The Sun. — 1863-08-08 (London, England)

ALLEGED MURDER IN LAMBETH.  Yesterday Mr. W. Carter, the coroner for Surrey, opened an inquest in the large club-room of the Henry the Eighth's 7 bsadbe been nki the death of Anne Griffin, Head, High-street, Lambeth, for the purpose of inquiring attendinglled by a dredgerman named iwnhtoo,thiteweiasrcualmlesgtaedn George Bagnet, at their lodgings, 6 No. 2, Windmill-court, Black Boy-alley, Lambeth. Bagnet was taken before the magistrate, but owing to the lateness of the hour the examination was only formally opened.  At the commencement of the inquest, Mr. Rawley, surgeon, of Church-street, Lambeth, said, in answer to questions put by the coroner, that he had been and on arriving at her lodging hseenftofuonrdtotesree dead.th e deceased,  The Coroner—Did you examine her body? Witness•—I did.  mortal nature. her death ?-1 did not. She had a black eye, but nothing injury on her person likely to cause '1 hen you cannot satisfy the court, from what you have seen, as to the precise nature of death P —Not without a post tyoopuro detect any aany imam examination of the body. likely to Mrs. H. Carter, of 13, William-street, High-street, Lam • beth, deposed that the deceased was her cousin. She lived with one George Bagnet, who was sometimes called Edward.  George Thomas Harris, also a dredgerman, residing at 3, Lower Fore. street, Lambeth, said that he knew the deceased, and went up stairs to her room with a loaf of bread. That was about half-past nine in the morning. He saw the woman lying on the floor, and he pulled her clothes down. Bagnet at that time was not at home, and no one else was in the room. Bagnet and witness had been together from half-past eight in the morning, and he did not see deceased that morning until he went up with the loaf. By the Coroner—When I saw her extremities exposed I attempted to set. her up, and cried out "Anne" three times, but she never answered, but kept groaning. Whilst she was doing so Bagent came up with some butter, when he (witness) said to him, " Jem, something is the matter with your missus.' He then said, " Let us put her on a chair." He called her by name, but she made no answer. She was removed to the chair, when he saw matter tinged with blood coming out of her mouth. She had also a black eye. He saw no blood coming from her body. The witness further added that he saw a little cup at her left hand side, which he put upon the table. It had recently been used, but (after stating that it contained a white sediment) was quite clean, He saw that before Bagent came up, and when ho did he placed his arms round her neck, and said that she had had a fit. He then told him to go and fetch a doctor and Mrs. Allbridge, which he did. When he called Mrs. Allbridge the woman was alive. Elizabeth Dunn, after stating that she knew the deceased and the man in custody, who passed as her husband, said— On Wednesday last she was at home in the front room up stairs, adjoining that occupied by the deceased. On the Monday, after she had been out, he called her vile names, and, although not in the room, she heard loud blows inflicted, which were repeated several times, and on each occasion she screamed violently. She then came down stairs to the street door, find called him names. She then ran upstairs, and he followed her, when she again heard blows inflicted, and she also heard the female fall on