The Sun. — 1852-09-22 (London, England)

ALLEGED MURDER OF A WIFE BY  HER HUSBAND.  On Monday, a.t the Lambeth Police Court, Richard Perry, 54, described as a labourer, residing at No. 22, Broad-street, Lambeth, was charged with having caused the death of Jane Perry, his wife, by striking her on the head and body in a frightful manner. George Mitchell said ke lived at No. 22, Broadstreet, Lambeth,. in apartments underneath those occupiedtinu a ll y quarrelling, the prisoner and li;s wife. They were conuarrelling, and the female was almost always On Saturday evening last, between eight and the prisoner and deceased came home, dnrinuenk o'clock, O apparently very comfortable, and shortly afterwards the . former went out, and was prisoner,the deceasedw haoangda Ilona followed a little while attar by his wife. Some time afterwards the prisoner brought she entered the house. They had some coals home,, and finding the deceased was out and had locked his door he came down stairs, but at appeared to be sober, went to bed, and went out. She ravened at a very the same time some words about the door being locked, when the mediately efterwarde a heavy fall, late hour, ranch. intoxicated, when he heard them that she hopd nothing had hapanag'succeeded by complete silence. His wife which rre I wl hnimPerry and .his wife, and immediately pcaelnleedd bouettwtoee when,r he called out, " Who's this afterwards he heard the prisoner put on his shoes and prisoner then returned to .said you heard the fall in the lyinge sm reo odomon wtanhneds stbtalri lOUs' g? h t all. bi said h t onn7Yeu ?—Witness replied 14-nt he did, but rhear her go down the stairs after that. have heard her if she hr 1, Fa he could hear prisoner'slineeMdmirdu. it not Elliott the least thing on the stairs. The prisoner, when he came down to the landing near the door, called out to witnees to get up,.iexclaiming that his wife had no strength in her. Vi'tness got out of bed and assisted him to carry the decereed up stairs, but he at once perceived that she was dead, and told the prisoner so. The latter exclaimed " Good God, you don't mean to say so !" They then carried her into the room, and put her on the bed, when he washed her face with cold water, and sent the prisoner for a doctor. The o than the prisoner's room. r police shortly entered the house, and brought one in, when they pronounc, 1 her quite dead. Sergeant Atler, of the L division, here informed foundthe za mr. wasagEilsltio3attti,eta to m tirheatluitsvtbee place where decease I was laa ll Had she fallen down stairs, must you have heard her ? Mitchell—yes ; I was not asleep, and I could have heard a cat walk  you heard was the quarrelling,,the incorroboratedMitchell,evidenceof e rpyr e The deceased was covered with bruises from head to loins. Witness heard no scuffling on Vie stairs, the fall took place in the prisoner's room. Miller, 136 L, proved being called into the house between one and two o'clock on the morning of the occurrence, and found the body of deceased yet warm, upon which he procured medical attendance. Sergeant Atler, 4L, said, he also went to the house, when he looked at deceased, and perceived a deep cut on the left eye, and another one across the nose. They were quite fresh.. When apprehended the prisoner told witness that his wife had. fallen out of bed, and subsequently observed it was hard for him to work all the week and then for his wife to spend all the money. There having been no medical examination, the prisoner was remanded. ------