The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1886-03-02 00:00:00

THE DEATH OP MR. SE WARD.

I'OUONVICA 11141 IT.

At tlse last borough magistrates 'twisting the
ease lieward v. Voss was down fir hearing, the chance
heiitg that of wentult., and it will he remembered on
the application of Mr. Huatahle, who prosecutes', the
was adjourned for thric woeks, the complainant
being then imahle to appear. Mr. E. J. thy te.tify•
ing to that effect. It sow understood at the time 'fiat
Mr. Sewarsl wan confined to his Ltd Irma 4.titer canoe%
than the etreetA of the alleged assault. liscipivnt
rheimolic It•vrr appontra te hare given way to acne,
Ivromelliti., aim', we reanot tO flay. Mr. Sewanl
suer Ised to the latter complaint on Thiiniday caen•
ing. As a .thlraetioll to 111.• pnhlic I. muir the
singulAr eiroilat.tafiers ..I ti.. tan., Mr. riyinond.
(cor..ner). .leeined it .uleient it, t. hohl an Unjueet, anti
thi. took plass. at the tlitildhall ott tiaturdny.
Ti., ("Honing wore wont on the jury: - Mr. .1.
itobineon Iforentant. Meows C. r.tmott., U. .1.
Wood, 11. A. Ilogg, R. 1/ 11. inn, If. Ling,
K.
Browning. W. H. Crocker, H. Isnot. W. t. I lA,
H. W. Kiglar, aunt W. Maul.
Nlr. !Instable represented the family of the
ileeeasesl.
. . . . .

A. jury weee leeeing to view the laialy. Mr.
Remelt, who tv:tteual the ca.v,on behalf of Mr. •i. 0.4.141
V. 11., .141 : I would wok y. 141, or (and I ir.iii.ic You
have no olijectioni, that Mr. lio.mi allmvell to
view the lowly.
The Corieloor replied he could ;oak for anyone to
doiii if it WS. neoreisary, awl he Was /111.. N.
it. Mr. Ittirstoott said he appeared for Mr. Vu., lout
up to now in thin nutter h. lii DOC know Mr. V. 1.1.
try aosyleely elive. Mr. 1;1111.1t1eppeareol a.. one .of the
poildie at prtment the, Was ii.. charno• gainid any
Ludy that he ((hi cot-otter) knew id -The tioyt
witnea._ wino

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Edward !fay, who said : I am in nonlical
practice in Dorehestev, and I knew the deer:teed.
was 1ir...10 when he died -about a quarter to •i% on
Thursday night. I had been in attendance on him
sines Thursday, tho lath. I met him in the street on
the lath, :tad he then complaintol of a amtusiint on the
kit Ade .4th. facv. Ile also complained of a pain on
the lower jaw. There was nothing to be men or felt
there. I sent him some lotion for application to the
face where the diacolorataim was. and did not see him
again till midolay Sunday, when I was sent for. I
found him in bed. He was then suffering from
incipient rheumatic fever I treated him accordingly,
and in the evening I saw him again. On the following
morning deceased had symptoms of bronchitis, from
which he gradually sank. I was in constant attend
cocoon him till his death on Thursday evening. On
the evening of Wednesday, .1 he was ao seriously
worse. I advised him to call in a iieColtil opinion. Dr.
Lush Wail ...tit for, and on Thursday tuorning, shout
nine o'clock, he arrived.
The Coroner : What in your opinion was the cause
of death!
Witness: Bronchitis. _ _ . .

The Coroner : It mint have been very rapid?
Witness : Yes, very acute. Ifs had been euifering
from asthma for years, and consequently hie lungs
were not in a very healthy state, and beside* that hie
Oniviiituti.• generally was not strong.
The Coroner Did the contiletone in hie face
;rodeo,: bpinchitie, or have anything to do with it !
Witness i : Nothing whatever n my opinion.
The Coroner : Then it had nothing to do with the
canoe of death !
%Vilna.: No.
In reply to Mr. Bruiondst witness further aaid he
knew nothing about the discoloration except that
deceived told him be had received a blow from a
stick. . . . . .

The Calmer : WWI it stash • diaculoration ea a stick
would produce ?
Winsome : Yea : it meat hese lawn a vi.,lt•nt hbor.
'rhe Cor.mer : Wike the akin Itroken 7
Witness : n. 4 at all.
The -.7..eunee : When you aaw the hruio. tint, did
it surly to you to lto recent
• Wane...: Yea.

li;•7ti—niie-aid"....tae .4 the jury retuarked a btu....
on one of the.
,hntrera.
. .

A juror said as shis boas,. said isisorthing
alsiiit a buil.

The Contact mid be did not know where they were
going to ,to If the doctoe's evidence was good f
anything. the bruise bad nothing to de with the
cause of death. By all mean. be them go into the
queetion .4 the bruise if they wialwd ; but in the
face .4 such evidence he could not see the necessity of
it. They must lemernber they were not trying nay.
"Nrr.. Burnett : I am perfertly ratielled, lmt
perhaps the jury would he as .isArd with the question
—Had the brutee anything to do with the mime .4
death

—I-in:Coroner replied he had already asked that.
Dr. W. G. V. Lush was the next witness.. He
said: I saw the deceased tirst between 9 and 10 no
the morning of Thuroday last in company with Mr.
Day. Hs was in bed sufferiag eeverely from
tinechisia, and in • lonia pitiable state. H. had a
bruise no the left cheek, with disoiloration.
examined the bruise. and the right side of the Jaw,
where &owed told nte he was struck, but he was not
suffering pain there at that time. Mr. hay told in.
his *nine of treatment. I approved .4 it, and an,.
gusted some additions on &misuse ot the extreme
danger be was in from the bronchitis. I considered
he was almost iit._rat noon& . . . .

—TiiTo;;;;;;;; :VZ.;;;Zielect the csintosion ; did it
mivar to he most
Dr. Limit : A few days.
The Coroner : Had it begun to go off ?
Dr. Lush : It was then at its height as regarded
colour.
The Ooraeor : What ia your opinion with reward to
the bruises of which we bare heard and tbe cense of
death ?
Dr. Lich: I oan trace no connection between
the bruise and the bronchitis, from which be waa
" tly dying.
CnaCoroner -Wbat is the age ol doomed
Supt. dowsod : Forty-sins last Jam.