The National Register.
London, England, 1814-08-21 00:00:00

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St cr ICION OR MURDER —TlitlrMby informatien was re-
ceived at the above office, that a mar: had been killed, by being pushed
out of a window On the second floor uf a house of iitqatne, in S
l'ards in 111'2 Strand ; in consequence of which Vit kery, the officer,
was sent to enquire into the r.i cumstarces. Ile learned that the
ceased was a sailor, and had trivell.d from Plyeunitb and Exeter by the
1:0301, to Landon, which by the ejrclessness of the ceachnan, who
was intoxicated, was over Um:o ab-ut two stlees front 1.4.0'•n, whoo
the deceased, and ali the pa,sengers in,i 'c and out, were severely hurt
The deceased rec ve t Wollild -0.11 hi, r o-ehraii, Which was dressed
by a surgeon rear t;.e On Wr4..t a !'s nm •iiig he called on Mr.
Cooper, a surgeon 113 tlry Pt) 1104;4: b'S wound dre,sed again,
which was done he t rte ,bopman, arlse .et't`h On 10 b- blooded ; but
he was rough and v elrre, nod :aid he had no blood to spare. lie was
recommendeo to reitam trout spints curing tipt day ; hew-
ever, it appeared, that he had been to the E•Ouburgli Castle public-
}louse, in tl:e Strand, and other-public 11,0 uses, io ceuipany with seve
ral persons, dtenking till he became intoxicated. At the I.iitiburgh
Castle he kit two tl. 13 ink-notes, and other protserty in the care cl
the landlord. About 11 o'clock f:1) WeaDeSdlV nigh, in a state of in-
toxication, he w cot with a female to a house ut Sw and Wen!
to bed by himself in 1 room on the second floor. In about an 10:ur
afterwards, sortie ot the neighbours gave the alarm that the house iind
been rWthed, an t the robber hal escaped out of a window oil the se-
cond II or. On enquay, and it proving to he tht decease I who had
been a lodger in the house, sonic evil :lispo,ed persons said he had been
robbed and pushed out of window. 0 bull it;eestigatiou of all the
circumstances, there is every reason to believe that he was seized with
d.litium from the elii:cts of his wound, and trout drunkenne,s, on end-
ing himself in a strange room, and being urable to find his way out ;
it was supoofed he had endeavoured to let himself down from the
window by blankets, wen he untortunately fell. The occupier of
the house ciene home just as the decee:ici tell eta of the window, and
retched Mr. Wat,on, a stugeon, with all possible speed, who bled
the men, but found him in such a w ouralen state, that he advised his
being taken to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, where he expired in a
ehott time Ilis death was not attlibuted to the injury ire received
i'rom his 101 l from the window, as thO bruises from that wee
principally on his legs and thighs, but to the concussion of the
brain.
Tile keeper of the hou-e, his female servant, who received the de-
ceased, and the female who went with him, attended Vickery to the
thee, and gave a very frank account of all the circumstances of the
ease. They were not detained, on promising to attend to give evis
Bence at the Coroner's Inquest.
Ott Friday evening a Corou'rs inquest was held on the body of the
deceased J. Browne, when, atter a full investigati. n of all the above
circumstances, the Jury returned a verdict of ACC:II)EN me ok:Aeti.