The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1842-08-26 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

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 deciased, 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 followed deceased out to the yard, and Mrs. Murphy returned almost immediately to the kitchen, and sat down by the fire; she was followed by Denis, who kissed both his bands, and went to the dresser and kissed it also. Mr. Murphy called out to him, " You omedhaun iraun, you are more rogue than fool." " Say that again," he said, and she repeated the expression. Denis then walked into the room inside the kitchen, and Mrs. Murphy followed him, calling out, " What are you doing there ?" He answered, " What need you care." Witness then called to John, the husband of the deceased, and the father of Denis, by a f--- • ; former marriage, to go into the room for fear he (mean dig .pens) should say or do anything to her. John, ascii:de the far possible, got up and followed them into.the room ; Denis, ander remonstrated with deceased for arguing with Dedon't y desired her to leave him trusting to himself. " Why could bZleorrect him ? " she said. John answered, there Deceased too° satisfaction got of him, whatever he was to do. he pushed leath looking-glass from Denis in the room, and pushed it agtinoor after her as she was coming out, and she kitchen, and ,„; She then brought the looking-glass to the Denis with the went to the dresser, and appeared to threaten came back to t:mit:glass, but did not strike him. She still advising her to CT. of the floor, and her husband was self the father, aiirnalTn alone, and to be trusting to himaware of it, Denis " t mind him. Before they were got hold of 04 the a spade, and knocked the deceased down by a blow shoulder, and broke the spade on her ; he then ran out of the en lot up, and took up the spade in his hand. Dace,ased tii'is_e, with the handle of the iron of the spade from the floor I koilled me." Witness strong woman, that blow would 1:,:e said, " If I was not a 11.}, but she followed then called to deceased not to ancitersowwitness heard Denis into the yard. • Immediately and uenis Murphy the sound of blows she ran out, the ground bleeding from the head, „„, deceased on had raised a Passing the window towards the potato field. Previous to this, in the that morning, witness was talking to deceased, who said Denis going on with his tantrums, and he stool as over her head 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 ' deceased 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 bone ; another at an angle from that near the crown of the head, the scalp much thickened, and frontal bone fractured ; there was inflammation and suppuration on the brain, which caused death ; the right shoulder was discoloured from the effects of a blow. The following verdict was found :—" Deceased came by her death in consequence of one mortal wound on the forehead, inflicted by Denis Murphy, on the 3d day of July last, with a spade handle, of which she languished till 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 North Riding.--Nenagla 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 shored.