The Express. — 1863-12-17 (London, England)

SUSPNCTIID POISONING IN SPITALPIELDS. Last night Mr. Humphreys resumed at the gill bad some to him oi. the night in question, and asked Not to take her in, as her mother had turned Ler ont. She , was nothing more than a little prostitute, and he had dose Grey pasta tavern, trey Lag te_atrbet, spitahahh, the iiad he circumstances attending the death of bialltei,„6„ds his sopelearryr to horkeep,thebtriihsfrowism oleo streets. He had , outtgattoo __,.. I lirn. Elisabeth Maros, the widow of a tradesman. The pre. , Mr. Beecher said, in answer to the coroner. that be did not The leaned judge, in Palling Magill" on tbnPnlnntsnr•"'" 11101111 stages of the inquiry were reported in our oolumns. ethlnesu"seres wwhasichebridinbeeucuhmaggmude.vardt reqbyniretandaigultingyocie to codin--me wig suy of ,b. .i,......t0 be maw and re....iftd. into • west of juin ice to have any ides of the awful de' . He wished toad that tbei reamer he said to Elisabeth Brooks u•.°•• that gentlemen a deal of mousy under his bankruptcy. But pravity which prevailed in the heart of this great instropolis, . that he did not want to go foe Dr. Jackass wee that he owed What had come before them showed a data air which made the olood curdle. The abatement he had just he told Brooks that if she west Dr. Jackass would made only aggravated the case. The sentence of the court for her. Mr. J. H. Tbninpeen said that he was in pear was that he be imprisoned with hard labour for the space tios as • medical moo. He knew Mr. Beecher, arid had a of twelve calendar mouths. 1 convenauon with him about scants about four weeks (Before the Recorder.) before the death of the deceased. That was about the time to' two indictments , cab. On a previous occasion Beecher had said that Mrs, John M•CartAy, 18, George Chapman 18, sad Thomas .of the suicide of Hoot, who murdered the people in tim Courtney, 18, who had pleaded guilty into warehouses ...mg .Yarn was very ill, and witness eddied him to call in • charging them with breaking . Drowsy, and Alfred war,,,,,, 26, who wee convicted a medical man. The Wednesday after Hunt's death bespoke feloniously receiving a portion of the proceeds of the rob- • of semeite, end the strong Poison it meet have boo, and the beries, ware plied at the bar to receive judgment. I difficulty io treeing it. He said Hunt most have bean out 6. Th. es, in passing,„,7, sentence,wc..,..73, said there mad be no .of his 10111101. There wee • conversation about tincture of ...I Courtney were ea_ i aconite. and in the nouns of it witness mentioned that sae doubt that the p perienced thieves, and that they had foe a long time carried !of its effects was to moduoe sickness. The witness cum on a course of crime. The sentence upon them, therefore, baud—After Mn. Mans' death I met Yea. Tilly in the would be one of am „are penal servitude.As to chairmen, street, and she told me she was dead, and described how his character did not appear to be so bad, and he would it was only the other day she died. I said, "Oh, God, therefore be sentenced to eighteen months' hard labour. that he spoke to me of Hunt ' s death and assents" 1 lust With regard to Warner, his case was a very aggravated one, Mr. Beecher afterwards, aid had a convenation with bin. g and it was clear from the facts of the case and the informs- He said that be had so occasion to Emma her, tion that bad been afforded by the police that be was in becausehe was gettio his livelihood be her. He said that the habit of training boys as thieves, and harbouring them I he need not fret himself, as he was conscious he had given after they bad committed robberies, and receiving the pro- her nothing to injure her. The business was improving, and coeds. He felt it his duty, under these circumstances, to he bad been getting op in the world again. —By Kr, order him to be kept in penal servitude for eight years. Beecher : When I saw you you were greatly excited, and The prisoners M'Carthy and Courtney behaved in a most you came to me for medicine for nervous excitenieot.—Mra impudent manner while they were in ihe duck, and when Emily Reedier, the wife of Mr. Beecher, but living spirt the learns judge concluded, they called out, " Thank your^ from him, was examined, but her evidence did not bear in and ran, laughi.ig, down the stairs feeding to the prison, any way upon the cause of the death of tam deceased. After some other endows of no importance to the affair, the coroner said that it was deemed adviaable at that step of the proceedings to adjourn the inquiry. The medical evidence bad shown that there was no mama cause for death ; the police were making moat active exertions in the mviter, and it would be best to allow them ample tins to discover some further clue. The proceedings were accordingly adjourned.