The Sun. — 1853-09-22 (London, England)

THAMES.—Joseph Pegram Gulley, a young man of respectable appearance, but described as a labourer, of No. 10, Bridge-street, adjoining the Regents Canal, Mile-end-road, was charged with causing the death of Elizabeth Fox.  The husband of the deceased woman, a man of some property, and the son of the late Mr. Fou, a magistrate of the Tower Liberty, came before Mr. Yardley on Tuesday afternoon, and said that his wife had received a violent blow from a man named Culley on the 10th inst., that she was in a dying state in the London Hospital, and that he had been just informed by the house surgeon that she could not live more than four hours. He then put in a certificate, signed by Mr. Debenham, the housesurgeon, stating that his wife was admitted into the hospital on the 10th of September, with " epitaxis," arising from an injury to the nose, and earnestly entreated the magistrate to cause "the murderer of his wife to be taken into custody." Mr. Yardley referred the matter to Sergeant Forck, No. 27 K, who accompanied the applicant, and said the police would interfere if, upon inquiry, they considered there were sufficient reasons for doing so. Yesterday Mr. Fox, who is considerably advanced in years, came into the court, bewailing the loss of his wife, who expired at an early hour that morning in the London Hospital, and soon afterwards the prisoner was arraigned in the dock. William Watson, a police constable, No. 38 K, stated that on the previous night he took the prisoner into custody, on a charge of violently assaulting Mrs. Fox on Saturday, the 10th inst. He went to the hospital that morning with the prisoner, for the purpose of his being identified by Mrs. Fox, and ascertained that she had expired before one o'clock. He saw Mr. Debenham, the house-surgeon, who said he could not give any opinion of the cause of death until a post-mortem examination took place. There were marks of injuries on the deceased's face, and she told the nurse in the hospital that Joseph Culley, the prisoner, had inflicted them, and had broken her nose.  Mr. Yardley said, the statement made to the nurse would not be evidence unless the deceased believed she was dying, or it wag uttered in the presence of the prisoner ; and that all Mr. Debenham could prove was, that the woman died from the effects of some injuries inflicted upon her. He wanted evidence to prove under what circumstances, and by whom, the injuries were inflicted.  Watson—The deceased's nose and eyes were disfigured. Mr. Fox, who appeared in much grief, and sobbed loudly, here said, " From my poor wife's own words the prisoner did it, and has been the death of her."  Mr. Pelhani, who defended the prisoner, said he could prove by the evidence of 10 or 12 witnesses that the unfortunate deceased was a woman of very intemperate habits, and that her eyes were blackened and swollen before the recontre with the prisoner on the 10th inst. He would also prove that if the deceased was struck by the prisoner at all it was by mere accident. He then called  Harriet Fox, who said she was no relation to the deceased woman, who lived next door to the prisoner. On the 10th inst, the prisoner was delivering vegetables at the house of the witness, who carried on the business of a greengrocer, and, as he threw a cabbage into a basket, Mrs. Fox, the deceased, who was present, turned round and swore at him, called him a 13--- housebreaker, and used other vituperative language. Mrs. Fox, who was very much intoxicated, continued this for some time, and struck the prisoner, who pushed her away. Mr. Yardley—Did he strike her ? Witness—No," he did not, sir. He gave her a push. Her nose bled for a little while alter that. Her eyes were blackened previous to that, and she had been at a public house drinking on the same day. Mr. Yardley said there was some very slight evidence against the prisoner, who gave the deceased a push ; but whether that caused the injuries on her face was not stated. There was nothing in the case to warrant him in doing anything more than ordering enter into his own h Buret future day, and there was y not appear before him on a o doubt the the prisoner n woulder t o attend the inquest. 1 Mr. Pelham—Certainly, he will. He is quite inno; cent of having caused the death of the woman. I The prisoner, having entered into the required surety, was 1 berated.  concerned 11)3rought up for heoheollsivineot yet in ndosfl Mr. .