The Darlington & Stockton Telegraph, Richmond Herald, South Durham and North York Review. — 1870-12-17 (Darlington, Durham, England)

DARLINGTON ..-AND STOCKTON TELEGRAPH.  the size of an almond, as if having been caused recently by a blow. He was sober, but had apparently had drink. I examined the knife next morning, and it had the appearance of having been partially cleaned; but I observed what I took to be traces of blood on it. Thorstensen is now under remand. _ _  Sergeant Joyce said: At about eleven o'clock on Sunday night, he was going down High-street towards the Dock gates, when he was induced to go to the scene of the affray.—The remainder of Joyce's evidence was chiefly corroborative. On examining the locality of the disturbance, he found slight drops of blood near the Shakespeare, and a continuous stream increasing in quantity in an oblique direction, for about forty-four yards, towards the Dock Hotel, where there was a large quantity of blood. Dr. George Moore said: Yesterday afternoon, I made a post-mortem examination of deceakd's body. The anterior parts of the body were stained, and the clothing saturated with blood. There was a wound in front of the right shoulder, about an inch and a quarter wide, and about three inches in depth. Its origin was in front of the upper part of the hnmeris and it extended from that point from without inwards, cutting the muscles in that locality, rind entering the axiliary space; then through the intracostal muscles, between the second and third ribs, into the right pleural cavity. The edges of the wound clearly cut, and the most internal extremity of the wound was very small, showing that the instrument by which the wound had been made had been a sharp-pointed instrument. The axiliary, which is a large artery, was completely cut across, and the axiliary vein was wounded. The viscera and other organs of the body were healthy, but pale and bloodless. The heart was firmly contracted and empty. The cause of dea-4.1 was hemorrhage of the right axiliary artery, which had been divided by a sharp penetrating instrument passing through the axiliary space obliquely from right to left. I have seen the knife produced. It is that kind of instrument which would produce death. It was a large artery, and the bleeding would be very rapid, and the deceased could not have lived long without attention. It is a kind of wound that might be produced by a back-handed blow by a person standing in front, and using his right hand. Prisoner was here informed that all the evidence had been adduced, and, after being cautioned, was told that anything he wished to say might be given in evidence against him at his trial. He then confessed to having used the knife, but said he was very sorry; he was the worse for drink.  The CORONER 811111111 ed up, and remarked that after the admission of the prisoner, the jury could scarcely come to a verdict imputing less than manslaughter. On the other hand, it did not appear that there was any premediation or malice aforethought, to justify a charge of murder.  The jury retired, and were absent about halfan-hour. The foreman then announced that they had found a verdict of " manslaughter " against Theodore Thorstensen, and were of opinion that he should not be charged with the graver offence of murder.—The prisoner was then removed back to his cell in the police-station.