The Sun.
London, England, 1857-06-18 00:00:00

DEATH IN A STATION HOUSE.

Yesterday Mr. Bedford held an inquest in the
board-room of Charing-cross Ho-pital, on the body
of Anthony Wain, aged 46, a carpenter, late of
Elizabeth-street, Pimlico, which was all-ged to
have been occasioned by neglect of the police while
incarcerated at the Vine-stieet station.

From the evidence brought forward it appeared
that the deceased was in his habits a steady,
sober, and industrious man, having a wife and
family dependent upon his exertions. On Satur-
day evening last he was in company with some friends
in the neighbourhood of Piccadilly, and, having
parted with them, he was on his way home to Pim-
lico, when he fell over a kerb-stone, near Fenton's
Hotel, St. James's-street, and was discovered by
some cabmen in the said street, who picked him up.
It was then found that he was incapable of proceed-
ing on foot, and the police were in consequence
called, who took him to the Vine-street station,
and Mr. Packe, the inspector upon duty, atter put-
ting a few words to the policemen who brought him
to the station, consigned him to the cell. Here he
lay upon the ground • (asphalte) tor some hours,
when he was seen by a policeman. He was then
breathing heavily, and appeared in a very disturbed
state. No notice was, however, taken of him, and
he was again visited at 6 o'clock in the morning,
when he appeared to be dying. The divisional
surgeon of the C division was sent for, and upon
his arrival he ordered the immediate removal of the
deceased to the Charing-cross Hospital. Mr. Ap-
plin, the house surgeon, here attended to him, and
it was discovered that he was labouring under com-
pression of the brain. He died the same evening.
The Coroner made particular inquiries respecting
the manner the deceased was treated after he was
placed in the cell, from which it appeared that In-
spector Packe saw him twice from the time ho was
brought in (11 o'clock) until 6 o'clock, at which
time he did not appear in a dying state.
Mr. Thomas, the foreman of the jury, wished to
know why medical advice was not obtained when
the deceased was first brought to the station-house ;
proper attention might have saved the poor man's
life.

Inspector Packe said that when the charge was
admitted the deceased was sensible, and therefore
it was not considered necessary to send for medical
advice. At 6 o'clock, when the deceased was found
insensible, the surgeon was sent for, and he was
then removed to the hospital.
Mr. Applin, the house surgeon of the hospital,
said the deceased was perfectly insensible when ad-
mitted. The symptoms were those o f concusion of this
brain. Everything was done for him, but he sank
and died about ten o'clock on Saturday night.
The evidence in the case being concluded,
The Coroner addressed the jury, observing this
was not a bad case against the police—on the con-
trary, they appeared to have acted with feeling. It
was for the jury to consider whether any blame was
attached to the police in the deceased's death:
The jury, after a few minutes' consultation, re-
turned a verdict of " Accidental il:Lath," an they
did not consider any culpable blame attached to the
police.,
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