The National Register. — London, England, 1819-10-03 00:00:00

OCT. 3. LANCASHIRE CORONERS' INQUESTS lIANCIIESTEII, SEPT. 24. Tbls nrorelug, at II o'clock. Mr. 31iline. the coroner, attended at the George and Dragon. at to bold au lisquest ou the body ur William Dalkon, who died on Wednesday last. Mr. Harmer, who arrived last night from London, but who was not professionally engaged so till{ care, Jesil oil to be adriiittt d; the officer told hin► that he was tan to go in, AI last M►. Harmer g nt up siairs,alid called for Mr. Milne, who said, he certainly ►hould nut allow bias tu tater. Mr. Ilsrwt r °inset wed, '• This is a public court, and if you en: an to CN elude toe, you must use as b force as will bn. 'recess 11) to put tor wit a itliunt lulu. hiog the Court." Mr. Milue then ssid, " You %lab to make ars assault of obis r but I will nu: put my hand 111)011 yO.l. Th.• Jilly are Slut )el sworn, and therefore this is a private rotas!. We base scut to Landon fur opinions on this subject. Warn' roe Jar) aresworis, it yule come up, I shall trisect what is to bt d u i.e." boon afterwards the Jury ware sworn, and when they came down stairs to inspect the body, Mr. liar. suet entered the room with them. Mr. Milne their stated, t ; hi t ii would he props r to open the body, and fur that and ousel ic..Nouti, which it was lint tier. laity fur hint in ex plain to Mr. ilatmer, he *hyoid alt:untu We inyutat• lilt this day weer.. OLDHAM, 7 OTLOCis. SATURDAY EVEND4O. I goo now lotions in (lie Court of the Coroner, ith.„ p er . rand, who is hoisting an inquest upon the body of Joist) Lees. This place is eight nines fruit' Alan('tester. 1 or lived best: at lo ti cluck this mounting, At 11, the Guest ma. opt nett. Yon %111 base seen by my 'got to a • Con 11..1 areal slonLits were teal 'tallied, whether the Co. toner wools' bullet the Court so be open to the public. 1 tun glad to inform you, that the conduct of Mr. retread has been -eels, up. to list moment, as to entitle him to peat pr. aise soma is% he tun:. bas seat, lie desired she Jos ) to answer to their flames. He then ached thesis whether they had all had • view of the batty of till' deceased. They am sacred in the affirmetive. !le then swore the foiemass, Mr. John Jackson, and, after him, the 'est of Use Jury. The Cormier then addressed them as follows —" Gentle• men, I limas to panned its this. case in the same manner as I have beets acenotosuctl to lake other inquests, not- withstanding the catraiadiagry proceedings flat hise occurred doling u..) absence. 1 shall not derive Ilion; my usual practice on this occasiou. Mr. Coma:title, have you any witnesses for the prosevaimi?" Tile Constan:e said, lie had. 'I he Coroner Limo Intact' tow ards the spec, tutus 9, soil spoke.in these os ds Gentlemen, 1 ws•lt it to hr d hhh i i icily etclerstood, that if any person in this loom. wishes to take notes trill's., procetalitigs its Cas.case, he is at perfect liberty to do cu. BM I beg to observe, that it the i erslict of this Jury should he such as to render it use. cesoas y that further proceedings should take place ',elute an assize or sessiun,theis those notes are nut to br pub lished till alter 041 assize ur btlisiUll his lath place I mu curry to say, that a groassanisrepresentation bag ap peared 111.i131116 of the papers, ol what occutted under the former proceedings its this CU! wind 1 can aware you, con that Makatea/ did not procred.isithea front myself or in) clerk. It is may wish and intentioe, and it is equally in) duty, that I should ptocsed with impartiality, without efts mice to any personas er o,aisious whatever. law sit. tin; here to administer justice; end I will do so to the utmost of toy power." The first wst Hess, Holt. Lees, the father of the deceased, was then called and exausieted. The neat witness was Miss. Hannah Lees, the wife of the former, and 'mother of the deceased. hlizabetb Ireland, who laid out the body, was then sworn. Mr. Lartaliaw, a sus gems, was the neat perms called ; bat lie said that he belonged to the tiocietyot Friends, anti tie refused to take au oath. its con. sequence, his testimony could not be received. Ms. Was. Meals-It, a medical geutlenian, who, at the request of Mr. Ilartuer, examined tl.e body tar day after Ilse death, mow t..e next it swam. Mr. John Casz,a surgeon, was their culled; his examination la.ted a lung (lose. Jams Clegg, a vitiate, wl.o go/kelt° the saine factory with the deceased, was the neat w.tnets. Then came 'Thomas Mitaket, cotton-spinner, oho lived with Rohm I LAN'S, totb 1113,11 lilt 1110411er MILITICJ. 'Alum are We slalom of the *nova's up to this moment. About a o'clock, Mr. thinner asked the Ciftblibef to have the goodness to say at what hour lie meant to adjourn the Court. Mr. Ferraud said he w 'shed to get la.aiugh she enquiry as won as poi:sable, and therefore lie had istientiou at present of proposing 1111 atijoorsinwr.t. It will be Impossible, 5501krft r, 'Snell the buosuess to night; it must lust at least sousthes *bole day. 1 have taken Ilse evidence verbatim, and I now transinii It to you up to this hour. I should mrwims, perhir, sla n t tsie Lewitt nos beessextremely crooded ell day. Mr. rtu, mei aad Mr. Denison, toe millet ens, Sir l Males wolnetey. Mr. Woulcr, and Mr. ftiosishouse, ore here. Sever.' qv e• 'iota have been put to the outscores by the Josy, nod. by olr. Harmer. public llitlietv is very great.- A captain'., board of the 31st regiment marched from Manchester to Oldham this morning, and one tit the men was placed at the door of the Angel, as . was a private of the 7th Dragoon Guards, one troop of winch is st..tiored at Oldham. Up to this mo ment the utmost order has been observed, and I have no realism whatever to apprehend that any disturbance will arise. There is a deep and settled melancholy on every countenance ; and the immense assemblage now before the house are waiting pa tiently fur the result of the inquiry. I have nut time to adi more, as the express is waiting to take my notes. A gel/tit:man is kind enough to continue the evidence while I um writing this. The further proceedings shall be transmitted to you without a moment's delay. I subjoin the evidence already adduces! : EVILiENCH ON TIM INQIII:ST. The first wuuess was Robert Lce , the father of the decetwod. lle deposol us futiows:—My son, lohn used with n on the 16th of Atit.thbt last. He left the house abimt 8 ,ir 9 o'clock in the morning. I did not hear him say where he was Wink Ile was us hearty thed as ever he was since he was born. I saw 11 int twit between s and 9on the following wonting. Ile was stand ing on die top ul the landang in my factory. I flebitcd him to move. I liaw his shirt all blood he was without emit or waist coat. I told hint if be would nut work, he must go to the ovetscti tat I would not mai lort him. Ile voter spate. and I stud r.o more. lie and& VI a! tt mt•ye, bat In• rii•i7ll not. One of I 'Lit.. w.a to.. 'I trzil.,y mtnnirs. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. I saw him again the Sunday but one following. that 11 as the itith of August. After he Will washed and cleaned. I told Wan that if be would walk out I would . give him ta. I did not take any means to know that was anew with hies t did not expect but that h 4: would ►iet lamer : my imstreas '.:111 tell ' , GIL.* great i deal better than I a`.mit him. Mr. Ilarma observed, that. Mr. E.arnshaw was the medical man who attended him. Witness continued—l observed blood on his arm .on the Tuec day inoming. I did not go to any doctor to assist hint ..he went for the doctor of Ids own =mil. tint by my direction he went to Mr. Etanshaw. lle kept growing wore every clay till the time of his death. I did not interfere any more than I have told you. l'oroner.—Why were you so apparently indifflxent to hi, situation %ritut.,3-1 expected h..; would get l a ter tilt the day but one before he died. lle died 011 Tuesday morning about half•paot one: I began to think on the Suuday that he would act get better : I tidied in no further assistance or help for him r I can not tall when the doctor began to attend hint at my house; my mistress can tell that : I know flirt lie did attend him on the Monday he grew worse:. lie..kcpt his bed from Smuttily night till he died on Tu••atlay morning. had no ro»re,%-ittion with bins by withileit appeared that he was aware of Ms Approaching death. I cannot exactly state what was the cause, of his di:init.— ! did not see any wounds to bruises. I did not ex amine hint. but other people did; I can nn!y :tate my opiMon as to the cause of hi. death : I am generally t.t home t,rerlaoking Use bit-tory t he led a sober life •, he might get something ,now and thee on Saturday nights atter work ; but he WILli in seneral as ►egular as any man in this town. I have a daughter, Sarah Lee.; and two •::.w, James and Benjamin. My wife's name is Idannith. Them dwelt with are during the whole of my sun's inners. Coroner.—l lave the gentlemen of the Jury any question to put to this witness. Juryniau.—Your carelessness arose from the attention %Lick your wife and family would itay to him it Witness.—Yes: I knew he would be as well looked after as if I was present all the time. Conmer.—have you, gentlemen, who nre attending here fur some purpose, tiny tithstiiin to lau to itnes, Mr. Ilartner.—l thank you, S,r. I 11... e-tome to put. Coroner.-11 there are any witnesses here 1 think they bad better withdrew, on which part everthey are attending. Mr. 'lames thanked the Coroner. would be highly proper. AU the witnesses were then ardcat:d t., withdray., except Mr. Hatmett and Mr. Earnshaw. Air. Mellor..the cuusuible of Oli said, " There is one of our wit e, shere." Alfa. lliumali Lees, mother-in-law of the deceased, sac then sworn. She ws in deep mourning. and appeared very nielun choly.—.. .\ly son, John Less, slept at my house on the Sun day night of the lath of August. I did not ace him on the Monday morning. I suppose he was at work at the factory when I got up. I saw hint on Monday night a little before it was dark. Ile was wading at the ga.e. I desired him to tune in and get his armdre std. Some-penran /obi me, before I saw I • , that his atlll Was C't, somethinot warm, and went to bed. Ile had tenfold was:.. I nut ace Liar again that night. 1 slid not go iiito his room. I dof not expect any. thing serious. My own son.. iholivaa. told me, that John had lof a foul cut. I saw hit.. again the next day in the forenoon. le had his breakfast in bed. I cannot tell when he got up. I saw him about eleven o'clock down stairs. I did nut see any wound. I did nut inquire, nor did Lace any thing but his :61U1. 1 desired him to go to . pine doctor. He went directly. I saw him when he carne back. I asked him whether he biul got his wound dressed. He said he hail. This was on Tueolay. On the following days, during the week, he laid iu Led till two, or past 2, before he got up. After he got up, lie sometime- walked out fur a bit of fresh air; he was quite poorly. He did not com plain of any paniculat plaice, but said he was poorly. He used to throw up what he ate. I did not see him threwit up, hal saw him go out of the door, and when he came back 4 he said. he had thrown up his food; lie threw up every thing, On Wednes. day, in the second week. be began to grow worse.. He regularly applied to the doctor till the %Vainest:ay. After that day. Mr. h aenshaw came to the house. Ile tame on Thursday. 1 bad not muelt conversation with thedoctor. I asked him what was to be dome ; lie ordered him to take medicines three times a t a. c . On Saturday, in the seeniiii and time I think b I saw die wound on his right elbow ; it was in a healing state when I saw it ; it was nearly two halms long ; it.opencel a hide. abbot the breadth of my little linger. I don't remembes seeing it again ; 1 was not very fond of looking at it ;. it watt very foul. though a heeding state. He complained much of a pain in the other shoulder. He grew weitm • I was obligal to rinse him up to drink : this was nearly a week before he died. The first time I lifted him, about a week before his death, he complained that his left shoulder was worse than his cut arm, and made tu.ta. I did 'tot examine it. He said. it had no cut upon it, but he was moth afraid of having it dis.urbed. lie said, he felt a ielent pain. He complained of his left foot too. He said, he thought it was swelled. I examined it. and saw a great many purple sputa on it. It was swelled up the ley and inflamed. He did not say what was the cause of it. Ile said very little afters the acci dent. He waa trine low spirited. i asked him if I Lhonlil send for any other doctor ; he aaid.no. .On the next day the doctor came. I was present when it was examined. I p4t a poultice on it. He lust the sight of his left eye. 1 attendee! him daily front time to time he began to grow worse till he died. On the Wed nesday butane before he died there was a great alteration in him for the worse. He was down on Saturday before he died. send had four or sir leeches put on his temple. Ile was canted up on Saturday night, and never came down again. I wikeil him whe ther he thought he should get better. lie said he .I;.t tat know. I asked him if he did rot get some serious crush coons die crowd. He sc.:(l, he was never among the crowd, bat among the horses. This conversation was on Saturday. 1117 shirt was cut in many a place. and his coat was cut over his ahoukler. I cannot exactly say when I saw this. I did not at first think there was any thing serfints. On his left shoulder his coat and waist coat were cut through, l'he length of the cut in one place was as inch and a half. 1 did not examine his shirt can his shoulder. Betty Ireland uashedtheshirt. I cannot auy.whetlmr any other part of his cloths was cut. The top of the crown of his hat was of. - I belive it was a good haebefore he went. Before he went to Itlancliester he was as healthy as any man in the factory. I never remember his taking physic before the lab of August. I do not recollect say thing of the kind. Betty freland was then called ond sworn.—l knew John Lees, the son of Robert Imes. I have known him ever since he was 14 yeartaif age. I did not see him till he died. I never wiw ouch a corpse in till my life. i washed his clothes . One John Leitch assisted in taking 'oldie clothes. The rightshoulder nas quite black on the top. It was like c diuk purple—the breadth rat your hand or more. The next part I remarked en. the right hap. 'the skin was Win two places,. as if it had been scalmed. One place was smaller than L1)001110% I don't know what pro duced it. If I roust tell the truth and the whole truth. there was hardly u free place on his back ; it witauxactly as if he had been tied to a halbert, and flogged; .1 have often secs dead bo dies; I never saw one like this. I think his inside was putrifled. —I can't say, whether or not nll there marks were produced by siolence. His breast and his belly wire net diseokiured more than any other person's. I took the poultice WV has foot, but did I 1101 sec arty thing pariictdar. The elbow looked very sore ; it did not seem as if it had been mending. Juryman.—Did it bleed afresh when you sow it ? Winos .—toes; as fresh Its if it let: Is en just mate. Ile bled most w leis Le bias put into his coffin. aiN 0111. - Mr. liarnser.—llow soon after the death did you attend? Witness.—Before the body was cold. Mr. Ilanner.—You hare assisted in laying out many persons after their death %—Yes. Mr. harmer.—Did they die of violence ?—No. Mr. Ilarmer.—And you did not observe such discoloumtions as these The tliscolom:.titnis in this case were all upon the back. Mr. Eamshaw was then culled. The roioner 0:1;reil to saw him.—lie said, Le tnotight it improper to take as oath. Ile was one of the tkeicty of Mr. Earaahaw, after a pause, said, I must decline being You aro Curoner.—Then you can't after /arils be examined. aware of dust ie Mr. Thirnishaw.—fire. Mr. Win. ilsor.ett we,. then sworn.—l 11411% John Lees the day suler his death. I never saw bins a hilt lining. I was solicited by Mr. Harmer to open the body. I discoet rod that he wa.. in a it state of putrefaction. There was a cut on the right elbow about 2 inches lung, and an inch and a Lalltite,s. :'Ms was livid, and the mark extended to the shoulder. The boa.: was separatett ; I bent the elbow, the bone pratruded. rle boat was cut rattly in two. I did not perceive that the place bled : there was uo running. Had l examined it while h.: was alive, I have ma doubt it would hare o;oned in the same way. I can't say whet..er the wound was in a healing state, the appearances shit} death ..1,4C , 0 different. The wound was those tl,t joint of the elbow. I 'save been in the room tithing the examination. There appeared to have been a cut or a stab in the lett uhoultivr. The pail was black, and appeared to have been nearly healed up. The cut was about two inches ler.g.• as TJutl„eil by the • 'man It Slid not ;smear to me that this could hare oceasioneti• any serious injot; . ilia shoulder, and back. and loin.s, wers much dissobatreo they appeared to Lava been bruised. Time was nu other mart or cut. you mean to he undentand to tn.reat. t;:at tie mortil:eation tq.d. v..n.equence of the to utsi3 st.o Witness.—l has: no hew won ill saying that. Juryman.—Lo you believe ne tlied.an conseu.tunce of ids wounds and bruises ‘Vitne.s.—l believe that the wounds and bruises caurcd the • Alt% Ilanuer.-IVould the loss of tI eye.ight and of t: .e limbs be a neccs.safy consequence of an injury to the ~Nine NV itnami.—They would. Mr. Ilartuer.—Ate eoldnesi, sickness; kwa of appetite, and dejection of spirits, aL,o censequencei of an Injury to the ipine Coroner.—Did you ever know a lersen become oonvalese.;:t.t after an injury of the spine IVaneaa—A paralysi, of the limb. often follows. Atijoumett to MONDAY 311.,11,N0, 9 O'cLOCY. Mr. John Cox. another surgeon, confirmed Mr. Barnett's evidence. Atter which Joshua Clegg. a cotton-spinner, Whittaker, the brother in•law or the diseased, and several others, were examined as to the niar.ner in which the deceased was wounded. and bore ample testimony tit the butcher-like conduct or rim Manchester Yeomanry ; but our Inuits obhge us 'townie t&iraieidence.—Wesubjein, however, the tOJAUWICE CS a fair eamrle Jonah Andrew.—l am a cotton spittr.cr at I.esals. I y.as Manchester at the time, on the field. I mean St. Peter's belt, .the place where the deed ass done. I vas with 1::m when the soldiers canoe. lie departed nom me :Moat to yards. Immesh atcly after I saw t h e soldier, surround lam, Loa sae x aeoraaa Cat airy cut at him with great vengeance. I saw hint receive a wound on the arm, from which the blood immediately gushesh lie tied towards the hustings, and not untie' them. 'time cone's. Wes got nomad him, andamat him with tl,cia truncheons severely. One of then' got hold of the staff of a banner, that had been cut with a sword, and said, tt I)—n your b—y eves, I'd fitesik your back." They struck at him for a considerable time with trim. cheons and the snafu( the banner. I went away, and saw hint no more till about 1 tie.; o'cluck, when he said, t' I have been dangerously hurt, Andrews, which has affected my uudy very' much. I mast retire home, for I ansgetting very sick :sad ver y poorly, which I think will be the ocnotart of my death." Thera were so many. I can't pretend to judge how many. went to the field with site. I was. Willi John Lees tin the field before Mr. Ilunt arrived; to !bobcat of my knowledge, about an hoar. We fell together just beside the hustings alone they were erecting. We got on the hustings to see the people. 1 assisted to put thetas u". John Lees was on the planks. 1 was not upon them wheys Air. Hunt was speaking. 1 went oft' a l a the before Mr. Ilun: gar on the-lit hogs. John Lees and I were together after we came oft :• The cavalry had not then come up. 11 hen they came. I was about 3or 4 yards from hint. I first saw the Yeonuairy Cavalry at St. l'enr's chapel. It might be a hundred yards tent,: the hustings. It was about to minuses or a quarter of an hour aster that tney cams up. I saw them setting oft; I think it was a trot as fast as they could get; the constables were making way for them. I saw them sinking as they Caine along. I t ow one ...suck at when they were about 2v) arils trom me. I th s o.k ov y came up two a breast. They squandered to right a.neli•hit before they came up tome, about 7 3-muds twin me. They began to out and hack at the people like batehers. I heard them say nothing. Tney got all round one. I heard nothing Men. I that not hear the soldiers say any thing to John Lees. There were soldiers all round the hinting* ain't he was CUL 1 did raw see him get off the lousings. I think the Yeomanry sere at Min to or LI yards fnan the hustings. I ecnnat socia that lie was not cut on. toe hurting*: but I swear that no minims had mow up when I saw him off the hustings, after he had been on. The mildiers came about 50 or 15 minutes after Mr. Hunt came on the hus tings, but I cannot say to a minnte. The first were the Yeo manry : they had blue clothes with white tetc.ii4s: I saw no other soldiers then: the Hussars had blue clathes on, and tneir yellow : I saw them a little after. peeler's i 5 minutes after I had seen the others. The titst Hussar I saw was shoat 30 yards front the hustings. Mr. Hatt se .off the stare at that time : I diet. not see him taken oft: it might-be an hoar, or betwixt that and two hours, that I SAW John Lees: I aid not know or hear ...ay thing of Mr. Ilunt being taken ihro custody till about 55 numbs after the field was cleuxesi I wins then at Shicle.holl pits, °pre site the Infirmary—the cavalry were coring that way tiara— they were not as a gallop : 1 (Id not nu) oll'ithe field left, there were none but soldiers; it was the Yeounatty I saw at the Infirmary : I had last before seen Yet:merry • ter-field: I saw police-ofriccrs, what is calkial rt th w,rw. at the hustingi, and special conaribles; they were' lying riovig from the hustings toward St. Peter's chapel. Abralima Taylor warned me to come here, hut noliody told me to tad to say. I was a soldier in the Olst. I was ..charged 1.1 May last I u.n a native of Leeds. I told this to noaay people tin tpe coos, ! , as I . was going home. I don't know Nailin. 1 saw no coionibles attempting to take Mr. Hunt °CC I can't tell the tames fifties* who struck John. Lets with truncheons. I never saw Ulan. to my knowledge. before or sitter. I can't tell their dress. I raw about seven; .six had truncheons, and one a piece of a staff of a banner. It war about the thicke.esa of a man's write. I saw about tour feet out of his hand.—How much was tr.e rest ? can't tell, for I did not see you sex hint striae with it Yes.—And yet you can't tell the length. I tell whet I threoght the kaigth of the part I saw. Ile struck cien. I .tin sure I s aw him strike Mice. 1 was tan yard, oft —What do vou call a considerable time ? Three or four minutes. The soldiers were about time rads from John Lees then. The hustings were tv. • carts. 1 can't tell the height. 1 can't tell the thickness of tim id:mks that were open the carts. romoner.—The Jury will Mroi their opinion of that. .-1 kilos that Lac statt Lad hcea sU; WI s starred, fop " i