The Tamworth Examiner and Working Men's Journal. — 1874-07-11 (Tamworth, Staffordshire, England)

HORRIBLE CRUELTY TO A W IFIL—HEARTM TREATMENT BY HER CHILDILEN.—The examinalin of Patrick R,ley before the Cardiff magistrates revue a course of brutality and cmel neglect which is dncerely trust will be :cog without a parallel in Wok, Riley was brought before Mr. R. 0. Jones and Mr. 11 Bowen charged with having caused the death of In wife. Mr. L. T. nee cc conducteti the pro:coition. was considered desirable that the ease shouldbe loon, before the magistrates in order that the evideuce oft. children might be taken, as it was feared that the bill, nee of the Irish residents might be used to induce t boys not to give evldeuce against their father. little boy Thomas Idilcy was caged, and stated that I went to bed with his mill.' on Friday evening ala nine o'clock ; she had t ilen the bed from the bedste ..nil put it on the floor. He went to sleep,tbut he ISO on finding his father and mother quarrelling. otid that his father came u?, and as she wins lying the floor he kicked her several times on the side sill head, and also on the body and the sides. screaural out when he kicked her, and called " Oh, oh " She aft, rwarde, when he her off the lied on to the floor, staggered the floor to the fire-plaee, and there fell down. . then called out, " Olt may 0..1 forgive your What, all that he has done." She lay down On the inattr, that they lied got for her and there vomited. Front evidence of the older hols it appeared that they si woke up by the noise, but they only saw their fathei his foot on their mother's face, but he had then his' off. lie afterwar sla?peil her on the faee, but was in consequence of her r,fitsing to get up front floor and come on to the bad which he had pit oats bedstead. When she was on the floor lyitig on the' she vomited,and he call. d me, to his sons that she we choke, but they paid no attention to her, and one them said, " Let her be ; she is all right.' When were appareutly asleep, Rugh got up and put r over las mother. When the younger one proAsed get a bed fer her to lie ou from the coal-hole, the Cl' son said, "No ; let her be ; " awl ;old siii I that she was " slaloming," awl did not want to fall dons without she liked., She had been ailing f. r some days, &lel la taken but little food. Thursday night she sent lit fer a pint of beer to nate her sleep, and it was thee that the beer had taken au effect upon her. Sci witnesses were called. They all proved that the Si on the Friday evetriug tint ti bed quite sober, and she was a quict, ittollenais e woman, hat that the 1 band treated her very re -11 Re often turned her and left her out all eight. o:her yam sse, provelt on the Thuesday they had quarrelled and fought,: that he then gave le itt Va,dt eye. The inquest adjourned till Weds, sday, lett beafire the tuseistn the case was completod, inst 1 there Dr. Pa hie eve result of his post.nwri eat examination, which pro, that 1, rib resulted fcem the ,auaa,tiaa Gf Mood On brain, produced either 1,,a blow 'f emu an instrumeati a kick, but it Joust have b., o given with great fa as the fraeture was on the opposite part of the In. that, ou which the blow was given. Conetatiou hum, also served to accede..., te death, but that its ress, fel from Niolence, and all the Mb/ries, lit the 'dock eye, were of recent date. The prisot,t,' liblere the magistrates asked no questions nor reply, and was committed for trial ou wilful murder a his wife.