The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-04-10 00:00:00

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The lipped was held in the Magistratere-room on
Friday al formica (before Mr. Henry Symond.,
Deputy Coroner), and • jury of which Mr. J. Phelps
was the foremau. The following evidence was
adduced :
Mary Ann filabey, the mother of the deceased, said
she and her hu.band were on the way to • new
situation at Mr. Spas.' farm at blartinstown. They
left Oamindt io about ten minutes past ten that
morning in an open waggon. ifise mother and deter
were In the waggon with her, an I her tether and
her husband were driving the horses. The child bed
been iU for 'even days with a cold and • tightness
of the chest. Previously it had been • healthy
child. She was ill hermit( tact Monday morning, and
her husband went I r Dr. Pritibant to come and see
her and the child. Her husband had obtained an
order to see them both as parish patient.. She
was in bed. The child was downstairs in the cradle,
and her mother wee holding the doctor's haus. Toe
doctor saw her, but not the child. He was only •
minute or two in the house, and did not tell her
what was the matter. He said he would send her
some medicine, but ehould n come again. Her
husband hal told him that the had b en very ill and
wandering in her heed, and when he first came
Into the room, he said "You are not dead yet,
then ?" She replied " No, sir." "And you are not
gone out of your mind?" " No, sir." Hs then said
It was a shame for her to mod for him when
there was nothing the matter. IT. also said if she had
had to pay 61. for it she would not have sent
for him. She wax so frightened at the
way he spoke to her that she forgot to speak to
him about the child. The child continued much the
.same up to that morning, when it appeared to be a
little better. Oa the journey she had the deceased in
her arms, rolled up in • blanket. When she got to
Dorchester she took the chili Ii r. Good's surgery,
and she then found it was dead. The last time she
looked at it was at the Great Western, when she
gave It to her mother. It was breathing then, and she
did not Dad it was dead till they got to the surgery. It
was o over/A up ia the blanket on the journey, with the
exception of • veil over the face, and could wily
breathe. When they uncovered it at Mr. Good's
surgery h.. I'll them the onild w« dept.
Mr. Wildest Ernest G said the deceased chit I
was brought to him th it morning by the lad witness
and her mother, about a quarter peat one. It was
wrapped up in • blanket with the fare a ovierei with a
veil. There was nothing t imps le it, breathing.
They laid they had brought it to hint to see what waa
the matter with i.. 0i looking at it he saw It was
dead. He ah mid not think it hd been deal more
than tan minutes. Tear* was nothiug al) ,tit the body
that c mid lead him to form any idea as to the cause of
death. From the history of the case given him by the
m other he should think the child dad of bronchitis. It
had all the appearances consistent with death from
natural causer. The child was well clothed, and
exp aura alone would not have CAIOO4 the death.
E,iza Aille,. grandmoilvr of the doces,g I, dal
when Dr. Pridbam call d at di, boo,* he co 0-
phobia lat being •ent for. H. said there wore plenty
of wore came then that, lie ha I never attend ol any
of the family before. When hoc ono out he call toe
boy might to have had a" biding 'fir going after him,
for there was nothing the mutter with her. He said
nothing about the child, ra..r she to him. He
frightened her coming out in the way he did, that she
did not give the child • thought.
John Maley, the father of the obil 1, mid he got the
order for the doct ir on Sunday afternoon from Mr.
Silvans, tho r dieting officer. It was for medical
attendance fir his wife and child. He went to Mr.
Pri 'ham the same af Porno on an 1 he rooked what was
the matter with hie wife, an:l he gore him • bottle of
medicine, and told him tempi upon Moodily morning
to let him know if she was bit er or worse. On Mon-
day he mot by his brother-indsw saylog his wife wise •
little better, and the child much the son-, and asking
him to call «pi see them. On the Smiley afternoon
when he spoke to the doctor about the child, he said
it was to y mac, and he could net do a ,ything for it.
A Juryman : If it was on the order he ought to
have looked at it.
The CO cotter remarked t ey could not be in much dot) bt
as to the alum, of dealt). The doctor's proceedings
seemed to be very extraordinary, septchlly if the
chill was menti used on the order, and therefore it
would be as much hi. duty to prescribe for the child
as the mother. As for saying the chi d was too young
it WM simply ablurd. If he di las the man said he
di 1, there must have been • very great neglect of his
duty.
A Juryman : If the child eoffered from bronchitis,
1.. wool I surely not have let it a one on • waggon to
Dorchester.
The Coroner s aid it wag not the immediate rubjea
of enrjoiry situ the doctor's c 'ado et; but they could
give expreeloe to their opinion. The doctor was not
there to explain, if he were perhaps he might be able
I' throw some light im the matter.
A Juryman: He seem, to have called and not asked
for the child. Toe least he coed I have done would
have been to ask ti see it.
Another Juryman: Bef .re he saw the mother eves
he seems to have grumbled.
Another Juryman : It oo.ly shows how the poor an
tr 0.1.1 in some place..
'rho C oroner said the r.r per people to represent
their feelings on the matter we. the Board of Guardians.
l'hey might sin I a repros-o.tation to them, saying that
the facts had been brought before them, and that they
considered the doctor had been remiss in the execution
of hie duty.
A Juryman : The order was put into hie hends on
the Sunday, and the least he could have d one WM to
sok for the child on the Monday.
The Coroner remarked it certainly seemed to him
rather an extraordinary way torte and see people; still
it was their duty nom t «certain thee kel4l of death,
and be w ud then be please I to forward what repro-
sentati on they chose to make.
The jury then returned • verdict of " Death from
N.tor el Cause.," *rod respeeted the Coroner to add
the following expreasioe I their opinion The jury
desire to bring before tee nothre of the Weymouth
B owd of Guardians thee induct of Dr. Pridhans, who,
in their opinion, was neglectful of his duty in not going
to see the deceased child, after having received the
order to attend IL"