From The Cork Examiner, 1 November 1865 - HORRIBLE MURDER.--A murder has been perpetrated at St. Just, near the Land's End, the alleged murderer being Sergeant Goodyre[1], of the local Rifle Corps, and the victim his wife. It was at first supposed that the deceased had died by her own hands, but further inquiry has led to the conviction that [she] has been cruelly murdered by her husband. On Wednesday last the deceased was found dead in the kitchen of their house. It appears they had both been drinking on the previous evening, and the sergeant states that he left his wife at midnight, when he [sic] went to bed in the kitchen, and that in the morning he was awoke by hearing her call the children, but that on going down he found her dead. An inquest was opened the same day before Mr. John Roscorla, county coroner, and adjourned to Friday to allow of a post mortem examination being made, when the evidence adduced was that the deceased had been stabbed in the womb by a sword or bayonet. The jury returned a verdict of "Wilful Murder" against Sergeant Goodyre, who was apprehended and brought before the county magistrates at Penzance on Saturday. He was fully committed for trial on the charge. The prisoner was formerly colour-sergeant in the 36th Regiment. 1-- Cork Examiner of 2 November 1865 gives name as "Codyre." - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dennis Ahern | Ireland Newspaper Abstracts Acton, Massachusetts | http://www.IrelandOldNews.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -