The Express.
London, England, 1867-08-07 00:00:00

GROSS INHUMANITY TO A PAUPER.

Yesterday evening Mr. John Humphreys, the
Middlesex coroner, held an investigation at the Prince of
Wales Tavern, Bouner's-road, Victoria•park, respecting
the death of Thomas Roesoman, aged 74 years.
The case created considerable interest and the court was
crowded.
William Rouroman said that be was an inmate of Beth-
nal-green workhouse. He was a weaver. The deceased
was also an inmate, and he had been a dyer and cotton
winder. Witness saw him lying on a bed in the infirmary
on Saturday. His eyes were shut, and be said, " I am a
murdered man." Witness said, "That is that cursed
truck," and he replied " Yea." Although he had been in
the infirmary, he had been sent out in the heavy rain of
Friday, the 26th of July, to draw a heavy truck.
Mungo W. Paumier, an inmate, said that the deceased
was a • sick wan." He had been in the infirmary a
month, and he was sent out. Some few days after coming
out of the infirmary he was put to work. The work was
pushing and drawing trucks laden with coke, dust, Ice.
Three other old men helped him to do it. One of them
was 80 years of age. It was difficult for four such men to
move the heavy truck. On Friday, the 26th of July, be
was out in the wet and cold. He had nothing to protect
him. His coat was like a blanket; it soaked all the
wet in. Witness afterwards saw him in the sick ward,
and he was then insensible. He remained so for two days.
When he recovered his senses, be complained of the
usage he had received, and be said putting him to that
hard work in the wet would muse his death.

A Juror—ls it usual to put old men of that age to that
hard work!

The witness maid that he was sorry to my it was.
Another juror said he had seen oh! men tottering slang
the roads carrying sick people to the workhouse.
The witness continued, and said that the deceased had
before his death made a dying declaration. Witness drew
it up in writing. He said " I consider the superinten-
dent of labour has murdered me by his ' The
deceased was not fit to be put to such work.
James North, infirmary wardsmsin, deposed that six
weeks ago the deceased had been in the infirmary and be
was sent oat on the Friday in question. He was brought
back very bad indeed. He was put into bed directly, and
although four blankets were put on him heat could not
be got into him. All his clothes were wet through. He
had the cold shivers on him, and he beams insatiable in
two hours.

aiiiaGoodfellow deposed that on the day in question
Mr. Badderly, the superintendent of labour, put the de-
ceased, witness, and two other old men to work to collect
the dust when it was raining, at between seven and eight
o'clock in the morning. They had been standing under •
shed, and Mr. Bedded', called them out, and said if they
did not work in the ram be would "stop their liberty next
Sunday." The deceased was not • fit man to be put to
"such work on such • day." Witness was 81. Witness
and the other old men sometimes did this work. Mr.
Gun asked them why they were at work out in the rain,
and they then went into the engineroom, and stripped,
and they were two hours trying to dry their clothes.
Mr. W. G. Badderly, superintendent of labour, slid
that the reason he ordered the men to go to work was that
he saw some men smoking. He would not swear that he
did not receive instructions not to put the deceased to
work. . _

-a-juror—Do you consider that he was fit to be put to
such work ? Had it been your own father would you have
pat him to that work
Witness—Well, yes.
The Juror—You are a very inhuman man.
Dr. G. W. Ilackensie deposed that a post mortem ex.
amination of the deceased proved that his body was
emaciated. His right lung and right side were inflamed.
The liu.g was suffering from recant acute inflammation.
The heart was suffering from valvular disease. Exposure
on a wet day to work would be likely to set up the mis-
chief.

The jury returned a verdict that the deoeeaed died from
the effect. of acute inftammation of the lime, and that

death was caused or accelerated by putting liiiii to work
in the cold and rain, and they do lastly say that the
superintendent of labour is highly censurable for putting
him to work when the medical officer said he could not
work.

ADDITIONS TO TIM ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY'S
asiumrs.—The Marian Moore, from Calcutta, which
came up the river yesterday, has on board a valuable col-
lection of living animals for the Zoological Society of
London, under the care of Mr. Clarence Bartlett, the
society's agent, who went out to Calcutta some months
ago to bring tbem home. The collection embraces two of
the large wild Indian cattle called pysls, • Familia
deer, two fine Indian pelicans, four demoselle cranes, a
Himalayan badger, two black Tibetan wolves, and other
animals, altogether upwards of twenty in number. Moat
of them are presents to the society from its various cor-
responding members in India.
PATRIcIi AND PETEIL—A very curious incident
occurred yesterday in the House of Lords during the pro-
grey. of the Bresdalbane Peerage case. Mr. Anderson, Q.C.,
In alluding to one of the persons whose name bad been
mentioned, called him Captain Patrick CampbelL The
Lord Chancellor said the captain's name was not Patrick,
but Peter. Mr. Anderson said they were convertible
terms. The Lord Chancellor: "What, are St. Patrick
and St. Peter the same Mr. Anderson: "Yes, the
names are the name." Lord Colonsay informed the Lord
Chancellor that the learned counsel was right—in Scotland
Patrick was Peter, and Peter was Patrick. The Lord
Chancellor said it certainly was information to hint.
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