would not live at Failsworth. He, however, was out of work, and unable to maintain her. Very recently she came to live at the Jolly Hatters, and is described as having been engaged there as a servant. On Saturday, between three and four o'clock, Taylor called at the Jolly Hatters. He accused her of inconstancy and of leading a dissolute life. He, however, sat for some time in the company, and sang two or three songs. He then said that he was going away at four o'clock, and that she would not see him again. He induced her to accompany him to an upper room. In a few minutes he came downstairs and said, " I have done it. Send for a policeman—l have murdered that --." His hands were covered with blood. At the same time the unhappy woman was seen coming downstairs bleeding from two frightful gashes in her throat. The murderer was secured, and his victim was removed to the Royal Infirmary, where she was attended by Mr. W. 0. Jones, the housesurgeon, and Mr. Anderson. These gentlemen found two incised wounds on the neck, one to the left and the otherZto the right. One was Sin. long and gin. deep, and the other about 2in. long and of the same depth. She died shortly after her admission. The instrument with which the wounds were inflicted was a clasp pocket knife. It was found covered with blood. On the blade ale. the words " shilling knife." Taylor said he bought the knife at a place going out of Deansgate, near Smithy Door. He talked of the terrible deed with the greatest coolness and complacency. He said that when they were together he put his hand under her chin and held it up, and then gave her one cut ; and that when he found he did not succeed in killing her, he gave her another cut. Tne prisoner I was brought before the magistrates yesterday for I examination, but evidence was not gone into. He Was remanded till Wednesday. The inquest commenced yesterday evening.  parish churchyard
The Sun. — 1863-02-03 (London, England)

WIFE MURDER IN MANCHESTER.  On Saturday a murder was committed at a beerhouse called the Jolly Hatters, No. 49, Edge-street, near Shudehill, Manchester, under circumstances displaying great coolness and deliberation. The victim is a young woman, named Mary Ann Taylor, and the person in custody on the charge of murdering her is her husband, Levi Taylor. Taylor is a youth about 18 years of age, and describes himself as a blast furnace tenter, but at present out of work. He lived in Back-lane, Failsworth. The unfortunate woman was about 24. Her maiden name was Bradbury, and her friends live in Matlock-street, Royal Oak-yard, Bakevrell, Derbyshire. The deceased and Taylor were married about seven or eight weeks since at the Manchester Cathedral. He states that he first met her about four months ago at a vaults in Oldham-street. He knew that she had been leading a loose life before, but believed that she had reformed. After their marriage he took her to Failsworth, but she only remained there a few days, and there had been continual differences between them because she would not live at Failsworth. He, however, was out of work, and unable to maintain her. Very recently she came to live at the Jolly Hatters, and is described as having been engaged there as a servant. On Saturday, between three and four o'clock, Taylor called at the Jolly Hatters. He accused her of inconstancy and of leading a dissolute life. He, however, sat for some time in the company, and sang two or three songs. He then said that he was going away at four o'clock, and that she would not see him again. He induced her to accompany him to an upper room. In a few minutes he came downstairs and said, " I have done it. Send for a policeman—l have murdered that --." His hands were covered with blood. At the same time the unhappy woman was seen coming downstairs bleeding from two frightful gashes in her throat. The murderer was secured, and his victim was removed to the Royal Infirmary, where she was attended by Mr. W. 0. Jones, the house. surgeon, and Mr. Anderson. These gentlemen found two incised wounds on the neck, one to the left and the otherito the right. One was 3in. long and ltin. deep, and the other about 2in. long and of the same depth. She died shortly after her admission. The instrument with which the wounds were inflicted was a clasp pocket knife. It was found covered with blood. On the blade ale the words "shilling knife." Taylor said he bought the knife at a place going out of Deansgate, near Smithy Door. He talked of the terrible deed with the greatest coolness and complacency. He said that when they were together he put his hand under her chin and held it up, and then gave her one cut ; and that when he found he did not succeed in killing her, he gave her another cut. Toe prisoner was brought before the magistrates yesterday for examination, but evidence was not gone into. He was remanded till Wednesday. The inquest commenced yesterday evening.  tphae llrifsohchurchyardinscription:—"In of Ware, llerts, is a tomb on which is
The Sun. — 1863-01-31 (London, England)

THE LEICESTERSHIRE TRAGEDY.  GREAT DALBY, Friday. The inquiry touching the death of the man named William Harvey, who was shot at the farm-house of Mr. Thomas Flavell, Ashby Lodge, Ashby Folville, on Sunday last, was resumed at eleven o'clock this day (Friday), at the Royal Oak public-house, Great Dalby (a village three and a half miles from Melton, and about three miles distant from the scene of the tragedy), before Mr. E. H. M. Clarke, one of the coroners for Leicestershire.  The proceedings commenced with the reading over of the depositions taken at the opening of the inquest at Ashby Folville on Monday, iwhen Mr. Flavell spoke as to the man ner in which he found the body of the deceased on his return from church. The witness loaded the gun on the 23d November with No. 4 shot, and he kept it in his bedroom until within ten days back, in consequence of the reports about robbers. The prisoner neglected his work, but had been on friendly terms with the deceased. Mr. N. Whitchurch, surgeon, spoke to the cause of death, which arose from a gun-shot wound under the right ear, of a somewhat oval nature, 1i inches long and 1 inch across. It was surrounded by a black charred circle of 2 inches in diameter, and the hair was singed. He probed the wound with his finger, and found a small particle of leather and some shot corn. His finger passed directly to the spine, which was fractured. Had since made a postmortem examination, and found that the shot cern had passed directly under the second cervical vertebra, fracturing it into many pieces, destroying the spinal marrow, and cutting the carotid artery and jugular vein on that side of the neck. lie was convinced that death was immediate, and that the muzzle of the weapon was very near the neck of the deceased.  Police-constable Isaac Foster stated that he went to the house, and saw the deceased. He found two letters before the deceased, which he produced; also a Bible near to the deceased's head on the table, and the gun, which had been recently discharged. Prisoner was missing, together with his boots and coat. He gave information to Sergeant Platts. Mr. Flavell, recalled, said—The inkstand produced is mine. I did not find it in the place where I left it. By a Juror—l have no reason to believe that there is any ground for a report of jealousy existing between the deceased and the prisoner in regard to a sweetheart. In reply to a Juryman, the witness said the deceased had his watch on him on Sunday morning. This was the whole of the evidence for the prose, ution, and the prisoner, after being duly cautioned as to whether he had anything to say, replied—" I have nothing to say." The Coroner then summed up the evidence, and the jury were left at 1.25, and at 1.40 they returned a verdict of " Wilful murder" against the prisoner, who was conveyed to Leicester Gaol the same night to await his trial at the Spring Assizes.  Prisoner was nut in the slightest way affected by the decision.
The Sun. — 1863-01-31 (London, England)

THE LEICESTERSHIRE TRAGEDY.  GREAT DALEY, Friday.  The inquiry touching the death of the man named William Harvey, who was shot at the farm-house of Mr. Thomas Flavell, Ashby Lodge, Ashby Folville, on Sunday last, was resumed at eleven o'clock this day (Friday), at the Royal Oak public-house, Great Dalby (a village three and a half miles from Melton, and about three miles distant from the scene of the tragedy), before Mr. E. H. M. Clarke, one of the coroners for Leicestershire.  The proceedings commenced with the reading over of the depositions taken at the opening of the inquest at Ashby Folville on Monday, when Mr. Flavell spoke as to the man ner in which he found the body of the deceased on his return from church. The witness loaded the gun on the 23d November with No. 4 shot, and he kept it in his bedroom until within ten days back, in consequence of the reports about robbers. The prisoner neglected his work, but had been on friendly terms with the deceased. Mr. N. Whitchurch, surgeon, spoke to the cause of death, which arose from a gun-shot wound under the right ear, of a somewhat oval nature, 1 inches long and 1 inch across. It was surrounded by a black charred circle of 2 inches in diameter, and the hair was singed. He probed the wound with his finger, and found a small particle of leather and some shot corn. His finger passed directly to the spine, which was fractured. Mad since made a postmortem examination, and found that the shot corn had passed directly under the second cervical vertebra, fracturing it into many pieces, destroying the spinal marrow, and cutting the carotid artery and jugular vein on that side of the neck. He was convinced that death was immediate, and that the muzzle of the weapon was very near the neck of the deceased.  Police-constable Isaac Foster stated that he went to the house, and saw the deceased. He found two letters before the deceased, which he produced; also a Bible near to the deceased's head on the table, and the gun, which had been recently discharged. Prisoner was missing, together with his boots and coat. He gave information to Sergeant Platts. Mr. Flavell, recalled, said—The inketand produced is mine. I did not find it in the place where I left it. By a Juror—l have no reason to believe that there is any ground for a report of jealousy existing between the deceased and the prisoner in regard to a sweetheart. In reply to a Juryman, the witness said the deceased had his watch on him on Sunday morning.  This was the whole of the evidence for the prosecution, and the prisoner, after being duly cautioned as to whether he had anything to say, replied—." I have nothing to say." The Coroner then summed up the evidence, and the jury were left at 1.25, and at 1.40 they returned a verdict of " Wilful murder" against the prisoner, who was conveyed to Leicester Gaol the same night to await his trial at the Spring Assizes.  Prisoner was not in the slightest way affected by the decision.
The Sun. — 1863-03-07 (London, England)

SOLICITOR-GENERAL regretted that the hongentleman who had just sat down had addressed himself to an object so unworthy his abilities as endeavouring to throw discredit upon an honourable servant of this country, who from most laudable motives, and in the discharge of a most imperative duty, had endeavoured to see justice done in it case of crying wrong. The hon. member had failed to discredit the testimony of that gentleman. But her Majesty's Government did not rest upon his testimony, but upon the testimony of the Brazilian authorities themselves. The honand learned gentleman proceeded to quote from the despatches of the Brazilian local authorities, to show that the plunder of the wreck had taken place by the inhabitants of the coast of Albardao, and that the wealthiest persons there had been engaged in it. The hononrable and learned gentleman defended the proceedings of the British officers at considerable length, and maintained that one of the principal grounds of attack (namely, that Mr. Consul Vereker could have attended ag the investigations) was simply untrue. He could not help remarking that other matters had been quoted and referred to besides those treated of by the Brazilian despatches, and it was very plain that, though the voice was like the voice of Jacob, the hand was that of some' body else. Ile was quite ready to admit that they ought not to ask for compensation for a murder unless it could be distinctly proved, but it was quite clear that the meane of proving the outrage had been kept from them. (Hear•) He thought the hon. member for Stamford and the bon • member for Rochdale might have better sustained the character of the house than by asking the house to assume that all the letters that had been read had been the result of temporary insanity. Were we to hold that everything that had been written and said was an invention, a delusion, and a falsehood, merely because it tended to criminate the Brazilian Government ? (Hear, hear.) He would say that the Brazilian Government had been very properly assumed to have criminated itself, and he thought that the bon member forßechdale would hardly dispute what Mr.Verelier hed stated in his despatch, as to finding the two cases at the residence of Suarez quite dry; and in perfect order. The hon. and learned gentleman contended that the plunder and other outrages complained of had been committed bi the retainers and dependents of Senhor Suarez; that Suarez himself had neglected to take any measures for acquainting the British consul of what had taken place; and that there was a complete denial of justice. Under these circumstances he believed that the house would be opinion, notwithstanding what had been urged by hon. member/ opposite, that her Majesty's Government had acted bona fide and that it was their duty to teach foreign Governments, whether strong or wean, that British subjects should not be wronged with impunity. (Cheers.) The motion was then withdrawn, amid loud Ministerial cheers.
The Sun. — 1863-07-24 (London, England)

BOW-STREET.  MURDEROUS ASSAULT.—George Neal, a determinedlooking young man, was charged with stabbing David Young. _ _ _  The prosecutor said on the 10th of July he was in Coventgarden market, when out of a lark ho tapped prisoner on the shoulder, he turned round very savagely, struck him a blow on the cheek, which he returned, and the prisoner rushed up to a coffee-stall, and, taking a knife therefrom, he stabbei him in the cheek and also over the left eye, which injured him to such an extent that the eyeball was completely displaced. He sank to the ground from the effects of the blow, and on recovering he found himself in the hospital.  George Davis said he saw the prisoner running towards the coffee-stall, and when he got up to it he deliberately opened a drawer in it an took a large white-handled table knife from it, and then he attacked the prosecutor. He went up and seized the prisoner, but he struggled very violently, and having dropped the knife, succeeded in getting away. He continued to follow him, and ultimately.he was taken into custody, Police-constable Smith said he took the prisoner into custody for stabbing the prosecutor. As soon as possible he went to the hospital to ascertain the injuries he had sustained ; and the house surgeon considered it of such a serious nature that the prosecutor was unable to leave the institution. He had been there ever since the assault, and it was only this morning that he had been considered sufficiently recovered to attend and give evidence. He had the certificate Gt the house-surgeon, stating the injuries the prosecutor had received. Mr. Henry said he surgeon's certificate was not evidence. He should commit the prisoner for trial, but before ho did so the surgeon must attend and state the nature of the injury the prosecutor received. He would remand the case again to enable the surgeon to attend. A PALTRY CHARGE —A Hansom cab-driver, No. 9,401, was placed t.t the bar charged with stealing one of the ordinary bits of granite with which the roadways are paved. Inspector Brunbacombe said—This morning he saw the cabman walking with the stone in his hand, and on asking him what he intended to do with it, and also where he had got it from, he replied that he had picked it up from the side of the road, and he was going to put it into his cab to steady it. He then took him into custody.  One of the contractor's foremen attended, and said the atone was similar to that the men were using in St. Martin'slane, but ho could not speak positively to it, neither could he estimate the value of it.  The Defendant said the horse was rather lame, and finding the cab hanging upon him rather unevenly he picked up the stone to steady the cab. He did not think it was of any value, neither did he think he was doing wrong. Mr. Henry said if every cabman picked up a stone and took it away the pavement would soon be removed. He could not, however, treat the case as a felony, and therefore he should discharge the case.