Sarah Burman

Abt 1822 - 1863  (~ 41 years)

• Name	Sarah Burman  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	Abt 1821
  	age 21 at marriage
  Born	Abt 1822	Suffolk   [4]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	12 Feb 1843	Berners Street, Westminster, London   [3]
  Residence	1 Feb 1852	Garden Row, London Road, Lambeth, London   [5]
  Residence	15 May 1853	Garden Row, London Road, Lambeth, London   [5]
  Residence	17 Feb 1856	Peters Hill, City of London, London   [6]
  Residence	6 May 1860	Canterbury Court, Blackfriars, London   [5]
  Residence	7 Apr 1861	1 Canterbury Court, Blackfriars, London   [4]
  Died	23 Jul 1863	84 Upper Ground Street, Blackfriars Road, Southwark, London
  	Cause: murder
  	see notes field
  Death	Abt Aug 1863	St Saviour Southwark RD, London   [7]
  	Age: 36y
  Name	Sarah Howes  [7]
  Name	Sarah Unknown  [4, 5, 6]
  Notes	Daughter of Edward Burman, farmer from the Bedfordshire Mercury, July 25, 1863 WIFE MURDER IN BLACKFRIARS ROAD Sarah Howe, wife of Joseph Howe, a labourer at an iron wharf, was found dead on Thursday evening about non o'clock at 84 Upper Ground Street, Blackfriars Road. Information was quickly given to the police, and her husband, who had left the room but a few minutes before the discovery of the body, was arrested at a public house in the neighbourhood, He said that his wife's death must have been the effect of drunkenness, but the fearfully battered state of the poor woman's head bore unquestionable testimony to the violence from which she had suffered. The coroner directed a medical exxamination, which was made the following afternoon, and from which it is quite clear that death as caused by injuries received in the head, either resulting from blows or from several heavy falls. The left side of the head was a mass of contusions, and both ears were almost cut in two. The poor woman was the mother of five children, the eldest being about five years of age, and the youngest about nine months. They have been removed to the workhouse. The prisoner was brought up on Friday at the Southwark Police-court, when evidence was given as to the finding of the body. A medical man who had seen it declined to say what was the cause of death. A neighbour, however, deposed to having seen the prisoner beat his wife severely. He was remanded. On Saturday afternoon, Mr Carter held an inquest at the Old Barge House Tavern, Upper Ground Street, Blackfriars Road, on Sarah Howe, aged 41, lately residing at 84 Upper Ground Street, Police Constable Mansfield said on Thursday night, at ten o'clock, from information he received he went to the above house and found the deceased lying in the the second floor back room quite dead. He was told she had been murdered by her husband and then he went to the Windmill public-house in Bennett Street and apprehended Joseph Howe. He found him in the water closet, and told him the charge He said, "Is she dead? God bless her. I love her too well, and would not hurt a hair on her head if I knew it. She has been drinking all day and drank half a pint of whisky at a draught. Jane Chatfield, who lodged at the same house, gave evidence to the effect that she heard blows and screams in the deceassed's room on Thursday night. Neither the deceased not her husband were sober. Mr Coppin, surgeon, said when he was called she was quite dead. The cause of death was rupture of blood vessels in the brain, the result of blows or falls, or both conjointly. After other evidence had been taken, which confirmed the above, the jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against Joseph Howe. ========================== Other newspapers quoted at the time referred to Joseph Howes. Subsequent reports show that Joseph Howes was remanded for trial at Croydon assizes. =============================== From John Bull (newspaper) August 8, 1863 At Croydon on Wednesday, Joseph Howes, 40, was tried, before Mr Baron Channell, on the charge of wilfilly murdering his wife, Sarah Howes. The facts of this case have already appeared. it may be remembered that the crime aroise out of a drunken quarrel and that the woman, falling from her husband's blow, struck her head upn the fender, where she lay insensible until she died. The jury returned a verdict of Manslaughter; and his Lrship, in passing sentence, said there could be no doubt that the prisoner had caused the death of his wife by very brutal violence and the only circumstance in his favour was that the act did not appear to have been pre-meditated. The jury ahd therefore very properly convicted him of manslaughter only; but under all the circumstances, he felt it his duty to order him to be kept in penal servitude for ten years.
  Person ID	I126210	ONS
  Last Modified	21 Nov 2017

  
  

  Family	Joseph Howes,   b. Abt 1820, Suffolk
  Married	Abt Feb 1843	West London RD, London   [1]
  Married	12 Feb 1843	St Andrew, Holborn, London   [3]
  Witness	12 Feb 1843  [3]
  	Attribute Value: John Hawkins
  Witness	12 Feb 1843  [3]
  	Attribute Value: Emily Sherman
  Married	12 Feb 1843	Holborn, London   [2]
  Children	+ 1. Rachel Ellen Howes,   b. 12 Sep 1851, Garden Row, London Road, Lambeth, London   2. Anne Sarah Howes,   b. 29 Dec 1852, Garden Row, London Road, Lambeth, London   3. Joseph Edward Howes,   b. Abt Aug 1854, Lambeth RD, London ,   d. Abt Nov 1854, Lambeth RD, London  (Age ~ 0 years)   4. Edward Samuel Howes,   b. 1 Jan 1856, Peters Hill, City of London, London   5. Emma Rebecca Howes,   b. 8 Jan 1859, Canterbury Court, Blackfriars, London   6. Joseph Howes,   b. Abt Nov 1862, City of London RD, London
  Last Modified	20 Nov 2017
  Family ID	F25033	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Abt 1822 - Suffolk Married - Abt Feb 1843 - West London RD, London Residence - 12 Feb 1843 - Berners Street, Westminster, London Married - 12 Feb 1843 - St Andrew, Holborn, London Married - 12 Feb 1843 - Holborn, London Death - Age: 36y - Abt Aug 1863 - St Saviour Southwark RD, London  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S475] BMD register (England & Wales) - marriages - multiple sources. [S1606] FindMyPast - parish marriage transcripts, www.findmypast.com. [S64] Parish Register - marriages. [S3] 1861 census. [S95] Baptism record - daughter. [S94] Baptism record - son. [S480] BMD register (England & Wales) - deaths - multiple sources.