The Sun.
London, England, 1824-09-22 00:00:00

CORONER'S INQUEST.

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An inquisition was taken at the Board-room
of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, last evening, on view of the
body of Mr. John Orpe, organ.builder, in the emp lair of Messrs.
Clementi and Co. who came by his death in consequence of
being run over b a'single-horse chaise, at the foot of 4yre-
street-bill, on Friday evening last, and who expired in the,
hottpit4l the following night.
From a great mass of contradictory evidence, it was almost
impossible to form any decisiVe conclusion as to the conduct of
the person who drove the chaise, a'lllr. Caleb _Nesbitt, a horse-
dealer, of Leather-lane all the witnesses spoke to the fact of the
excessive velocity of the vehicle, which was represented to travel
at the rate of from fifteen to twenty miles an hour. One man,
Charles Simmonds, a.watehmani swore, that he saw the driver
flourish his whip in the air, as if urging the animal to.the top
of its speed ; another person insinuated that the driver was in
a state of intoxication, and consequently incapable of ma.
naging the horse ; others were of opinion that there had been
no excitement used by the person in the gig—neither did he
appear to labour under the eff'ects of drink; and finally,
that the melancholy event was ,wholly accidental, the horse
having taken fright, and become, unmanageable. Nesbitt
had, it appeared, first returned from Enfield, and dropped
companion, Mr. Williams, in Coldhath•square ,• there were
two persons followed in another chaise. Mr. Clarkson, the
proprietors of Barnard's Inn, and a Mr. Emmerson, who both
deposed that Nesbitt was perfectly sober. When deceased
was taken up, he was apparently lifeless, but being immediately
removed to the house of Henry Whitmore, surgeon,of Coldbath.
stuare,that gentleman examined th tiwound s, and having elevated
some fractures in the skull, which produced a depression of the
brain, the deceased became sensible, and told his name. The
collar.bone and several ribs were broken : he 'was 'sub.
sequently removed to the Hospital, where he lived only
twenty-four hours after. The brad and body were examined by
Mr. Bolton, one of the Hospital surgeons, who stated, that
there were no fewer than eleven .ribs broken on the left side,
the skull was fractured all round, partickst of which were
driven in, and the temporal bones were dreadftilly crushed
the wounds were of the very worst description ; and it was only
wonderful that life was not instantaneously destroyed.
The VOTIONEIL summed up at considerable length, and left
it to the Jury to determine whether the accident was produced
mesely from the horse taking fright, or whether it was not from
a want of proper care in the driver.
After some consultation, a verdict of Accidental Death was
recorded, with a deodand on the horse and chaise of N.

Mr. Nesbitt, on hearing that the man had diA, surrendered
himself into the custody of Read, son., chief constable of Hat-
ton-garden Police Office, where he underwent two examina-
tions on a charge of furious driving, before A. S. LAING. Esq.,
and Mr. Sergeant SELLON the evidence was generally tl
same as at the inquest, but no decision has been made, as the
C roner's warrant was not returned 't sufficient time, the hives.
tigation having occupied upwards of seven hours. He will be
brought up again to-morrow for rehearing.
It is no: a little singular that the deceased's father put a pc-
tied to his existence within a few yards of the place where' this
accident occurred. The deceased was between 40 and 50 years
old, a sober industrious man, anti much esteemed by his em-
ployers.

EXTENSIVE ROBBERY AT CHESTER.

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A daring robbery was committed on Thursday
night last., at the office of the extc•isive coach establishment
the Feathers-bin, Chester; and the mode in which it was ac.
complished is at present so mysteriously concealed, as to ex-
cite an extraordinary sensation in that city as well as in Liver.
pool. It appears that the watchmakers of Liverpool and the
neighbourhood are in the weekly practice of forwarding watch-
cases to Chester, as well in gold as to silver, to air. Walker, the
King's Assay-master there, tbr the purpose of being atibujt.
ted to the usual test for ascertaining their legal standard value.
The cases are regularly locked up in two or three boxes, as
the quantity may require, and are sent by the mail on the
Thursday, and returned by the same conveyance on the fol.
lowing day. On Thursday last, two boxes, one of them con.
taining about ninety pairs of gold cases, and nearly double
that number of silver cases, were sent to Chester, received by
Mr. Walker, assayed, and returned to Mrs. Tomlinson's office,
about eight o'clock at night, for the purpose of being sent
of to Liverpool, at. five o'clock next morning, by the mail.—
Several losses having on previous occasions been sustained by
Mrs. Tomlinson, she placed the porter, whom she considered to
be a trust-worthy person, to sleep in the office. Into his care the
boxes were delivered ; but early in the morning they were miss-
ed, and no tidings have yet been heard of them. The account
he gives of the transaction is, that in the course of the night, a
strange man knocked at the office-door, and begged permis-
sion to be allowed to remain there till morning ; that he
let him in, at which time the boxes were in the room,
and opened the door for him in the morning ; and soon after
he bad departed, the loss was discovered. This improbable
story obtained little credence, anti the porter (Hughes) was
on Friday lodged in jail. His house was searched the smile
day, when a number of articles, not his property, including
keys of almost every size and description, were foiled there,
but none of the property missing was discovered. On
Friday and Saturday, messengers were sent in every direc-
tion round the country, to Liverpool, Manchester, Shreeibery,
Birmingham, &c.; but at present nothing has trunapired to
throw a light on this most serious lo tr.. nurgese, the pnliceeofficer
of Chester, and Miller and LaYendei,. the.olficers of Liverpool
and Manchester, are on the qui eh:wand siest hopes are ten-
tertained that their endeavours. will, be successful. .'Plisse is
little question' but that several persons are parties to the
felony. On Saturday morning a man arrived at Parleglite,
with a bundle, apparently in a great hurry ; lie inquired foe a
boat, which he obtained, anti was conveyed from thEltee to 1111-
bree Island, at the moutli of the Dee, near iloylake, and from
thence to Liverpool, a dangerous passage of about twenty
miles, where he was landed. I'he officer of Cheater was weedi-
ly after him, by the same route, and traced him to Liverpool,
where it is expected the perseverance of Miller will leA to his
detection. It is feared. however, that the property hag changed
transferred to the roeltirtirpoL
owners, and has, ere this, been
—( Times.)