The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-12-04 00:00:00

BRIDGE.

An inquest was held at the house of Mr. Joseph
Cadwallader, Park S reet Tavein, on Thursda.
night, before Mr. Edwin Docker (deputy cl.roner),
on the bode of Charles Barrait, aged 61, tailor, of
Worcester Street, who died on the 30th. from in-
juries r,ceived at the Horse and Groom Inn, lii,h
Street, on the 11th ult.
Mr. J. Hinds appeared on behalf of the fami:y of
deceased, and Mr, C. H. Collis appeared on beha f
liobert Harper, glassblower, of the heath, who
had been arristed en suspicion of causing the death
of deceased.
Mrs. liairat t, widow, identified the body, and said
her husband had been in good:health up to tile 11th
tat., but nis ve4ight was defective, He was out
during that t! and returned at seven in the even.
ing. She n ad ma, ks on the right side of ti 0
temple, and ears which appeared to have I:o3€n
bleedine. She said he had been flatting, and Le
said he had not, but srdue men bai kick( d him.
She asked him several times who the men were, and
he s-dd I Beall not tell on; den't try to get reople
into trouble." Ile seemed unwell, and went to bed
soon. The next day he complained of his head, and
the following day he was taken 5.01 and complained
of the headache. He went to bed between seven
and eieht, and was ill all night. The following
week he appeared a little better till the Saturday.
Dr, Daly was called in on t ,e 23rd November. Her
buseand become insensible for tsNo or ihr, e days
before his death.
Annie Robinson, a married daughter if doceased,
said, when her father lay ill in bad she asked him
who hurt him and he said, " Bob Harper, from
Norton. C trtwright, and George II trper." He said
a youth had been doing something indecent, and he
asked him if he was an Englishman, Upon this
the men set on him,
Susannah Partridge, servant at the Hot- e and
Groom Inn, High Street, Stourbridge, said she re-
membered deceased and other °pet coming into the
Louse on the evening of November 11. There tices
a quarrel, and sue saw a man named Blew and
George Harper, prisonet's brother, on the floor,
Barrett stt ~n a beech, and piisoner struck hint
twice. once on the head And once in the face. She
saw nothing to prov„pke the blows. Deceased lay
on the fl ,or after r,ceiving the blows, and witn-sa
went for a ; oliceman. She did net see anyone else
strike decease& See did not see anyone kick de-
ceased. Prisoner struck deceased in the stomach
before the oilier blows she spoke of. In the first
part of the quarrelling she heard someone say kick
or knock his brain. out In reply to Mr. Hinds,
witness said prisoner struck deceased with all his
might, so far as Ae. could see.
Dr. Daly said he attended deceased from Novem-
ber 23 till hi- death on the 30th. He had a bluise
on his right temple, sod a small wound on the
upper part of the temple. He complained of a
viola pain in his head. On the 25th he became
insensible, with symptom sof compression of the
brain, and gradually I.c.,me worse, till he died.
The bruise might have been caused by a blow trout
a man's list, but be did eot th nk the wound c u'a ;
'it might be caused by a sharp firecr-nail. U: ti
making a post morton, he found undtr the skull- :12
a quautity of °totted blood. resting OA the right