The Sun.
London, England, 1851-12-01 00:00:00

CORONERS' INQUESTS.

On Saturday evening Mr. J. W. Pyne, the deputy-
coroner, held an inquest at St. Bartholomew's Hos-
pital, respecting,the death of Jeremiah Pollard, aged
38 years. It appeared by the evidence that deceased
was in the service of Mr. Shortus, china-warehouse-
man, of Crispin-street, Spitalfields, and on Monday,
the 17th instant, while lowering a crane, the handle of
the machine clipped from his grasp, when he endea-
voured to stop the wheel with his left hand, whereby
his little finger was cut off. He was removed to the
hospital, where mortification of the arm supervened,
causing absorption of putrid matter into the blood, no
doubt, resulting from the injury to the finger.—Ver-
diet, " Accidental death."

CAUTION TO JURYMEN.—At an inquest held on Sa-
turday before Mr. J. Payne, the deputy-coroner, at
Guy's Hospital, the Court was kept waiting for up-
wards of half an hour by one half the jury who did
net attend. The Coroner declared them all fined in a
sum of 203. each.
On Saturday morning Mr. Carter held an inquest
at the King's Arms, Canal-bridge, Camberwell, on
the body of a young woman; aged about 25, who was
found dead in the Grand Surrey Canal on Thursday
morning last. There were no marks of violence on
her person. In her pocket was found a phial contain-
ing a brown liquid which smelt like laudanum.
There was also taken from her person the letter pro-
duced, to which there was neither address nor signa-
ture.

The Coroner then proceeded to read the letter. He
said it was very difficult to decipher; but, as near as
he could arrive at it, the co❑tents were these :
" Dear Friends—l have Rot the least doubt but what
you will think it strange at my doing what I have ;
but I have been very unhappy for some mo❑ths con-
cerning a young man whom I was very fond of and
who I believe was very fond of me until my illness,
when he was over•persuaded by another young
woman (whose name could not be distinctly made
out). I never met the young man once but that I
fancied I could cut my throat." The writer then
went on to hope that they would not blame the young
man, as there was no one to thank for it but the young
woman mentioned above. She then went] on to say
that her last prayer was for Samuel, and she hoped
he would never marry that young woman, as if he
did he would never be happy. She then consigned
her soul to God, expressed her forgiveness of every-
body, and prayed that she might be forgiven for the
wicked deed. In conclusion, she made some remarks
about her mother, and wished all her friends a merry
Christmas and a happy new year.
The jury returned a verdict, " That the deceased
person committed the act, being at the time in an un-
sound state of mind."

Mr. Baker held an inquest on Saturday, at the
London Hospital, on the body of Robert Golder,
aged eleven years. The deceased was in the ly bit of
rolling over and tumbling in the,streets for the amuse-
ment of his companions, and on Friday week he
walked about on his hands, with his heels in the air,
when he fell heavily on the ground and injured his
right shoulder, and died on Thursday from conse-
quent injuries.—Verdict accordingly.
On Friday Mr. W. Carter held an inquest at the
Queen Elizabeth Tavern, Walworth-common, as to
the death of Elizabeth Edwin, aged 66. The de-
ceased was in the habit of washing for her daughter,
and on Tuesday the latter pulled her nose and slapped
her face. Deceased sat down, became very much
excited, and after a short time suddenly fell to the
floor, exclaiming, previously, " God will repay you,
if I don't." The jury, after some deliberation, re-
turned a verdict of " Died by the visitation of God."

ATTEMPTED MURDER at LEEDS.
A young man, a labourer, named Thomas Patrick,
is at present i❑ custody, on the charge of having at-
tempted to murder a young woman to whom he had
been paying his addresses, but in the act of shooting
at her he appears to have wounded another female
who was near at the time.

The prisoner underwent a preliminary examination
before the borough justices on Thursday last; and
from the statements then made the following appear
to be the circumstances under which the attack was
made. Jane Sunter, a young woman, nineteen years
of age, and residing with her father in Catherine-
street, at the Bank, had been courted by the prisoner
for the last tweve months, but latterly, for some rea-
son or other, she had declined to receive his addresses,
and requested him to discontinue his visits. The
prisoner, however, refused compliance with the
request thus made to him, and still perse-
vered in his visits. About a quarter before seven
o'clock on Wednesday evening he called, when par-
tially intoxicated, to ask Jane to accompany him to
the Casino, which she peremptorily refused to do,
I Jane's mother being in the house at the time. He,
however, would take no denial, and on the principle
that perseverance conquers all difficulties, sat down to
chat and smoke his pipe, but finding all his eloquence
unavailing, he at last laid hands upon her and tried to
drag her to the doer, under the pretence that he
wanted to speak to her, but she would not go. A
neighbouring woman, named Crossley, was then sent
for to help to turn him out of the house, and during
the struggle which ensued, the prisoner, addressing
Jane Sunter, said, "If I don't meet thee to-night I
will in the morning. I've something in my pocket
that will quieten thee." Mrs. Crossley replied,
" Thou scamp, thou means Malkin her" (alluding
to the murder of a young woman at Hunslet
by her sweetheart, who was called Malkin).
At length he was got out of the house, and
it was supposed that he had gone away. Shortly
afterwards, while Jane Sunter was talking at the
door to Mary Ann Mills, Mrs. Crossley's sister, they
heard a noise like the report of a pistol, and imme-
diately Mary Ann Mills screamed out. Jane Sunter
looked and saw the prisoner standing in the middle of
the street, and observing something glitter, she
thought a piece of pot had been thrown. On turning
to Mary Ann Mills, she saw she was wounded in the
forehead. Mr. Heald, surgeon, was immediately
sent for to dress the wound, and the injured person
has since the occurrence been confined to bed. On
examining the wall of the house where the two
females were standing, it was found that a piece of
brick had been knocked out, it is supposed by the
charge from the pistol. The prisoner after firing
walked away, but was subsequently apprehended by
Police-officer Appleton. These facts having been
sworn to by the several witnesses called, the prisoner
was remanded until next Thursday, in order that
Mary Ann Mills, if sufficiently recovered, may give
evidence against him.— Leeds Mercury.