The Northern Daily Times. — 1856-06-07 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

ANOTHER CHARD  OP MURDER ON THE HIGH SEAS.  CORONER'S INQUEST. Yesterday the Borough Coroner held an inquest on the body of a sailor named John Ti owner, lately belonging to the ship Lincluden Castle, the property of Messrs. Moore and Co., of this town and port. The deceased came by his death by violence, as will be collected from the following evidence : Mr. David Rees, the master of the ship, stated that the deceased shipped with him about the 3rd of March last at Mobile, and that he appeared in good health when the ship sailed on tho 6th. On the 31st March he saw a sailor named James Power, strike the deceased a violent blow on the head which knocked him down, and then Power kicked him twice about the head. The witness called out to Power to -‘ drop such cowardly work," and ordered him aft, but he went into the forecastle. The deceased was then brought aft to the captain, covered with blood, and having a deep cut in one of his cheeks. The deceased complained of great pain in his jaw, and said it was out of joint. The jaw was very much swollen next day, and the captain did all ho possibly could for him, but the deceased could hardly swallow any thing, and was not able to work. The ship arrived here on the 7th April, and the deceased was sent to the Southern Hospital, where ho died on Tuesday the 3rd inst. Power had been, in the meantime, committed for trial by Mr. Mansfield for the assault.  John Gray, the carpenter of the ship, was examined, and ho stated that the deceased was an Austrian, and could not speak much English. This witness also stated that he saw Power beat the deceased, and kick him in the face. The deceased's teeth were all loosened, and he could not eat. An Austrian, named Mitchells, who keeps a boarding-house in Mersey-street, stated that the deceased came to his house on the Bth April, and complained that his jaw was broken. The witness sent him to get his jaw set, but it got worse, and he went to the hospital. Mr. Garland, surgeon of the Southern Hospital, stated that an abscess had formed in the jaw of the deceased, and it burst, and the discharge from it was so great that it endangered the man's life. Everything was done for him that medical skill could suggest, but he died on the 3rd. He (the witness) had made a post mortem examination of the body, and found appearances indicative of consumption. Undoubtedly death was accelerated by the injuries which the deceased had received. The deceased had symptoms of consumption when admitted; the discharge was so great from the abscess, as to render consumption a necessary consequence, in addition to which he could not eat any solid food, from the fact of his jaw  being broken.  Mr. Brown, one of the magistrate's clerks, was examined, and proved that the depositions taken from the deceased before he died, were read over to him in the presence of the accused, whe refused to ask the deceased any questions. The Coroner then read the depositions of the deceased. The facts were not altered from these already given. The only reason for the attack on the deceased by Power, was an alleged dispute about some tobacco, which the deceased charged Power with having taken from him. The coroner then summed up, and the jury found a verdict, that the deceased came by his death in consequence of the injuries inflicted by Power, and that the latter was guilty of manslauf.,,hter.  Orders have arrived at Sheerness by telegraph, for the Cressy, eighty gun screw steamer, to be got ready. for foreign service with all possible despatch. She will sail under sealed orders. EX-