The Daily Times. — 1860-09-21 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

THE COMER-STREET MURDER.  THE INQUEST. Yesterday the Coroner held an inquest on the body of Ann Neesham, 20 years of age; who was killed by her husband, on Tuesday night,_ in Gomer-street. In addition to the details published in our paper of Wednesday and yesterday, the following evidence was given : Margaret M'Adam, the mother of the prisoner, stated that the deceased .occasionally got tipsy, and the prisoner and deceased had words now and thee 0)041 it, but nothing of consequence. They went out together at six o'clock on Tuesday evening, and the deceased was then worse for liquor. They came back about eight o'clock, and she was then better. The prisoner was sober then. She asked him for tobacco, and he said he had none. She put her hand in his pocket and took out some. They then had.come words, when the prisoner struck her in the mouth with his hand. Witness said she would not have such work there, and if they did not go out she would go for a policeman, and she went out to get one, but could not see one: Cie returned in three-quarters of an hour, and found a crowd about the cellar door, but never saw deceased alive after that. Mary Clay was examined, and gave the same evidence as she did at the Police-court on Wednesday, Mary Hart was also examined, and merely corroborated the statement of Mrs. Clay. Mrs. Phillips, the wife of a painter who lives in the street, stated that on the night in question, the deceased came staggering up to her in the street, and caught her by the arm, and asked her to take her to the dispensary, as she was dying. The deceased then fell down, and. witness fell on her. She never spoke after, but died almost immediately. Witness saw she was bleeding from the left breast; raised her up in a sitting position, and the police then came up. Knows deceased and the prisoner about two years and a half, and they often quarrelled, and. both used to drink. Never saw blows, struck between them. Anne Flaherty stated that she passed the door about nine on Tuesday evening, and heard a noise in the cellar, and on looking in she saw two persons on the floor, but could not tell who they were. Heard, the woman exclaim, " Oh, you wretch, what have you done this for? or what have I ever done to you?" (as witness -Understood.) Has no doubt the woman was the deceased. Inspector White stated that he saw a pool of blood on the cellar door, and traced the blood from that to where the deceased was found in the street. Mr. Tomilson, one of the superintendents of police, was examined, and gave the same evidence as he aid at the Police-court as regarded the arrest of the prisoner, and what he stated when taken into custody. The evidence was published in our paper of yesterday. Surgeon Gill said he was called to see deceased, and found -her bleeding from a wound in the left breast. She died there and then. Made a punctured mortem examination of the body since, and found a_wound in the heart, the eTternal wound corresponding with that in the heart. The wound was in the right ventricle, and was the eause of death. The pericardium was quite filled with blood. A knife such as 4oir produced would be likely to produce such a wound. After the examination of a police-oflicer, whose evidence was not material, the Coroner cbarged the jury, and in a few moments they returned a verdict of "Wilful Murder" against the man. The Coroner issued his warrant accordingly for his committal.