The Sun.
London, England, 1839-10-08 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

Tkomas Eaton, a law-student, Wm stands charged
on suspicion with causing the death of a carpenter,
named William Crowe, by violently asaulting him in
King-street, Holborn, on the night of the 28th of May,
last, was yesterday brought up for final examination.
The deceased, it will be remembered, was on his way
home from a benefit society on the night in question,
accompanied by several of his friends, and being met by
some young men, with whom an altercation took place,
a general fight ensued, in which he received a fall, or a
blow in the side, the consequence of which was an infla-
illation of the lungs, which caused his death in a few
days after the occurrence.

The prisoner was remanded until the surgeon, who
had attended the deceased during his illness, and
who gave evidence at the Coroner's Inquest, would ar-
rive in town to have his depositions taken, preparatory
to the case being sent to the Sessions.
Mr. Flower attended for the prosecution, and Mr.
Clarkson, as in the former examination, for the defence.
Mr. Calthorpe, house-surgeon of Charing-cross Hos-
pital, being sworn, was examined nearly as follows ;
Mr. HALL—Were you called upon to attend a
person named Crowe on the 28th of May last?—Mr.
Calthorpe—l recollect the circumstance perfectly well.
Mr. HALL—What opinion did you then form as to
the cause of death ? Mr. Calthorpe—The man died
from intlamation of the lungs, which was caused by a
blow on the fifth rib.

Mr. HALL—Could it be possible that a blow of the
fist might cause the wound you observed? Witness—
I have no doubt that it might.

Mr. Clarkson Would not a fall cause such a
wound as might lead to inflammation ? Witness—l
think that either a fall or a blow might cause it.
Mr. Clarkson Were there any external injuries
apparent when you first saw the deceased ? Witness
—I did not then examine him so minutely as to ob-
serve any injuries on the skin.
Mr. HALL—Your evidence goes to show that death
might have been occasioned from the effects of a fall
or a blow ; what time did you first see the deceased ?
Witness—At the time I before mentioned, and he died
on the .sth of June.

Mr. HALL—Was be brought to you to be examined ?
Witness—l was then living at Charing Cross Hospi-
tal, and he was brought there.
Mr. HALL—Describe what you saw when you first
examined him. Witness—l found an injury in the side
of which he complained very much, and subsequently,
at the post mortem examination, I discovered that the
fifth rib was broken, the results of which were inflama-
tion of the pleura or lining membrane of the .lungs, to-
gether with a profusion of the lymph or serum.
Mr. HALL—You are certain the inflamation arose
from the wound he received ? Witness—Certainly,
from the fracture of the rib, as I have already stated.
Mr. HALL—And that might have arisen from a fall
or a blow.

Mr. Clarkson—Was the deceased ever treated
for a fracture in the ribs ? Witness—He was treated
for an inflamation of the lungs.
Mr. Clarkson—He was bled, was he not ? Wit-
ness—Yes, freely ; but I was not the person who or-
dered the treatment, although I bled him three or
four times.

Mr. Clarkson—Did.his arm on that occasion receive
any punctures which presented an unusual character or
appearance ? Witness—l am not aware that it did.
Mr. Clarkson—Not such as would arise from an
incision made by a foul lancet ? Witness—Not at all.
Mr. Clarkson presumed that as the case was about
to be submitted to the decision of a Jury, the prisoner
would be allowed to put in bail, as he had done since
the first examination.

Mr. HALL said he would accept of bail in the same
amount as he had done on the last occasion.

The several witnesses having signed their depositions,
were then bound over, and the prisoner was admitted
to bail, himself in 3001. and two sureties in 1501. each,
for his appearance at the next session of the Central
Criminal Court.