Star. — 1818-02-23 (London, England)

CORONER'S INQUEST'S. Jury-rt Corse An Inquisition was on Saturday taken in Newgee, Spencer on the body of Willinne Haitch, aged 33, commit-. ted upon the charge of having murdered Mary Min..' cello ting.—. James Manning deposed, that he was wards- Maestri man to the *divisional apartment in which the p.iso- ,11.4__Ir_u_s ner was confined. About half-past eight o'clock on 7awdltewbi Friday morning the deceased, with several others, e had had been called down, preparattry to their being covered brought into the Court of the Old Bailey for 'trial, sr" th. "IA atveased, in passing along the yard, made no vz,e4), obseetation, but stepped quickly into the privy. you as tl Allot* two minutes had elapsed, when a person Cross. named Vthitfield, belonging to the wed, called out cla&1 to Mitch: no answer being made, he run to the door andpacr,w; of the privy, which he at first found difficult to open, had let tl but forcing it, he beheld the deceased upon his knees, journeys with his head reclining upon his arm, and with the r_telta' '.__ latter upon the seat. The head of the deceased was almost severed from the body. A razor covered up. I the with blood was lying close by on the floor, and the was pak place was filled with gore. _ ceived a M. I Mr. Box; the City Surgeon, examined the body of magign • the deceased on Friday mormng, when called upon. companN The main artery was divided so completely, that it as before must have produced instantaneous death. He had inside, a twice examined the deceased since his commitment, • was in! with regard to the state of his mind, and he believed th,,,the him to be perfectly sane.• , Conan Mr. Browne; Keeper of the Prison, here addressed liams" the Jury : he said, that as a heavy respOnsibility was tr. Rot naturally attached to him, it would, perhaps, be unde Pr tit' steemed necessary that he should account•for the pos- the hitch session of the razor by the deceased. Reports upon ProPestY the subject had been circulated, and, among other the Here I. things it was said, that the instrument had been ylar broUght in and delivered to Ilatitch by his last em- ture,Tc ployer. When the deceased was brought into the week, th • pri,on, he inquired of the Bow-street Officers whe- of beer, titer he had any thing dangerous about him? He -"lh?Pelr: was answcrcJ no, as a strict search was-more than neat nig °nee made of his person. He desired Bishop, how- Como ever, one of the turnkeys, to minutely examine him, murders o which 'VAL done, and nothing found. The deceased, r;ivityii°4 on Wednesday afternoon, smocked his pipe, and further I evinced great levity. Ile gave him a religious tract, lk coon and endeavoured to impress upon him the awful si- Juryn tuition in which he was placed. The deceased re• to tamed the book next morning, saying he had perused it with great attention, and had derived much satin- Cores faction and consolation. • Aeon T..amas Tiunan deposed, that thi deceased had 2 .44 lived in his service for eighteen months ; but he had The discharged him about three months sins k in conse, . quence of his having robbed him. Ile went, how- the art h ever, on Thursday last to Newgate, for• the purpose though of administering consolation to him in his unhappy riew'in, situation. He was accompanied by a friend, for on the whom, as well as himself, he could say that no razor petty • was given to the deceased, nor had they the least in the blo sention to furnish any instrument of mischief ;on the for the contrary, the intention of himself and his friendwas yerd to impress upon his mind the awful situation in which, 1,4 ,wift he was placed, and the necessity of preparing to state of meet his Goo. John Bishop, the turnkey, said, that according to A se the direction of Mr. Brown, he searched the prisoner canitully, but found nothing about him, except two amen a few c relighnis books. After the commission, however, of in th the horrible act of suicide, he again searched him, e and found a letter, addressed to Mrs. Minting, the m take __.. mother of the unfortunate woman he had immolated. vallm" This document was so besmeared with blood, that it man al was with difficulty it could be deciphered or read. mit MI oaken The following is a copy : " &legate, Feb. 19. ,age r " D7-11t