Glasgow Courier. — 1850-01-26 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

THE MURDER AND !MIME IN MANCHIBTER. INQUEST ON TUN SODLIW was held in the evening of filsgasy, at five o'clock. wee the evidence adduced  An Inquest . 1 The Wowing  Mary Radcliffe. of the bodies about  a mervant fa the house, deposed 'At o'clock on the Montt  to the finding ' that of  morntog ; that, s, the body of room. Sohn _ neighthe discovery. who- she  next witness, tea at his house on the Sunday, after church, and remained until about half-past nine o'clock, when they walked home. He observed no peculiarity about the manner of either of them. He was sent for on Monday morning, and on arriving at the house he first saw the body of Mrs. Novelli lying upon the floor of the dining-room, as though she had fallen from her chair. She was dead and cold, but there was no appearance of injury. Drs. Ainsworth and Harrison came shortly afterwards and on examining the body found that life was extinct. Her dress was the same that she had ' worn at his house. He then went up stairs, accompanied by the two medical gentlemen, into the room of Mr. Alexander Novelli, where they found him suspended by the waist-cord of his dressinggown, from the curtain-rod of the bed. His neck was bare. The body was perfectly warm, and the bed also. He had apparently not been out of bed more than half-an-hour. There were marks of vomiting upon his clothes. He (the witness) thought that he had risen from bed and put on his trousers. There were appearances of vomiting in the dining-room, near the sofa; and he imagined that Mr. Novell had vomited in that room. There was a tittle of something like spirit in a glees near Mrs. Novelli. Mr. Alexander Novelll was about 29, and Mrs. Novelli about 30 years of age. Mr. Novelli was out of business. Mr. James Bowen Harrison, surgeon, was next examined—He had, In conjunction with Dr. Ainsworth, made an examination of the bodies of the deceased. On the head of Mrs. Novelli there was no appearance of external injury, though about the neck there were marks such as might have been produced by the finger nails. The brain was highly congested, and the great vessels about the neck were gorged with blood. On no other part of the body were there marks of injury. The lungs and heart were highly congested. In the stomach nothing peculiar was observed. There were no traces of poison. The condition of the lungs, head, and heart were quite sufficient to account for death, and this, in his opinion, had resulted from strangling. Mr. Ralph Faucett Ainsworth said that, from a subsequent examination of the body he believed death to have been caused by, strangulation; the marks upon the throat being such as would be the violent insertion of the thumb into the throat. to Mr. Alexander Novelli, the witness expressed his a struggle had taken place between the two, and that in the struggle the slight bruise had been made upon the nose of Mr. Novelli. A brooch which Mrs. Novelli wore-was very much bent, and this corroborated the conjecture. The surgeons did not believe that any poison had been used. Mr. Novelli had evidently died from the effect of hanging. The vomited matter which was found near and upon his person did not appear to be impregnated with corrosive poison of any kind. The female servant Radcliffe was again called in, and stated that Mr. Novelli and his sister-in-law had supped from oatmeal porridge on the preceding night. Mr. Coston said that he had known Mr. Novelli for several years, and he had not observed any By mtoms of derangement of intellect. One of Mr. Novelli'a brothers had committed suicide some time ago. Ile could not account for any motive which could induce Mr. Novelli thus to act, but he had heard that he was attached to the lady, and that his addresses were not favourably received. . _ _  Soshni substance ens the evidence adduced. The Coroner said that he did not see how the jury could come to any other decision than that of murder and fele de se. They might, however, adjourn the verdict. An adjournment was then made till next day. Though no living evidence can be procured which may lead to the dhcovery of the causes which have Immediately led to the appalling result which has been described, the general impression is, that Mr. Alexander Novelli, who, it is reported, was passionately fond 011ie sister-in-law, 1134 been on the Sunday evening tendering his ax:t, that he w.,s rejected, and that, in a moment of frenzy, he strangled the objet of his love; that afterwards he retired to his chan, her and to 1, !, hut that, overcome by feelings of remorse and !mrror, he des..wyed himself as before stated.