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DESTITUTION CASE.

Yesterday morning Mr. Waklley, the coroner, and
a respectable jury of the inhabitants of Pentonville, con.
eluded, after a protracted investigation, at the Lord Vernon
Arms, Southampton.street, the adjourned inquiry into the
circumstances attending the death of Ann Gafford, aged
29 years, the wife of a youraeymen shoemaker, residing at
No. 42 in the same street.
The case hes already been before the public in a partial
form, on account of the husband having appeared before
the magistrates at the Clerkenwell Police Court, and pre-
ferred a serious complaint against the parochial authori-
ties at the workhouse, more particularly Mr. Bennett, the
relieving officer, for abusing the complainant when the
latter applied there for relief during his wife's illness. The
interest excited by the report that a poor woman died from
exhasstioa in child- bed from want of the common necessa-
ries sod medical attendance which her helpless condition
required, drew to the inquest-court a large number of per-
sons, including several respectable females ; and the
following surgeons of the parish of Clerkenwell
also attended to watch the proceedings:—Mr. L. M. God-
dard, of St. John-street-road ; Mr. Henry Brown, the
medical officer of the workhoute infirmary, of 1, Wilming-
tes.square ; and Mr. David Powell. of Amwell.street,
llydielton-squue.
The evidence, which was very voluminous and cootra-
dietary, will be found epitomised in the following abstract :
George Garford, the husband of the deceased, stated, in
salver to the coroner, that kis wife died on the morning of
Baterd.sy, the 30th ult. He was present when death took
place, but was asleep at the momeat. She had been delivered
as child on the Tuesday fortnight previously (the 12th of
Drcember). The child was alive. A midwife named Mrs.
Line attended the confinement, the labour having lasted
about six hours. Witmer complained of Mr. Popham, the
surgeon, of Seymour-place, New-road, and of Mrs. Lane.
From CPC time of the delivery to about a week afterwards the
deceased had a flooding. A Mrs Sykes was the first nuns,
and began her attendance after delivery, remaiuiag three
or four days. Another woman, a stranger, came, and after
trying three or four days left, as witness was unable to
raise money to pay her, and, telling her so, added that she
had better go. Witness then nursed her himself, but and-
leg key ttir g worse, he went to Mrs. Lane and stated that
she was dying. Mrs. Lane came, and mid that it was awe
she did tot understand, and as the medical man was out of
town, wittier had better get some other gentleman te
his wife. He then went to Mr. Popham, who came a
attendid the deceased for three or four days, and gays her
three bottles of medicine. Wittier told him that if he
thought Lie wife did not want medicine not to send it to her
r be was a poor man, and didn't want to have a long bill.
The surgeon said that she was feverish and be would send
het some p ib, but they never came, nor Mr.Popham either.
Witmer waited four days and then went to Mr. Robinson,
'lagoon, of Southampton.street, who lived a few doors on.
There was no none all this lime, until Mrs. Clarke, the
landlady of the house, looked in. Witness came home one
sight after his wife had been waned about ten days, and
head her in a pool of blood. Mrs. Clarke came in and
award her clothes. Witness did not send for any one,
4•1 did he go to bed that night.
Mrs. lane Clarke, the landlady of No. 42, stated that
1? „1,111 called by the last witness to attend his wife after
,__aaeary. Witness found her in a very sickly state, and
was much flooding. She change
the deceased's
elethes, and urged the husband (Oarford) to go for a medi-
al ass hut he refused because he said they had no
12101. Witness then told him to apply to the workhouse,
whim he said that it would be no use, as lue should be re-
heed relief. Witness wished him to go and try. and asked
has whetter he wished his wife to live or die because he
*mild jot go to the parish. The deceased was very pale
6114 faint. This was on the Wednesday night, and witness
went ti bed. On the following day site pressed Garford
as go for a doctor, but he said he could not. Then Mrs.
Lan* came in and proposed Mr. Popham to be sent for,
air that gentleman shortly afterwards arrived, as has
'ready been stated.
Os the re-asseblieg of the jury Mr. Robinson gave the
su
malts of the post-esoefern examination of the body, and
rated that he was with the deceased the night beforo her
death between nine and ten ,'cloak. She died about three
the following morning. He bad seen her on the Friday.
!la was then fast sinking. He attributed the cause of her
Groh to exhaustion during confinement.
C7OIIIIT —What produced that eihaustien ?
Witness shoald say in the first place that she was in
im-
Paired health previously, which she dated to a miscarriage
tooto three years bah. Thai has aufloanat was what