The National Register.
London, England, 1818-09-13 00:00:00

CORONERS LVOV ESTS.

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An inquest was held on Timidly. before Mr. Unwin the
Coroner, on the body of the late Chat les Gidlll, Isq of 6EOI r
Itoird, Mile End, whose death was occasioned by 111 r dee'.
dental going otiot a ►priug gnu in his on n garden on Sunday
week.
It appeared that on Sunday week, between eleven and
t wel% u'elock at night, the deceased is as al:111111.11 1,.y the vity*
lent harkin!: sif a Newfoundland dog, which iudnreM 181111 to
go into the garden, Atispectiug that some persons Were in the
act of robbery, as various depredations lied bettor been ("ours
milted there. In order to walk with the greatest silence, be
quitted the gravel walk and pi 'weeded close to the garden
wall, where most unhappily, through foittetfithiess, lie hod
on the wire of a sitting gnu, a Welt instantly went titl, and
lodged several hull:•ts in his thigh ; feeling himself %%tunnies!.
though then unconscious of pain, be called out " Help, help
his man :.errant immediately calla. to his assistance, and a
jilt
his ►upport reached the pan lour. Mr. (.4:1111 1,8111 himself
upon a sofa, and directed that Mr. H4l kiat,,.s,llisblllgeon,
should be sent tor.

John darkness, Esq. sworn.—" On rec,ieing the melan-
choly intelligence, I attended with all possible expedltioh.—
Ost viewing the wound, 1 thought it expetheot to send for
Sir Win. /Lizard. Yriare Sir William came, I inspected the
symbol, which was on the exterior part of the right thigh.
Immediately tinder the hip; Iwo of the ballets were percepti-
ble on the inside of the thigh, immediately under the surface.
Within an I Sir Wit. Illisard strived. On examining the
wound, we immediately proceeded to extract the too balls
which lay tinder the surface of the interior part of the thigh.
()•t pas,ing a director down, we diseoreted another wound
'rill deeper, from which also another bullet was extracted.
Ou turther examinalion. we found a font th bullet yet deeper,
which suss ,xtraced." The medical gentlemen then lilt
the deceas..til tranquil and fret. front fever. The appear-
ances scented to have been lasoutable at hist, hut On Sunday
it was discovered that mortification had taken place, anti
between 12 and I o'clock on Monday morning the deceased
breathed his last.

The Cul oiler here observed, that the mode of (kremlin:l.
property by spring guns bud been considered by persons
eminent in the law as highly exceptionable and
the present instance, however, any observations 01 this na.
lure were tendered the less necessary, as the deceased ball
fallen the victim of his own unhappy precaution, and ha,)
been the only sufferer on the occasion. It was quite impo•-
Bible to view the transaction in any other light than that of
accident. The jury immediately found a verdict of—Acci-
dental Death.

derea.ed was an eminent broker, and one of the first
linguists of the day.
An inquisition was taken on Tuesday night before 31r. Slirl.
ton, Cormier, at the Peacock, in Vi'llitecross-street, Cripple.
gate, on the body of a female, who appeared to be about 30
years of age, who died in Cripplegate %townhouse, her name
unknown.

Mr. Glossop, of No. 5, Whitecross-street, stated that Lc
was in the East India Company's service. On AI lay main-
ing, about four o'clock, he was awoke by the piereiug ern, s
and groans of the deceased : he cot 0014 bed, and epesied his
window, and saw the deceased silting on the step of a door at
the corner of Beech-strect. lie called to J. Kelsey a watchman,
and told him to pay attention to the deceased. Kelsey told him
nut to be an officious. The deceased continued lilies log dread-
ful set eanisondlat in a double post tire,eomplaiuing of a violent
pain in her bowels, and requested the wart-limn to give her
some water. Kelsey told h. rto be off item there, snit it' she
wanted water she might go to the pump for it, but she must
go off his beat. The deceased replied, "I have lost the lOW
of my limbs, and require assistance; pray give me water, fir
my tin oat is parched." Kelsey was going away, when he
called to him, and told him that lie was acting very wrong,
and begged that he would pay proper attention to her. By
that time a man and woman came up, and he (witness) look
borne water from his room and carried it (in his night-clothe.)
to the deceased. Kelsey swore an oath and walked assay,
and nes er returned afterwards. The Whiteeloss.strcet watch.
man, named Alason, came up nod rendered every assistance ;
he helped to carry the deceased to the watch-house, where
she expired immi diately upon her art Icel.
Mi. Jo•epli Andrews stated, that Kelsey, the watchman,
said to the deceased with an oath, "Yon ale able to walk if
yin like," and wanted to get her off his beat ; and said, lie
wanted to have no I WIIMC With her. Ile told the watchni.in,
that she appeared almost in a dying state ; he replied, " She
must not, 41141 shall not, make a d—d noise on my heat," and
insisted that she should go away. lle wail the other per.i.:rs
had some difficulty in restraining the watchman's
and preventing him from assaulting the deceased by striking
hes• wills his stave, because she did not walk off his beat.—
Every attention was paid by the watch-house keeper to t!',.
deceased ; he sent fur brandy to give to her, but she was deal
before it an iced.

Mrs. Alant cot roborated the above evidence. and said. t I. tt
site asked the drre;tced ,A here she lived, she said ill
she asked her ss hy she left her friends, and ■he made no
answer.

Mr. Lon;;,taff, surgeon, No. 2, New Basin:di:lll-street,
stated, that hr Was Called to attend the deceased on Monday
morning about tour o'clock ; upon his arrival at the catch.
house the tier ea•etl was quite dead. 11e hod Shirr opened
the Moly, and round that site died of a bowel complaint. Thu
principal bowel, the colon, was COllll ill'1C(1 as much an po•sible;
sock contraction would cause the most excinetating pails.—
'Ch-re was 110 food in her stomach or bowels; she appealed to
hare been a pervost ut. shpt. for elites ill suciely.
Coroner.— I think the conduct of Kelsey ought to he repre-
sented to the Committee of the IVateli ; it WEIS not only ex-
tremely negligent, but very inhuman; his utreriat& violence 10
• pergom in her situation canto t titeusetl ; instr all of Irn.
Bering her all the assistance in his power, Ise walked away,
leaving her to die in the street for aught he eared.
Thr Jury's opinion relative to the watchman's rondos; en.
ineided with the (.111001.1's j airy hoped IlirCumswillise *Wild
001 neglect ttrinvestigate iI.
Verdiet—D.ed uf a hostel complaint. by the visitation of
Clod.

Friday set:night the Bri.itol coach, on its way to town. was "mkt.
nately ow:storm:don the off bide. near Ma..lbonotgli tr
inside were ei4lit passengers. creaming r.nc!litlr.:ll, and on tkorwss.
ewe 13. with the driver. Some of the itillivid.tais
from bruise.. but no arrionv bcyabei Corti mat the
fright ovenvionett by nrh a Tire p.:rion ythe
coachman alighted on his ti rt i.) an upright po ition ; w 1 irh. to
doubt. wits occasioned, by the buoyancy of tire tinvirreila he bold•
jug over his heart (it r3iiiing List i.t the fi.pq , arid
t.rereby rtntlerng his descent grad,:al. This confirms the 1.!,•• rety
of using an umbrella as a tire escape.