The Sun. — 1847-04-09 (London, England)

THE MURDER AT COCKBURNSPATH.—FURTHER Pmerictmkrts,—The vicinity of Cockburnspath, on the morning of Saturday, the, 27th ult., was the scene of a &oat unnatural murder. The particulars are these : A party of Irish vagrants, consisting of a mother, named Mary Gartie or Morran, and her sons and daughters, James, Patrick, Mary, Helen, and Michael Morran, and Francis Connel, no relation to them, but going along with them—all of them in appearance in a most destitute condition—made their appearance in Cockburnspath on Friday, and during that day solicited charity in the village. They lodged there all night, leasing early on Saturday morning for the south. The boy Michael was weakly, and apparently newly recovered from the smallpox, and about the age of twelve years. He was along with them when they left. They had not been long on their way, when a man going along the road, at a very short distance from Cockburnspath, heard a groan, and looking into a drain that passes underneath the road, found the boy, with a stone- which weighed ninety-two pounds placed upon his chest, and his head tied up in a bag. When he was taken out, life was fast ebbing, but he lingered on for two hours, when death put a period to his sufferings. He was soon recognised as one of the party who were seen in the place the previous day. A search after them was immediately made, and they were overtaken at Reston, and brought to Dunse for examination, which continued until late that evening, and was resumed on Tuesday, when they were committed, and sent to Greenlaw gaol. The particulars of the examination have not been made public. But we learn that the mother, in her declaration, confesses to the child being hers, stating that it died, and she having no burial place here, put the body into the drain. They were not in that destitute condition their appearance indicated, as on the person of the mother was found money amounting to above 31.—Berwick l{'order.  FATAL ACCIDENT AT BOlV.—Yesterday an inquest was held before Mr. W. Baker, Coroner, at the London Hospital, on the body of Joseph Hall, a carpenter, aged 49 years. It appeared that on Wednesday morning, the 17th of March last, the deceased was at work in some new houses at Old Ford, Bow, and while standing on several loose planks in the second floor he suddenly slipped and fell through the well-hole of the staircase, into the back parlour, a distance of seventeen feet. Several of the workmen immediately went to his assistance, when it was discovered that he had broken his left leg. He was removed to the London Hospital, where it was found necessary to amputate his leg. He lingered until Sunday last, when he expired. Verdict, " Accidental Death." _ _ _  of tlahteeFfieinctbh,ehawviinneg. of the Barriers, the a pcoopyceotaosnceer,ttahiantetdhefyrov‘m,ere a ri cnastu dealting to circulated King oli f been" agsg, shops nhaompoedsseGssueditton, and a negress named sold drunkenbßarber,ywhoam man,ain r wequented such places under the pretence of selling nuts. These persons have been arrested, and a number of the songs were found in their possession, as was also a list of individuals of good standing in society. The songs which had been circulated were all in manuscript.