The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-17 00:00:00

DEATH OF ME. SWEET.

At Guildhall, two girls named Silverton and Wood-
ward were brought before ➢Tr. Alderman Gibbs, charged
with creating a disturbance in Chancery-lane, which was
believed to be the immediate cause of this unfortunate
event.

The statement of George Yarnold, City policeman
362, was to the following effect :—About three o'clock,
on Wednesday morning, his attention was attracted in
Chancery-lane, by the cries and oaths of the prisoners,
who were engaged in a desperate combat with each other.
Such was their ungovernable fury that he found it im-
possible to separate them without assistance, and he ac-
cordingly sprung his rattle. The screams of the prisoners
and the noise of the rattle disturbed many of the inha-
bitants in the vicinity from their &umber, who flew to
their bed-room windows imagining that the uproar was
an alarm of fire. Amongst others who were thus unsea-
sonably terrified from their repose was Mr. Sweet, the
well-known law bookseller. Mr. Sweet occupied two
adjoining houses in Chancery-lane, in one of which
he slept himself and his son in the other. In the
hurry and trepidation of the moment, he came down stairs
to the front door, in his shirt, and called to a woman,
who was passing by, to ring his son's bell,and instantly
after fell down in a state of insensibility. Another po-
liceman, named Bailey, who had come up, aroused Mr.
Sweet, jun., and that gentleman had his father imme-
diately conveyed to his bed, and sent for Mr. East, the
surgeon. Witness then took the prisoner to the station-
house, and, on his return to Chancery-lane, at a quarter
to four, he understood that Mr East had endeavoured
to bleed Mr. Sweet, but in vain. , and that Mr. Sweet
was dead.

Alderman Gibbs said that it was a distressing business,
and asked the prisoners what they had to say for them-
selves.
The prisoners said that they had been drinking together
until they became intoxicated and quarrelled, but were
now sorry for what they had done.
Alderman Gibbs, after a severe admonition, committed
Woodward, who received the worst character of the two
from the police, to Bridewell for one month, and Silver-
ton for 14 days.

MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.
Yesterday forenoon, at half-past eleven o'clock, an in-
quest was taken before Mr. Wakley. M.P., and a highly-
respectable Jury, in the board-room of St. Marylebone
workhouse, on view of the body of Mr. Henry Geary,
aged 65, a mealman, in an extensive way of business at
Uxbridge, who was found lying dead, with his pockets
rifled, in North-bank, Regent's-park.
Thomas Day, painter, of
-No. 30, North-street, Port-
man-market, stated that on Monday evening last, about
half-past seven o'clock, he was passing along North-
bank, when he saw a aker in a cart suddenly stop op-
posite an avenue which led out of the main road, and
who presently, after calling to witness, said " Come
here, here's a man either dead or drunk." Witness ac •
cordingly proceeded to the spot, and going a few steps
down the turning alluded to, he saw deceased lying
in the road ; he was quite dead, but his body was
a little warm. Immediately afterwards some police-
men arrived, and deceased was conveyed by them to the
station-house, where a surgeon was sent for, who pro-
nounced life to be extinct. The pockets of deceased
were then searched, and all the property therein having
been taken charge of by the Inspector, he was brought
to that institution. "Witness did not observe any marks
of violence on deceased. The place where deceased was
found had no regular path, was about one hundred yards
in length, and had no carriage-way. The back doors of
some houses in Lodge-road opened into it.
In answer to the question of a gentleman, who stated
himself to be the eldest son of the deceased, the wit-
ness said that the baker, when he called to him, was not
by the side of deceased, but was standing on the path in
North- bank.

CORONER, to the son—l guess the reason of your ask-
ing that question is, that you miss some property? Son—
Yes, Sir ; a watch and a quantity of gold.
Gaythorne Harrison, an intelligent lad, residing with
his parents in Princes-street, Portman-market, deposed
that on Monday evening he, with another youth, was
proceeding along North- bank, when, on looking down
the place above referred to, they saw something on the
ground near the wall, which, on approaching, they dis-
covered
to be the body of a man, lying on his side mo-
tionless. Witness and his companion were dreadfully
alarmed, and seeing a baker come along in his cart, wit-
ness called to him to stop, when, directing his attention
to deceased, he got out and undid deceased's neckerchief.
There was a great deal of froth round deceased's mouth.
Witness then hurried to the station-house, and having
made known the circumstance, several policemen accom-
panied him back to the spot with a stretcher, and de-
ceased was taken away.
Police Constable Draper, 122 S, said he assisted in
carrying deceased to the station-house, where, on search-
ing him, he found in his breast coat-pocket a pocket-
book containing four 101. Bank of England notes, three
5/. ditto, a cheque for 10L, several blank cheques, and
some receipts, signed Geary, with some memorandums.
In his other pockets he found 2s. 6d. in silver,ra pair of
silver spectacles, a penknife, and a pocket-comb, but no
other property-of any description.
The son of deceased here said, that his father left
home on Monday morning in the full enjoyment of
health, for the purpose of coming to London to re-
ceive some bills. Re had since ascertained that de-
gn'searAurpmosn fivelnn o'clock with the
to the Great Western Railway
de-
ceased, as he always (lid on his visitin,gtown,
Oxford-street,llad
contrary direction to where he
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left
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was found), and at that time he had his watch in his fob,
and between 40 and 50 sovereigns in a canvas bag in his
breeches pocket. Deceased was a remarkably sober man,
and had never been attacked with a fit.
CORONER—From the evidence which has been ad-
duced, I do not feel at all justified in closing this inquiry
without having a post mortem examination of the body
made, to discover whether death was the result of natu-
ral causes or otherwise, as well as to give time for every
person to come forward who can at all state anything
which will tend to elucidate the mystery in which the
death of the deceased is at present involved.
The inquest was then adjourned till two o'clock this
day.