 | Anecdotes - 1820 - 442 pages
...not come up with him. Friday an inquest was held by Dr. Blackwell, one of the coroners of the county, and a verdict of wilful murder against some person or persons unknown. Some Account of a Dialogue in the Elysian Fields, between two Dukes. The characters in this dialogue... | |
 | William Leman Rede, Leman Thomas Rede - Crime - 1831 - 756 pages
...prisoners. An inquest was held, which was adjourned, and on the second meeting the prisoners attended, but a verdict of " Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown" was returned. Notwithstanding this the Dyon's were apprehended and examined before a magistrate : they produced witnesses... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1838 - 1122 pages
...bar, in the Edgware-road. I instantly repaired to the spot, and found a sack in the pathway, near 38 some flagstones. On opening it, I discovered the body...accompanied by Mr. Inspector Feltham. The prisoners had been taken into custody in this house, and on inquiry of the landlord, we found, that the female... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1841 - 928 pages
...thirty yards. An inquest on the body of the murdered man took place two days after the murder, when a verdict of " wilful murder against some person or persons unknown," was returned. 15. DISTRESSING SUICIDE. — An inquest was held, at the Penton Arms Tavern, Baron -street, Pentonville,... | |
 | 1843 - 758 pages
...brought it back to the place from whence they had received it. An inquest was immediately held upon the body, and a verdict of wilful murder against some person or persons unknown, returned — the " unknown" sank into my heart like the sweetest minstrelsy. It seemed to have lessened... | |
 | Edward Jerningham Wakefield - Land settlement - 1845 - 618 pages
...native who was following a few yards behind him. The result of the Coroner's inquest was unsatisfactory. A verdict of " Wilful murder " against some person or persons unknown" was given by the jury; and the offer of a reward of 50/. by the Police Magistrates failed to obtain the... | |
 | Bernard Burke - Anecdotes - 1849 - 516 pages
...of his reflections, his reading, and conversation." On the morning after his decease, an inquest was held on the body, and a verdict of wilful murder against " some person or persons unknown ;" on which a bill of indictment was preferred against Mr. Best and his friend, which was ignored by... | |
 | Bernard Burke - Anecdotes - 1849 - 528 pages
...his reflections, his reading, and conversation." On the morning after his decease, an inquest was beU on the body, and a verdict of wilful murder against " some person or persons unknown ;" on which a bill of indictment was preferred against Mr. Best and his friend, which was ignored by... | |
 | Laura Valentine - 1851 - 350 pages
...grateful terms of the dead officer's kindness to himself ; her dairy-man concurred in this assertion, and a verdict of " Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown," was consequently returned by the jury. The tidings of her husband's death were communicated to Fanny, before... | |
 | Eneas Sweetland Dallas - Art - 1864 - 740 pages
...afterwards picked up among tho grass. The necessary legal formalities were gone through the next day, and a verdict of ' Wilful Murder' against some person or persons unknown was returned. As soon as the crowd of individuals concerned in the inquiry had departed, and I was left alone with... | |
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A coroner's inquest was subsequently held on the body, and a verdict of wilful murder, against some person or persons unknown, was returned. 
