Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1853-11-02 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

THE MURDER OF CAROLINE MOBBS. lir the Central Criminal (Old) Court, on Thursday, Nathaniel Nlobbs, aged 32, cooper, was indicted for the wiltul murder of his wife Caroline Mobbs. Mr. Bodkin, tor the prosecution, stated the case. Catherine Scott, or Enoch-court, Whitechapel, said that the prisoner and deceased lodged at No. 7, in Enochcourt. Between six and seven o'clock in the evening of the 23rd of August, witness saw him come borne very tipsy. Deceased was at that time in the room of a Mrs. Lancaster, who lodged in the nine house as tire prisoner. On the following day at a quarter past one in the afternoon, witness saw the prisoner came into the court, and Milli to him " Hear you are." lie put up his finger, and sand, " Hush !" and oent int Iris own house. Soon afterwards witness went into the house, and heard the deceased say that if she was what the prisoner represented her to be, she would not have been his wife. lie replied, inn a very low tone of voice," Never mind, it will never occur again." Witness thon left, and as site got into the court she heard a cry of " Murder" Irwin the deceased. Witness called to the .prisoner to let the deceased out, and went with a lodger named Jones, anal knocked at the door. He then heated a box drawn acrusa the prisoner's room, arid a child call out, " Mother, mother." Deceased then came froill tire room covered with blood, and walked down *tails unable to speak, her throat being cut. Witness saw no inore of her till the was dead. The prisoner and the deceased lived very unhappy. Frances Lancaster, a lodger in tire same house with the prisoner and his wile, said at hall' past two witness, when passing the room, heard screams of murder, and went to the room door, and heard a box more from the door. Directly afterwards the deceased came out with her throat cat; she was covered with blood, and her hair hung down her shoulders. Julia Angling deposed that at twelve o'clock on the night before the crier, the deceased came to witness's room, and slept there that night. Next morning at four ' o'olock, the prisoner came and asked, was his wife there ? and when he saw his wife he told her to fetch him some beer. She retuaed, and said she was going betore the Lord Mayor, for " proul Cut he should not murder her." He than dragged her out of the room, and along the court, and dashed her into their own house. Jane JOIICB corroborated the evidence of the previous witness. J. H. Featherstone, of the City police, bald that on hearing the alarm he went into the room, and round the prisoner lying on the floor, with his throat cut, and having a black handled knite in his hand. Witness said, " This is the knife with which you have done the deed :" The prisoner said " No. It was done with a white handled kinite, which is in that cupboard." The knife was found, real it was covered with fresh blood. He mid lie would not dune the deed if he had not seen his wife in ccuipany with a policeman on the night that she left him. Other witnemes, and Mr. FL Debenharn, house surgeon at the London hospital, were also examined. Mr. Justice Cresrwell gummed up, and the jury, after a quarter of an hour's deliberation, returned a verdict of Gail, of Murder. Sentence of death was then pmsed, and is prisoner, who did not dining tire trial, or at the passing of the sentence, exhibit the least emotion, was removed from the har.  VALE ._wREK