The Sun.
London, England, 1836-08-20 00:00:00

CORONER'S INQUEST.

EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF ACCIDENTAL HANGING'
Yesterday afternoon a prolonged investigation was eutcre
into before Mr. STIRLING and a highly respectable Jur',
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in the Board-room of tile workhouse of the LibertY
Little Saffron-hill, to inquire touching the death of Mt,
William Burns, aged 40. The deceased, whose priva%
residence was at No. 85, Hatton•garden, carried on a very
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extensive business in the bookbinding department. ,
employed above 100 persons, and his premises estena%
into Kirby-street, at the back of Hatton-garden. He iv
also in partnership in a large foundry estabiiionleat -
Clerkenwell.
Wm. Chapman, a youth in the deceased's emploY---,14
has worked for him three years. Witness saw him
alive the preceding day, about five o'clock, when he was is
his usual excellent spirits. On Thursday morning uituclo
came to work at six o'clock. The deceased always ~j
witness in ; but on this occasion witness was adroillh
by the boy. He went into the shop, when S'lrttt,
Cambridge, one of the female servants, informed vi,!d,
ness that their Master's room door was fastc4lt
and that she could not make him hear her. -'
ness went to the room with her. He burst the door °Pc:,
They found the bed was untouched, and the deceased 5v,.7,
suspended by a rope from a hook, which was fixed in tao
ceiling. The legs and part of the lower extremities were
on the floor, while the upper portion of the body was i°
horizontal position. The deceased had passed the roil
through the hook, and had fastened it round the body "`'
the neck.
Juror—Was the rope tight round the body ? W'
t°
—lt was slack round the neck, and tight round the hotlYil,
Juror—Was the one end of the rope fastened round to
body and the other round the neck, as if he was going
swing? Witness—Yes.
The Juror put the questions because he knew the
atirjr
ceased was fond of gymnastic exercises. He has I'a° to
that he frequently took that position in which lie use
fling himself backwards and forwards. (le
A Juror observed, it was his opinion that while the ,00
ceased was in the position of swinging the circulation °ibich
blood through the jugular vein was suddenly stopped,"
caused strangulation. 1 Vis'
The Jury returned a verdict —" That the decease( or
accidentally strangled, while pursuing some gymnastic °
cisc."

MRS. HEMANs.—We are requested to state of
Mr. Chorley's Memorials of Mrs. Hemans, with Illustra"lli
of her literary character from her private correspoudenee•juit'
be published by Messrs. Saunders and Otley, of Coil
street, on Saturday next, the 24th instant. Of
NOTION OF HONOUR IN THE PROFESSIONt 04
THE L AW. —Sergeant Davy being once called to acceillintio(
the Western Circuit for disgracing the profession by atne,reto
silver from a client, he replied : " I took silver, because;:i, the,
not get gold ; but I took every sixpence the fellow bolo.
world, and I hope you don't call that disgracing the profess
—Law Magazine. (7"
THE MOORS.—Grousc shooting commence( of
Friday, and from all we have been able to learn from the nit, De,
in our own vicinity, the birds have seldom been known 001
so strong and numerous ; they are, in fact, a bumper crnolli
the sport has, in consequence, been excellent, and such as veto
compensated the sportsmen for the fatigue whie: tb,cl„ivi
subjected to by the great heat of the weather. The '-'.65
Roxburgh's party, on the Lammermuirs, bagged upvv3 411;
50 brace, of which no fewer than 33 brace were r., erre':
down by his Grace himself. The sport has been equally-emir
on the Cheviot Hills, where several sportsmen have hee7,4o tv
neatly successful ; and in all quarters the season pr°ll`-
be superior to last year.—Kelso Paper.
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