The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1851-08-05 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

THE MURDER IN PENRIIVN•STREET.—OD Tuesday, a jury was empanelled before the Coroner to inquire into the cause of the death of William Jones. who was stabbed in Penrhyn-street on the evening of the 15:11 instant.Thomas Green, police-officer, said that on Tuesday, the 15th of July, after he had cone home he found the prisoner, Patrick Sheehan, had hold of his (witnesses's) wife. He ran up to him and struck him with his fist and knocked him down. A second man attacked the witness. He struck him first with an umbrella. While the witness was engaged with him the prisoner had recovered his feet, and he made an attack at him, and struck him on the lower part of the back with some sharp instrument, but he could not say what it was. It penetrated him and lie fell. As soon as he fonnd he had received a wound he sung out lie was stabbed. As soon as he recovered his feet be was stabbed again in the small of his back. He then faced the prisoner and he was stabbed twice. The prisoner had something in his band, which he thought was a knife. He struck at him repeatedly with the knife. Every time be struck, the witness struck him with his fist and drove him back. He was knocked down again by some other man. As soon as lie got up they began to run up the street. He followed them. A young man had gone into the house, and fetched a stick and a sword out of his house. He then placed them in his hand. There were two other men with the prisoner; they were engaged in the attack. As soon as he got the sword lie struck at the taller man and caught him somewhere about the heed with the sword. He then got the stick and followed them. Two of them ran down Scotland-road ; lie could not say what became of the third man. He turned down Wiltshire-street ; lie pursued him on to some waste ground. lie followed him into a hollow and took him into custody. When they got to Free Church-row, officer 43 came up, and the prisoner was taken to Rose-hill station. Joseph Pennington said, he saw a man strike the deceased on his right breast, and run down Penrhyan-strcet. Jones followed him. lie ran aqout ten yards. when the man who struck Jones made a sudden turn. Ile went back about two steps. The witness saw an instrument glitter in his hand, and lie struck Mr. Jones in the lower part of the bowels. He called out to the deceased, " Beware of the knife." The man's cap dropped off his head over making the stroke. Ile then f'Wilbraham-place. in cap,) and put it caught Jones in his arms, and handed him to his wife, who was present on the occasion. The man that struck Jones Tie n pickeddown theP encrahpynu-p, straebac t,lakridsenallo.; into his pocket. He gave it to officer 21. He saw the prisoner then engaged with Mr. Green fighting at close quarters. After some other witnesses had been examined, the Deputy-Coroner said that it was evident that one of the three prisoners spoken of had stabbed the deceased, but which of them it was, the evidence did not as yet show. The verdict of the jury must be what was called an open verdict against some person or persons unknown as being the cause of death. The jury returned a verdict aecordiegly, accompanying their decision with the following presentation to tlAe coroner :—" We, the undersigned jurymen in title painful investigation, molest through you to convey the elieepprobation of this jury of public party or political processioo:s, and that you will use your influence with the suthorilins to prevent a tic: liar occurrence."