Glasgow Courier. — 1857-06-11 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

MURDER IN DUNDEE.  About half past nine o'clock on Saturday evening, an Irish weaver, named James Coyle, who resided in the Ilawkliill, and was at the time under the influence of liquor, was passing by the house of Andrew Cassidy, a weaver, in Shepherd's Close, Hawkltill. The door of the house being open, lie stepped In, apparently in a drunken frolic, for he hail no previous acquaintance with the inmetes of the house. Cissidy was himself absent at the time, and the only parties In the house were his wife, Agnes Quin or Cassidy, and her mother, Margaret Barnet or Quin, an aged widow. Coyle, on entering, mad° up to the young woman, and took hold of her by the arms. Site, of course, attempted to free herself from Ids grasp, while the mother abused hint for entering a strange house and taking improper liberties. At length, after some altercation, the daughter ran out of the house, followed by Coyle ;.she managed to give him the slip, however, and raturned into the house, locking the door an as to prevent hint gaining admission a second time. He returned immediately, and not being able to get in by the door, he proceeded to the window, which was very low, as the house consisted only of one story, and, throwing it open, managed to cGet an entrance in that way. There hail, it appears, been a tub of water placed beneath the window, into which he fell as he entered; and his excitement increasing on account of his misadventure, he proceeded to assault the young woman in a violent manner, f.triking her in the face, and dragging her about the door. She again teenaged to escape, and ran to bring the police, calling out to hint that she would do so, in order, if possible, to frighten hint away. During her brief absence Coyleappears to have turned upon the poor, defenceless, old woman, knocked her doe is, and kicked her heavily on the head, back, side, and other parts of her person, inflicting upon her injuries of so serious a nature as to cause almost immediate death. The cries of the poor woman attracted the attention of a passerby, who looked in at the window, and saw Coyle kicking the old woman, who had apparently been sitting on a low stool when she was attacked. The alarm was of course immediately given, and Coyle was making off when he was caught by the constable who had been called by the daughter. He made a desperate resistance, struggling with the constable a long time, and, although a number of persons were looking on, none volunteered to aid the policeman, who received some severe injories in struggling with his prisoner. His strength was nearly exhausted when another constable came to his relief, and the two succeeded, though not without difficulty, in taking hint to the office. Dr. Webster was immediately called to see the old woman, but she was past all surgical aid, death having been apparently caused by one of the heavy blows which she had received on the head with the heel of her assailant. On tieing trought before Mr. Mackay, the Superintendent of Police, for examination, when he was quite Ember, Coyle declared that he did not know the charge which was against him, and that he remembered nothing of what had led to his apprehension—a fact which is somewhat doubtful, as it is difficult to account for his lengthened struggle with the officer, unless on the supposition that he was aware of the dangerous position in which he had placed himself. At the Police Court on Monday morning Coyle was brought up charged with the Mime of murder, and also with the crime of assault. 'rite complaint contained three seperate charges one of assault committed against the daughter; a second of merdering the mother, Margaret Burnes or Quin ; and a third of assaulting the police constable while in the execution of his duty. The case was remitted to the Procurator-Fiscal, to be tried before a higher Court. Coyle, who has a daring, reckless look about him, appeared quite composed in the Court. He is untried, and has three children.—Dundee Advertiser.  BY