The Sun. — 1862-08-21 (London, England)

MURDER AND A 7 TEMPTED SUICIDE  IN ITIE CITY-ROAD.  ADJOURNED INQUEST THIS DAY.  This morning Mr. Join Humphreys, coroner for the eastern division of Middlesex, resumed the inquiry at the Queen's Head Tavern, Piffleld-street, Roston, into the cause of death of Charles Cook, aged 15 months, the infant son of Mark and Adelaide Cole, of 18, Brunswick-place, Cityroad, who, it was alleged, was murdered by its mother, Adelaide Coole, on the afternoon of the 7th August last, by cutting its throat, and who afterwards attempted her own life by cutting her throat.  The circumstances attenling this melancholy occurrence, following so closely upon end in part resembling that of the unfortunate Mrs. Vyse, has recently appeared in the examination at the prelious inquest. All the m,terial and necessary legal facts have been detailed in evidence, and the inquiry was ad;outmed to this morning, in order that Mrs. Co‘,le, who had been permitted under the advice of her medical attendant, owing to her dangerous state from the nature of the injuries she inflicted upon herself, to remain in the custody of the police, might attend and hear the evidence that had keen adduced against her, but on the reassembling of the jury it turned out that. Mrs. Coole was to be taken this morning before the police magistrate at Worship-street, the Secretary of State having authorised her appearance before the inquest after the examination if necessary.  Mr. Thomas Wm. Rogers, jun., solicitor, of 70, Fenchurch-street, City, at.endad on the part of Mrs. Coole, The Coroner asked 1 there was any further evidence ?  Waller, the sunirooling officer, said he had none. Dr. Rogers, of 117, the medical attendant of Mrs. Coole, in answer to the Coroner, said that his patient was so far recovered as to be enabled to attend the idquiry this morning.  The Coroner then, in addressing the jury, said that in the ordinary course a lA-ismer would be, in the first instance, taken before the magicrates, and it would be for their consideration whether it asculd be worth while to adjourn the inquiry for the purpose of having the prisoner present, or whether it would net be more convenient to come to a decision upon the evidence before them, as it was generally advisalle, and in many cams almost necessary, that the person accused should bo present to hear the evidence, as there might be important questions which would require explanation, and the accused ought to have the opportunity of asking the witnesses any quastion that the solicitor might think necessary, at the same time, he thought in the present case there could be no ,ossible difficulty, it was clear that the deceased Charles Coole. died from the wounds in the throat, and it was equally clear that those wounds were inflicted by the accused, Mrs. Cools. He should therefore ask the jury to say whether they were disposed to determine the case, or whether they would adjourn, if they did so, he would undertake the prisoner should be forthcoming. The jury intimated they thought it would be unnecessary to adjourn, but one of them wanted to deal with the question of insanity.  The Coroner said the jury had nothing to do with the question of insanity, ali they had to do was to ascertain the oause of death, and who caused that death, and in the preet nt case the evidence was sufficiently clear on both points. The jury, after a brief consultation, returned a verdict of wilful murder against A.dolaide Coole.  The Coroner then made out his warrant for her committal to Newgate, and handed it to Waller, the offioer, to be lodged as a detainer against her.  At a later period of the day the unfortunate lady was conveyed in a cab from her residence in Brunswick-place in custody of the police, and accompanied by Dr. Rogers, to the Worship• street police-oilice, and was placed at the bar charged with the wilful murder of her infant son, Charles Coole.  The evidence adduced was merely a recapitulation of that taken before the coroner, and already reported in The Sun.