The Star. FRIDAY, JUNE 16,1839. CHARGE OF WIFE THE CAMBRIDGE CASE.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6513, 16 June 1899, Page 2

The Star. FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1839. CHARGE OF WIFE THE CAMBRIDGE CASE.

COMMITTAL FOR TRIAL. CEER; PBE3S. AsSOdATIOK.] , CAMBRIDGE, June 15. William GarrolL was brought before the Goujt to-day charged: with the murder of hisi\rife,, ojii oc ahoui ;May 15. The evidence showed, that on the night in. : question, bjoth. GaJEoll.aad his wife had been* drinking, in their, hotel and quarrelled. Several, witnesses- deposed to seeing CarrolL stnka. deceased, with bis fist, and also kick her*. The police were called in and I the ..woman, assisted 1 , upstairs, where the "rjaaxTel, hetween. them evidently was resumed.. Mrs, Carroll, was. put to bed, and jthpugh, she. got up; on one occasion was [tiever agjun. dowaiitairs^ and died on June 111 ? . '".'■'■■■■ .j Constable Cahill stated that on May 14 plost,, whilst attsnding ai public meeting, lone of. the witnesses* Clement Newton, Itold^'htmi that there was a row at the JMssomft- Hotel. He went down immedijately:; On entering by a, side door he saw [Rowland. Mulßris statwEng -in ithe passageiwith Edith Sfiencer: ' He^ saw accused., at tthe farther end of the passage, in front of jthfc .staircase, .. and: Mrs Carroll sitting an ]the. I lbwer step,- and lying on her arm. IHfe noticed" Hood' behind her -left ear,, and iher^ibft! eye--wa&.yeiy-mucb swollen.. Ae■cusei was standing close by. Witness asked: "What is all tins about?" Ac.CHsed replied that he had hit her on the head with; his open hand, and she was drunk in. fen© bar. Witness noticed blood on the rigfii hand! of the accused, and also thmt H« ■vxas under the influence of liquor. Be got Mrs Carroll by the arm y and mpticed she- was also underitlie influence of liquor.- . A-ssisted by the, waitress he led hei» upstairs irttso her bedroom. She sat on the side of" the bed. Carroll immediately followed up, and called out, "Lizzie,, go to jyo*r own room." He stopped for- a. time i i longer- ait the bedroom door. Botll; seemed !to havre cooled down, and Mrs C^ra-01l got into, bed with her clothes, onj. Witness then left the premises. ■ Detective Grace : Was Carroll^ c©ndition i such that he could go- upstairs -unaided? : Witness: Yes.' Detective Grace : Would, you- have arrested him for being drunk? : Witness: No. Detective Grace: Was tie^ iit a state to know right from wrong?Witness: Yes; certaihly. Continuing, witness said Mrs Carroll wasnot drunk, although he smelt liquor on her.He remained on the premise^ until ten, «*■ a few- minutes past. Aboafrhalf an. hour nfter his first visit he saw" the waitress I (Edith Spencer), Minnie Johnston andT a ' child in the smoking-room opposite the b*r. Carroll was playing mth his little daughter, and appeared alb right. He revisited t the premises at about halt-past eleven, when everything was quiet, the inmates having apparently retired to l!>ed. When hs saw J Carroll at twenty minutes past niu©, the latter had his. boots off: Asked by the Bench if he did not consider the state of things dangeijJHS, and calling for- action, the constable said that at that stage he did not considw- it at all necessary- to take any action, poking upon> the af&fr" 3 * on ty an ordinary assault. By the Bench : When you visited the hotel iti the first instance, ar»d! saw how Mrs Caff©"" was- knocked about and bruised, did vsra not say any tiling to Garroll? '■ Witness: Yes, I said he had no right to I do as he was doing. J The Bench : You bad a duty to perform. Why did you not cairpy it out? I Witness : Not sseeijg aBy ;: gr^^ j n j V \iles .

inflicted, and those implicat«iUbeing quietI ened down, he bad nob felt sailed upon to further interfere. William. Rj-sdale was broug#fc< up by the afternoon train from the Hamilton Hospital to< give evidence, and appeared- in Cowrt > witii a shawl ■wrapped round hhlT He j deposed to being present wheat the affray toote place, and saw Carroll punc&and fciek his wife, and identified Clement '-Newtton as one of: t&ose present at the time-s. Dr. Scanlon, who was called in to attend the deceased on May 30, said thatlk found both eyes blackened and the lefU side of {•he face much swollen. There were" -bruises about- the chin. Over the upper p^rt of > the chest there wa-s a large contustoa,, and , ahovi the Tight hip-joint'Tsras a contusion.: covered with belladona plaster.- " Tiiere were other injuries. Mrs Carroll,'- who-->hadi trea/ted her wounds lightly, became unconscious on May 2& Dr Roberts, who liad made a post-mor-tem examination, deposed that death hadi been caused by asphyxia, following oa pleurisy, the result of injuries sustained.i. Accused, who reserved his defence r . w&s:committed for trial at the next session*; of; the Supreme Court afe Auckland. | The prisoner was calm throughout" the | trial. ■