Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1862-01-03 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

HORRIBLE MURDER OF A CHILD BY ITS OWN  FATHER.  A cold-blooded murder, scarcely equalled in the annals of crime, has just been perpetrated in the borough of Windsor, which has caused unusual sensation among the inhabitants.  A coroner's inquest was held in the Council Chamber, at the Town Hall, before Mr. Martin and a highly respectable jury, and at the same time the prisoner was brought before W. B. Holderness, Esq., (mayor), Robert Blunt, Esq., and William Hanson, Esq., who sat in the justice row, when the evidence of several witnesses examined in both chambers elicited the following facts:— 'Plot the prisoner John Gould, residing at Clarence Clump, in the borough, the father of two children, had been in the habit of treating one of them, a fine little girl of between six and seven years of age, with great cruelty, and the is or child always went in fear of her inhuman parent. The mother of the child being engaged at the Windsor Infirmary and Dispensary, had left the two children in care of a neighbour, and the father who had been drinking for a whole week returned home to dinner about three o'clock in the afternoon of Monday last, the child had previously gone into the house to light the fire accompanied by some other children, and when the prisoner entered the house he turned all out excepting the unfortunate child. Shortly afterwards the prisoner went to his neighbour's house and said, "Mrs. Clarke, I want you." Si,e followed him home. and when she got into the io on she saw the floor covered with blood, the child on its knees with its hands on the step, and its throat cut. The prisoner stood with a razor in his hand, and said, " I've done it, I've done it." Ile afLerwards threw the child imt of doors. when it was picked up by the neighbours and conveyed to the dispensary, and was net by its horrified mother, who, as before stated, was cugaged there; but the child died before its arrival.  The evidence of Mr. J. surgeon. proved that the throat of the child had been cut about five inches in length, and that the jugular vein on the right side had been divided by sense sharp instrusseht. . .  Superintendent hagar said that the prisoner afterwards told him that be went home to get some dinner, and the child annoyed him hy crying, and that he had done the deed through drink, and wai now sorry for it. It also appeared that the prisoner, althnuch drunk, was not so far gone as not to know what he was ahout. He was committed to Reading Gaol to take his trial for wilful murder. He is about 35 years of age.  Mite Berde Cator, daughter of Admiral Cator, has collected the cost (Eng) of a life boat, which amount she has handed to the National Lifeboat fin.uelt ittial et iopnr.i Princess issßoCyaatio, rafwtei I. rehtheee Crown of Prussia. wlinfep-borinateeteos  Tile revenue returns published for the quarter, show a falling-off on the year, to the extent of upwards of three millions. This decrease is attributed to the exceptional circumstances connected with the re-adjustment of taxation, and to the time in which the revenue comes into course of collection.