COMMITTAL OF CAPT. JARVEY FOR THE MURDER OF HIS WIFE.

Colonist, Volume VIII, Issue 770, 10 March 1865, Page 7

COMMITTAL OF CAPT. JARVEY FOR THE MURDER OF HIS WIFE.

(From the Otago Daily Times, Feb. 10.)

The adjourned inquest on the body of Catherine Jane Jarvey was held on Thursday afternoon, at the Plough Inn, Caversham Eoad, by Mr. T. M. Hockon, coroner for the district. Captain Jarvey, who has been for some time in custody on suspicion of having poisoned the deceased, was present, as was also hia legal adviser, Mr. James Smith. Mr. Joseph Worrall, surgeon, who was the first medical man called in by Captain Jarvey, on the night of the 26th September, when Mrs. Jarvey died, was examined, but his evidence added nothing new to the fact, as its substance was given in that of Mr. Hardy, surgeon, who was examined at a previous sitting. Mr. Worrall stated that he saw nothing which indicated foul play, and that, although on the morning after the death, he spoke to a policeman, and advised that information should be given to the Coroner, with a view to an inquest, he did not do so, from a belief that there was anything like foul play, but simply because, as he said, he thought it might be more satisfactory to all parties. Constable Maloney, the officer who was sent to Melbourne in charge of the stomach and part of the liver of the deceased, produced sealed documents, addressed to the Commissioner of Police, which he had received from Dr. Macadam, the Government Analyst of Victoria, to whom he had sent the stomach and intestines for examination. Mr. James Smith objected to the reading of this document, and the Coroner said that he should yield to the objection. Mr. George Lumb, shipping agent, was called, and made a long statement, which the Coroner from the first, and the jury, subsequently, agreed was not evidence at all. The Coroner, in summing up, expressed his belief, that there could be no doubt, from the evidence, that the death of the deceased resulted from poison, leaving it to the jury to decida who, if anyone, was guilty of administering it. After a very short consultation, the jury returned a verdict of "Wilful Murder" against William Jarvey, for whose committal, to take his trial at the next criminal sitting of the Supreme Court, the Coroner then made out a warrant.

Stucide ov an Assistant-Sttbgeok.—Assistant Surgeon Storey, of the Royal Artillery, has committed suicide by cutting his throat, at Hospital GampOtahuhu. He had lately been suffering from delirium trement, and was under surveillance of his man servant. He leaves a widow and two children. At Golden Point Ciaim, Wentworth, New South Wales, the crushing of 30 tons of quartz has just been completed. The yield is 15 cakes of 20 lbs. each, 300 pounds weight of gold, volued at £12,600 sterling. The Melbourne Free-trade League held its first meeting on the 6th of February. Subscriptions in aid of the movement amount to £5000.

One Hundbed Ships are said to be lying in the Siamese ports waiting for cargoes of rice, but the King had prohibited its exportation. At Mekbottbne, a quantity of American reprints of English books have been seized on the premises of the Religious Tract Society. The Australasian Insurance Company declared a diyivdend of 10 per cent, per annum. Advicbs from the Peak Downs Diggings, Bock* hampton, Queensland, are very satisfactory. The escort has brought 46,000 ounces l—S. M. Herald, February 7* •■••■■ In the Victorian Assembly a motion has been carried for the total abolition of the export duty on gold at the end of the year 1866. Bbonzb statues, ten feet high, of Burke and Willf , hare been successfully cast at Melbourne.