A coroner's inquest was subsequently held on the body, and a verdict of wilful murder, against some person or persons unknown, was returned. Annual Register - Page 397edited by - 1838Full view - About this book
| Joseph Smith Fletcher - 1922 - 328 pages
...knew where Noah Quick went when he walked out of the Saltash inn into the darkness. At each inquest a verdict of wilful murder against some person or persons unknown was returned, and the respective coroners uttered some platitudes about coincidence and mystery and all the rest... | |
| Peter Henry Emerson - Detective and mystery stories - 1925 - 394 pages
...proceed at present against Everett, whom they all suspected. The inquest was held at the Parish Room, and a verdict of " Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown " was returned, and an order for burial issued, and the funeral took place with much solemnity and sadness, for Miss... | |
| Charles Kingston - Crime - 1926 - 306 pages
...that she could have slept through the abduction of her charge, and when after an inquest, at which a verdict of wilful murder against some person or persons unknown was returned, she was arrested there was little surprise. But at a private hearing the magistrates decided that there... | |
| Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy - Detective and mystery stories - 1928 - 356 pages
...statements. At the adjourned inquest on the Monday following, he was not brought forward as a witness, and a verdict of "Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown" was returned. But Miss Barbara had no legal scruples of any kind. She determined to bring the murder of her father... | |
| 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... | |
| Northumberland (England) - 1891 - 614 pages
...presented with an address and a cheque for £315, with a diamond bracelet worth £105 for Mrs. Radcliffe. —A verdict of wilful murder against some person or persons unknown was returned by the coroner's jury in the case of Richard William Forsyth, the young man who had met with bis death... | |
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