The National Register.
London, England, 1822-10-13 00:00:00

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MELANCHOLY CASE OF POISONING.
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Saturday night. at eight o'clock. an inquisition was held ',a-
fore Thomas She Lon. li q. Coroner for the City of London. on
Cie_body of Mr. Thomas Baker. tmodwiii. a nape:table jewe.ler.
The jury were suimmine4 to meet at the late residence of the
de:se:veil, No. t, Skittner-street, Soowliill.
The jury took a lima the body in the first instance. A re-
lative of the deceased wisaed that the wile use deceased might
but have her feelings lacerated My being exiun.uctl, but tile jury
thought her evidence indipensinle.
The feat witnest mat a servant in the family. Hannah Wic •
king being sworn, stated. that her oia•ter, tae tieeeased, waa a
go'dsmith and jeweller. el rculay nir he b..!rezii nine and ten
o'clock, her master c mum home. it a had Lees out duriag the
whole of the day. Ater supper he caned out or her to wring aim
..dtline hut water, as he womed to take some alts. Willea its
thought would remove a violent pain that he his StalWaCii.
She bronght him souse water, and she saw hint mis same runt
and water. which was very weak. He used only pat of toe
hot-water fur the ruin and, the rest remained i,i we jug. Sou
did not KW iiiin lin: tile ohs. Alter he had drank tile tam and
...dater he went to bed. Auout Dee o'clock nest muutiag sac
• heard her unstress solemn very vio.enety. and being aitaineu. she
ran *tit stairs to see what ales the smatter, and saw her MtatieSe
wringing her hands in the greatest diere:s. She saw Mr master
lying on the 6 sir, at the loot of the bed. She heard a kind of
railing in his threat ; he sighed once or take, and men
nere were no appearances ut the Waal {ll hi, tiavinl; Leen sick
or unwell. lien mistress immediately sent oil tar a *medical
gentleman.
Mr. Gcarge Mason, surgeon, Skinner-street, stated, that he
was called, at halt-past live that to attend the deceased,
Mr. Goodwin. He found hem dead ; ii:s lainds and .eel were

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cold. Ile had been lying on the ground a quarter of au hour ;
iid, front the stattment of Abs. 0., he wits ui 00.1100 that lie
thed at soon as he fell on the ground, lie hail not brim :nk.—
F.om the app arance tit vie hotly at tile time, he (Whims.) could
rut say What was the cause of Ins death. In less than mall an
Lour arta welds he found, in the deceased's room, is a pape-,
about an ounce of oxalic acid. The paper hail b.:rn o,ren‘d anti
foaled again, and lie thought at first part of tile acid hail been
taken oat. On looking at a glass in the room, an inerustaiion
ems found at the burro .1 of tit this was, at first," supposed by
him to be sugar : and he thought some pcison had been winking
st•irita and water, and bud put inure sugar in than had Mist:rived:
but, upon his tasting the sediment, he mound that n was strongly
impregnated with oxalic rcid, aryl very pungent. Ilesides tile
incruturtion, there wi.s a spoonful of liquid iii the glins and lie
was snre nat. it wassoiutinn of oxalic_ arid. The 'Lily lied
been subsequently openi,l, and appeared in every respect litahliy,
except the stomach, eh: inner coat of which was completety
destroyed. The appear nice or the stonetli were such, as would
be caused by tile taxini: of oxalic acid. Tito clieunc tl agency ut
the. poison had raintiiinsd its edict utter death orlon the stomach,
an i rethietd it to a black pu:p; in fact, oxalic acid was so very
subtle when swallowed. aim its etKcts were the instant destruc-
tion of human life. Oxalic acid so niurli resembles salts, that it

coinot be distinguished Ruin it, without a clue inspection.
Mr. (i eusge Ilurlock, surgeon. hi. CIIIIICII yatu,sworn.
/I is opinion accorded enurely atilt Air. Mason's evitienre ; he
was pres.bt welt him during the opening of the body.
TiieJury consulted fur a snort taus, and returned a verdict
Died tarn taking oxalic acid in mistake tot Epson) salts."
It was proposid to add to the verdict, •• and whicu said oxalic
acid wail sold to the dereaseti by mistake tOr Epsom salts;" but
the propusni,n was rejected, t., no evitlence oat related to the
purchase til the article had born btougut tot ward.

DREADFUL ACCIDENTS.-Oil Friday an afflicting
acrid in happen. ti no Dieke-street, Grotoenot-sgitare.—
There are two adjoining houses there underguitig repa r
of punning, and a pole liked the wall to support the
seatrilning of one, mileitunattly gave way, acid preci-
pitated a poor young man (one of the workmen) from
th: height of um scCootl story He fell on tie lamp
pit, tt lush he brut, and fr thence he pitched on
his head on clue trot' spikes, which they laid open in a
viockiii: Hamner. So ;peat was the force of his tall that
the Italic cat of psi in it as btu: en oft the sp.kes in set era I
plan s. lie was taken to St. George's hospital, wnli no
ItoptA of b.ift :t mg.. On the same day, ii some brirk-
layers lalgoirets were employed in pulling down three
old liotts..s its Poker-street, Drury-rime, two of toe teen
who were pudilig down the roof, from a beam on %emelt
they stood bteakitig, fell from the top Into the cellar, a
!Reignt tat four stories; the boards on each floor being
cripped oil, uothisig remained brit the lath and plaster;
the unfortunate men passed between the joists, the lath
and plaster its a great measure break tug hie (ince of their
fa% tlt.ir fellow-labourers rata and dog client out. They
were buried tinder a load of rubbish, consisting of nun-
tar, dust, and old laths; they were taken tip apparently
lifeless, mid carried to the 'King's Arius public-house,
where they received every 1111111a.le assutatice from Mr.
Rol inane, the landlord. 1 hey were washes 1 and cleaned
from Wood and dust with which they were cut red, and
miraculous as it may appear, 'wittier of item had a
Lone brukeu. 'Try were 'aviry stilkic;.ted 1 v the dust,
and recened sortie contusions, and Tort a treat id blood ;
.kur good car: and attention they, with some assist-
ance, were able to walk home in the evening.
j)iiiiel Davis, Esq. of Lanbadoek, near Usk, shut
A very p' p woo..cock 00000 lay the tgid
sve.giting 14 ounces, winch he sent as a present to the
Duke of under whom he It iii served in die
F.atitisula and at Waterloo. S our persons are of opi-
t.i.os that when these birds snake their appearance so
very early, it indicates a hard winter; dos, however,
can toe au titian:dale rule, for Mr. Davis, to beating
over the same ground the followitig day, discover, d
nest with two )(mug woodcocks, had Flown, whirrs ate
now alive and in bus possession, and are likely to live.
So great a ettr;o‘ity are these birds, that 'natty lomdreds
hate visited Mr.l)at is's tiospitaLle mansion to see theist.
—There is only one instance on record of young woot's
rocks being taken oot of a nest in tills eta y—tlity
lived some time, and were in tile possession of Mr.
Stiltbs. of C..riliff
Er.RAORDIDART POTATOF. GROWIIIIII.—.Mr. %V.
11:Ct.ardwil, 01 Csoorle, look tan last weck. oir.vardi 11.11
00c hundred alltl twenty sacks of fine potatoes front one
acre of Crowle Yorkshite NI ors 5. commonly known by
the appellation of YorAitire Waste, and wine.' has been
it•ted as a turhary, Iron. 140 e inimeinorial ; and to
walk login whicit ground duce years ago was lint hes-
itate. Tile Lod out planted the last Friday in May.
Various circumstances have :ended to create a general
exit, cianoti of a long and severe winter; its confirma-
tion of tt hies we may notice the early appearance 01
large I:timbers of winter birds.. Flocks of lichltares are
eto.titatally observed, stapes have also beets stvitt