The Sun. — 1818-02-23 (London, England)

SHOCKING NIUADER AND SUICIDE.  CORONEI&'S INtItTEST.  Saturday night• an IIIS:VI:341On was taken at the Pllurgb ..I:a.velli,,.Tutteoliatir, _before J. W. UisrAYINT‘, Esq. Coroner for Middlesex, on the ,botlie., of John Nighron, and Sarah, his ‘vite,,who Were both found witb their throais cut in their o,AA house, st!Tottenham, on last Friday 'morning, (as meAtioned in this Paper on Saturday ). .• The Jury went, to view the bodies: .The Wo;nin was: lying,pn, the bed, nearly covered with n th a deep gad' in her 'throat. The nr,r) was lying on the with his head towards the door, ako covered with blood, and his throat cut dreaditilli% lie had his sint'll;clol hes, shirt, shoes and syOrlings on. _The whole of, the stairs and the rooms were covered wi:h 'saw-dust. Tl;e Jury examiue:l the iiren.lis-es,,alter hayiug viewed the bodies, and then returned 1.6 the.jurY-looln, to hear the.evidettee. . • Coroner—Who is the evidence  leatile—The woman lived servant to Mr. Wild. Samuel Spencer was one of the first persons who entered the house.  . • Samuel Spencer sworn.--I am the (..Ittott at Totteni,api. On Eriday last, in Con'equepe-cof an order from Mr., Roberts. the Maistrates, went, accompanied. by Mr. Bishop and, others, to the house of the deceased per,ons. The door and lower window .were fastened. We entered, and bound the woman lying on the bed in the back room, first floor, with her throat cut ; she had only her shift on; which Was" very bloody. The :room was covered with blood; The inAti was lying elOse.to the. room door, upOn the floor, with Iris legs towartls`the bed, and a bloOdy razor lying between the bodit;s. The *an had his, right hand and his left leg bent.oPwards. We left the bodies in the.sante'situation as they then were, and gave onr reports to Mr. Roberts.  . . ~. Cross-exatnin'ed,---Witness ob3eriell no bloody footsteps'on the stairs. He had not heard they were murdered.  Mr. IL nrY Bishop sworn.—l am a carpenter at Tottenham, and owner of the house in which the deceased persons lived. 1 had ltt the home to the man about Christmas last. He was my journeyman, and I understand he has been married about three weeks. On the 13(11 instant h,e came to my house for an axe he had lent, and he took it from a closet. That is the last time !saw him alive. 1 heard on last Friday week the house was shut.up. 1 th,mght they had gone into the country. Lasrenitlay I was painting the attic window of the adjoining house, and perceived a puddle of blood flowing front underneath their bed-room door.. I it) consegnencegave information to Mr. Roberts, the Magistrate, who gave instructions to open tile door, and I, accomraoied by my brother-in-14w and last witness., tonnd the bodies as before described. The door and windows were bolted in the inside, and no property was removed.  Jutyntan.—There was nb fastening to t'he- upper windows, and 1 'vas infonned the bed-rootu window had been open during the time the book was Observed shut up.  Col,,fler.---,WilCt can speak to that fact ? SAmnel Spencer re-examined.—He found all the windows Air. Roberts, the Magistrate, gave hint instructions to secure all the property he could flint in the house. He lourid a silver watch tinder the 16i:ow of the bed; another watch and some slyer in the kitchen ':rawer; two table spoons, six tea-spoons, besides eight shillings, which tVcf'e in the man's pocket. Here tj e Coroner resit the depositions taken by Mr. Roberts, the ALgibtrate, on hearing of toe bodies being found. _ ,  Jo Rob,of. swoin—l keep the tap at the George and Vulture, Tottenham. • About nine o'clock in the evening last 1•4'66y week, the deceased, John Nirthton, came to my house for ,a pint of beer, as he was accustomed to do. lie was quite s.olse'r, and appeared quite- rational and composed; -he carried home the .beer himself, and said he would_ pay me for it when he came again next night. 1-hive not seen him since. Coroner—The question is to ascertain whether they have been murdered by a third person. Have you heard any such report, or du you know whe-: (her they were on good terms ? Witness;---.1 have unt heard they were murdered. I had no ,futther a‘equaintance with them. titan to serve them with beer. lie cominenced business for himself lately,:  J y he neighbours are alarmed in consequence of two suspicions characters who were seen in the town, .and in order to satisfy the minds of the inhabitants, it would be proper to investigate that fact, _  Cortmer---11 ho can give evidence relative to that ?  Another Juryman—Sir, t wo strange men stopped a gentleman near the town on the evening },receding the supposed murder. There is no further evidence.  The Jury expressed themselves satisfied with the eviderce produced, that the man had firs; unordered the woman, and then destroyed hignsclt They thought she had struggled very hard, because, on viewing the room, there were prints of bloody fingers on the chest of drawer's and tither places. No property whatever had heel) removed, and • conseptently, the bloody deed could nut be comMitted by robbeis for the sake of plunder. Verdict—‘• John Nighton murdered 'Sarah Nighlon,his wife, and afterwards took 3%ray his own lite, itt a state of insanity."  INQUEST UPON THE BMW OF THE MURDERER,  tllllTt f.  An inquisition was on SaturtlP.y taken in Newgate, before THOMAS SHFLToIst, Esq. the City Co toner, upon view of the body of IVrin. aged 35, conimitttil upon the charge .of havivg Inin del ed ISaty I)! ,—Some witnesses deposed to the tact of his having been searched; and that nothing was lomul upon him till alter his death, when a letter was discovered, which was addressed to the mother of hip murdered wife. The :otter pm kited that lie had wished to hill iiil2,elt -and his Wife together, and that be still hoped to meet her in another world.  The !mines' biough t in a vertlict of felo de se, anti he is to be-htnied in the cross way at the tup of the Old Bailey to-morrow.