The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1842-08-26 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

MURDER AND INQUEST.  An inquest was held on Wednesday last, at Lattera, by James Carroll, Esq., on the body of Ellen Murphy, who came by her death as follows :—The first witness examined was Judy Hayes, who stated that on Sunday, the 3d of July last, she went to the house of John Murphy, the husband of deceased ' • John Murphy was also sitting on a stool in the corner. Mrs. Murphy, the deceased, then came in from the yard, and passed into the inner room, and brought out some boiled potatoes for the fowl in the yard. Denis Murphy foll'l'wed deceased out to the yard, and Mrs. Murphy returned almost immediately to the kitchen, and sat down by the fire; went followed by Denis, who kissed both his harlin, and to the dresser and kissed it also. Mr. Murphy called thanw him " You omedhaun iraun, you are more rogue kw: expressiona. " Say that again," be said, and she repeated the Denis then walked into the room inside the kitchen, a, Whai are Mrs. Murphy followed him, calling out, need you 620 u doing there ?" He answered. " What husband ofle." Witness then called to John, the a former man; deceased, and the father of Denis, by ing (Denis) miogoef to go into the room for fear. he menquickly as possibled say or do anything to her. John, as the father got up and followed them into the room ; nis, and desired remonstratedher with deceased for arguing with Debiota re him trusting to himself. " Why don't you correct could be no satisfaction " she said. John answered, there got of him, whatever he was to do. Deceased took a lookin ter s from Denis in the room, and hushedushed the door after brought she was coming out, and she pit again. She then dresser, the looking-glass to the kitchen, and went to the and appeared to threaten Denis with the looking-glass, batrfi did not strike him. She came back to the middle of the nor, , anci to her husband was himo be trusting to himDenisig her to let him alone , and knocked they were self tbe father, and not to mind tne deceased the handle e aware of it, got hold of a spade ceased down by a blow on the shoulder, and up, tooke of the broke the spade on her; he then ran out of the house, wi spade in his band. Deceased thengot roe!, was a iron of' the spade from the floor, and said, "andif T up the strong woman, that blow would have killed NN, itnes then called to deceased not to go out, but she follow as Denis into the yard. Immediately after witness hearde the sound of blows she ran out, and saw deceased on the ground bleeding from the head, and Denis Mur by running away with the spade handle, passing the window towards the potato field. Previous to this, in the morning, witness was talking to deceased, who said Denis was going on with his tantrums, and that he had raised a stool over her Wad and killed a pullet on her ; witness also visited deceased several times since she was struck, and found her up about the house, and also saw Denis one day sitting by the fire in the kitchen. Mary Madden, daughter of deceased by a former marriage, was also examined, and said that her mother told her that Denis Murphy struck her and was the cause of her death. The evidence of the medical gentleman in attendance was, that there was a longitudinal wound of three inches on the right side of the head, on the parietal hone ; another at an angle from that near the crown of the head, the scalp much thickened, and frontal bone fractured; there was inflammationc and suppuration on the brain, which caused death; the right shoulder was discoloured from,the,effects of a blow. The following verdict owfasonfoeunmdo :r•-t-al woundpeeeased came by her death in consequence on the forehead, inflicted by Denis Murphy, on the 3d d which she languisheda?ril7f July last, with a spade handle, of Tuesday, the 16th day of August instant, and then died at Lattera." The coroner's warrant was issued on Thursday morning, and in the course of the same day Denis Murphy was arrested and lodged in the county gaol of the N............__0rth Riding.--Nenagh Guardian.  A flying fish was seen in the river Fal, near Falmouth, a short time ago. This fish is a very rare visitant of our shores.