The Sun. — 1848-01-06 (London, England)

THE MURDER IN GOLDEN-LANE.  (THIS DAY.) The adjourned inquest on the bodies of the two children who were recently found murdered in Golden-lane was held this day at three o'clock,before Mr. William Baker, coroner, at the William the Fourth public-house, Jeremiah Donnoghue, labourer, was the first witness called, residing at No. 9, Cupid's-court, who stated, that about one or two o'clock on Saturday morning last, he distinctly heard the voice of Amina Blake, one of the deceased, cry " Murder" several times. About four o'clock on the same morning he was apprised of the murder of the two children, Amina Blake and her brother.  Mrs. BLAKE, the mother of the deceased, deposed to their being two of her children by her lawful husband, Robert Henry Blake, under whose protection they were left in London. She was at present living apart from her husband at Birmingham with another of her children. Mr. Wright, surgeon, stated that he was called in to see the deceased shortly after four o'clock on Saturday morning last. He found the body of Thomas Henry Blake, the younger, lying upon a bed on the ground floor of the house, the bedcloathes were in the greatest disorder,lthe body was warm, but life was extinct. There were several scratches on the tip of the nose and the nostrils, on the right side of the mouth, and upon the left cheak, and upon the throat near the wind-pipe; there were no othef appearances of external violence on the body. He examined the chest and found the lungs perfectly healthy, but gorged with a dark coloured black fluid, the intestines and abdomen appeared also in a perfectly healthy state. On removing the scalp he found that the dura mater was covered with numerous bloody points, from which dark coloured blood issued. -The vessels pia mater were gorged with a dark coloured fluid. The substance of the brain, when cut in two, also presented various bloody parts. There was no bloodi n the ventricles of the brain. Upon examining the body of Amine Blake, he found, with a small difference, precisely the same appearance, and in both cases he was led to believe, as the result of the 'examination, that death was caused by forcible compression of the mouth and nostrils. Mr. Courtenay, surgeon, of Whitecross• street, gave  evidence of a similar nature. The CORONER proceeded to sum up, and in doing so, completely exonerated the father of the children from any actual participation in the dreadful crime. There appeared to be no doubt that the murder was committed by Harriet Parker, whh lead been living with the father of the children for some three or four years. The only course for the jury to adopt would be to return a verdict of wilful  murder against her. It appeared from her own statements that she had contemplated the atrocious act for some months past; and that, since she had committed it, she had stated that she gloried in what she had done, and had made use of file, extraordinary expression, "That she could die on the gallows like a trump for it." With respect to any plea that :night be set up on the grounq of insanity, that would he a question to be tried in another place. The Coroner then proceeded to read ovr the whole of the evidence, but had not concluded up to the time of our going to press.