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MURDERS IN RATCLIFF-HIGHWAY.
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win, the coroner, and a jury, sat on the bodies of Mr. and
Mrs. Marr, at the Jolly Sailor public-house.
The first witness was Mr. Salter, a surgeon, in Ratcliff-
highway, who gave a technical description of the various
wounds, and stated that the infant, Timothy Marr, had re-
ceived a large incision, three inches in depth, upon the left
side of its throat, together with several marks of violence on
the left side of its face. The mother of the little innocent,
Cecilia Marr, had the left side of the cranium fractured in a
most dreadful man ler, and the temporal bone totally de-
stroyed, with a wound in the left jaw, about two inches in
length, and extending into the left ear, at the back of which
there was also a severe wound. Mr. Timothy Marr had his
nose broken in, the occipital bone also fractured, and a vio-
lent blow on the left eye. James Gohen, the apprentice
boy, had a severe contusion on the forehead and nose, with
the occipital bone dreadfully shattered, and the brains pro-
truding, with other marks of violence on his body.
Margaret Jewell, the servant of Mr. Marr, gave her tes-
timony in a state of agonized despair. It was with the
greatest difficulty the court could collect a coherent statement
of what she knew of the transaction. Her evidence, as far as
it was collected, was as follows : “ I have lived servant with
Mr. Marr for some time past. On Saturday night last, my
master gave me a 1Z. note. It then wanted a few minutes
of 12. My master was then busy behind the counter. On
leaving the house I went to Mr. Taylor’s, to procure some
oysters for my master’s supper; but the shop being shut
up, I returned past my master’s window, and saw him still
behind the counter; I then went to John’s-hill, to pay the
baker, but his shop was shut up also. I then went to ano-
ther place to get some oysters, but found all the shops shut
up ; upon which I returned again to the door of my master’s
house. I found it close shut up, but a light was seen. I
think I was out about 20 minutes. I rang at the bell, but
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115
win, the coroner, and a jury, sat on the bodies of Mr. and
Mrs. Marr, at the Jolly Sailor public-house.
The first witness was Mr. Salter, a surgeon, in Ratcliff-
highway, who gave a technical description of the various
wounds, and stated that the infant, Timothy Marr, had re-
ceived a large incision, three inches in depth, upon the left
side of its throat, together with several marks of violence on
the left side of its face. The mother of the little innocent,
Cecilia Marr, had the left side of the cranium fractured in a
most dreadful man ler, and the temporal bone totally de-
stroyed, with a wound in the left jaw, about two inches in
length, and extending into the left ear, at the back of which
there was also a severe wound. Mr. Timothy Marr had his
nose broken in, the occipital bone also fractured, and a vio-
lent blow on the left eye. James Gohen, the apprentice
boy, had a severe contusion on the forehead and nose, with
the occipital bone dreadfully shattered, and the brains pro-
truding, with other marks of violence on his body.
Margaret Jewell, the servant of Mr. Marr, gave her tes-
timony in a state of agonized despair. It was with the
greatest difficulty the court could collect a coherent statement
of what she knew of the transaction. Her evidence, as far as
it was collected, was as follows : “ I have lived servant with
Mr. Marr for some time past. On Saturday night last, my
master gave me a 1Z. note. It then wanted a few minutes
of 12. My master was then busy behind the counter. On
leaving the house I went to Mr. Taylor’s, to procure some
oysters for my master’s supper; but the shop being shut
up, I returned past my master’s window, and saw him still
behind the counter; I then went to John’s-hill, to pay the
baker, but his shop was shut up also. I then went to ano-
ther place to get some oysters, but found all the shops shut
up ; upon which I returned again to the door of my master’s
house. I found it close shut up, but a light was seen. I
think I was out about 20 minutes. I rang at the bell, but
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