The Northern Daily Times. — 1857-04-27 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

WOMAN KILLED IN SHEFFIELD.  A distressing affair, resulting in the death of a young woman named kary Bennett, took place in Water-lane on Thursday night. The deceased, who .is about twenty-six years of age, hag been living with her husband for a little more than a week at the Barrel Inn, a beer house in Waterlane, Sheffield. Her husband is a sawyer by trade, and had come to Sheffield in search of work ; but, failing in his object, they had intended to leavethe town in the course of Friday. It seems that three women hid been lodging, attheßarrel a few nights; but the landlord, George Loy,day, finding them more disorderly even than the usual equenters of the neighbeurheod, told them ibey must leave. They continued drinking in the house, however;-till about twenty minutes to twelve at nieht, when they had become so uproarious with the liquor they had imbibed, that Loveday proceeded to drive theta out of the house. They turned and abused him, and he seems to have sent them pell-mell along the passage lading from the taprooM to the front of the house. This passage is quite dark at night, so that no person can recognise another in it. It nnfueueately happened that while Loveday was driving the women before him, Mrs. Bennett entered the passage from the street, with some food she had been fetching for her own and her husband's supper. She became mingled with the three retiring women, and in the confusion and darkness Loveday struck her a blow which felled her to the ground. The three women ran out of the Buse, and Loveday soon discovered -what a terrible mistake he had made. The first the other inmates of the house learns d of the affair was by seeing Loveday br;ng Mrs. Bennett in his arms into the taproom. He said to .her husband, who was sitting there, George, it's a bad job, I have hit your wife by mistake." Bennett took charge of his wife, whose lip was swollen, whose nose was bleeding, and who was crying as if in pain. He carried her into the back kitchen, where she exclaimed, " Oh, my lad, I believe I am a murdered woman." He unloosed her frock and took her bonnet off, she crying all the time, and seeming to suffer greatly from pain. She complained particularly of her forehead and the back of her head. Her husband said to her, " What's the matter?" and she ' replied, "I am losing my senses. He got some cold water and a handkerchief and bathed &t. head, in which Mrs. Loveday assisted him; but as she seemed only to get worse, Mrs. Loveday went and fetched her husband, telling him the woman was d 1 ing. Loveday came and said, "What shall I do George? Shall I fetch a doctor ?" Bennett told him he had better_ do so, and he immediately left the honse, apparently for this purpose; but up to last evening he had not returned to the house. Bennet, not feeling satisfied, went out himself. in search of a surgeon, but, failing to gat one, returned. When he got back it was about half-past twelve, and his wife was Just dead. It is supposed that Loveday only struck the deceased with his fist, as he had no weapon in his hand when he went to turn out the wiimen ; but no doubt he hit her a very violent blow, he being-a passionate man, and having, it was said, drunk heavily during the night. The unfortunate woman had been married to Bennet about two years.  How