The Northern Daily Times. — 1856-11-20 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

THE ERITH MURDER.  ADJOURNED INQUEST.—On Tuesday, at half-past four, the adjourned inquest on the body of Mr. Carter, of whose melancholy end we have given full particulars, was resumed before Mr. Carder, one of the county coroners. The first witness called was Edward Carter, an auctioneer, of Battersea-rise, who recognised the body of the deceased, he said :—I saw him alive on Tuesday, the 4th instant, when I met him in Union-road, Battersea. He was passing me, and I said, " Are you going to London ;" and he said, "Yes, to the docks." lam executor to his father's will. His fathe died in May, 1855, and he contemplated going to Australia prior to that event, but his father's death stopped him. In consequence of his going to Australia it was necessal that money should be raised to the extent of £lOO, and arrangements were made by myself, my coexecutor, and two of the legatees for the sum to be advanced to him, and it was advanced. In reply to the Coroner, the witness testified to the soundness of deceased's mind. The surgeon who examined the body after death reported as follows :—I found on the left side of the chest,  region of the heart, in a space from abrut tF ghth rib downwards, and from the breas  second to the c  bone to the armpit sixteen punctured wounds, No appearance of injury except an abrasion of skin on the right elblw and two slight abrasions on the knuckles of the first and third finger on the right hand; they were fresh wounds. The head was opened next dar. On opening the chest I found great infusion of blood in both cavities of the chest, The pericardium was full of blow!. Opened the perecardium and took out the heart, in which there were eight punctured wounds, one of them being so large that I think it was the effect of two thrusts ; it was twice the diameter of the guage. There is one wound on the apex of the heart, and another on the side of the left ventricle, which does not penetrate the cavities of the heart The other penetrates into the cavity of the left  !ow penetrating,  some supe  ventricle  very deeply. The wounds all correspond with the instrument produced. There are external wounds corresponding with those in the heart, and the sixth rib is splintered near the large wound, both externally and in the heart. I proceeded afterwards to open the vicera of the abdomen, which were all healthy except the liver, which showed slight signs of being affected by drink. On dividing the scalp, I found the scalp was in an ecchymose state to a large extent, and on removing the scalp I found there was great extravasation of blood; and, on proceeding, I found an angular fracture about three or four inches in extent, running from the vertex to the temple on the left side. This witness considered it would be utterly impossible for a man to inflict such wounds upon himself He had counted six cute in the waistcoat, thirteen or fourteen in the linen shirt, and about as many in the flannel shirt. After some further evidence, the enquiry was adjourned for a week. Owing to the strenuous exertions of Superintendent NI allalieu, and the assistance of four of his most expert officers, there is every reason to believe that the perpetrators of this most frightful murder will be speedily brought to justice. That there were several persons engaged in the matter is beyond doubt. The carpenter's page, which was found in the hand of the deceased, has been proved to be the instrument with which the wounds in the body were inflicted.