The Sun.
London, England, 1819-03-06 00:00:00

FATAL CONTEST.

CORONER'S INQUEST. Was
taken last uigl t at the French Horn, Crntelied-
friars, on the body of Mr. Richard Haynes.
There appeartd some slight marks of violence
about the lace.

- Mr. Henry WOl. Wilton, merchant, sworn.—
.
I reside at 22, Crutehed-triars.; I* was passing,
about two o'clock on last Wednesday .afternoon.
down Crutclied4riars,•and saw the deceased and
another gentleman, neither of whom 1 knew,
standing in attitudes of hostility ; the person
who was in opposition to the deceased said
(as and _a friend of mine passed), " Will
any gentleman hold my umbrella and great
coat." My friend took them from him. The
person -who was quarrelling told me, that
the deceased had frequently insulted him as he
met hint in the street, and he and. the deceased
began to fight. Ido not know who struck the,
first blow ; the ,blows were given on both side.*
simultaneously ; they fought about two minutes,
until they got, round 'the India
.warelouses,_and
Alien. the deceased sato!, he had enough ; they
stopped fighting, and the deceased said, " You
du not know so much of that man as Ido," and I
then went away; I'rethember, doling the con-
test, the surviver had a tall in the yard of the
India warehOuse ; I itionglit the deCeased was
intoxicated at the rime ; the bloWs ilk), struck
were not severe, though they 'both bled.
David Smith, of No. 5, Thomai-street, Com-
mercial-road, is in
,the East India Company's ser,
vice. About three o'clock on ‘Vednesday after-
noon, I satv two mrn coming up the gateway of
the India Company's Warehouses, in,Crutched-
ttiats, scuffling and fighting; I did not see any
particular blow ; but I ant eonvinced there %vele
blows struck. When the scuffling was over, I
spoke to the deceased ; he was much agitated ;
his waistcoat was unbuttoned, and his shirt torn;
Ire walked away apparentlywery well; the person
who fought with the deceased had a scratch- on
the side of his facc,, which bleti a good deal. I
told :he gentleman that I knew•the deceased, and
that he was a coal-merchant. The gentleman
replied, " No ; he is a coal-Merchant's clerk."
Mr. Harty, landlord of ,the French Horn,
sworn —The person who fought with the de-
ceased came into rig louse on IVednesday after.;
noon, with his face bloony, and he washed
him-
self, and tools some reireshment ; I asked the .per-
son it the fight' did not originate from an old
pique; he replied that it did ; the deceased had
frequently insulted Win, aod some time ago
stOpped his passage in Paternoster-row, and in.
stilted him. . -

Mr. John Wilton Hill, stirgeon, sworn.—l
at-
ten'ied the deceased at Mr. Loten's, in Crutched
friars, on Wednesday afternoon ; he was dis-
charging from his mouth a considerable tpsantity
Of Wood and, phlegm ;he died shortly afterwards
of so:location,' caused by the rupture of a vessel
or vessels in the lungs. Great agitation, pass on,
or a blow in the stomach, would produce it. 1
deceased said previous to his death, that he had
been sctifiliog with a base villain.
The Coroner said, it was tor the Jut yto con-
sider whether the deeased died from any act of
his opponent's " ‘vliflst fighting„ or from exertion
or agitation ; if the twiner was their 6pinion,
they would hod his opponent guilty of man-
slaughter ; and it the latter, he was totally ex,
lated. The Jury returned the following yet.-
diet :—" The death of the deceased was caused
by sudden exertion in a sena:, and extreme agi-
tation, which produced suffocation."

The deceased was connected with the horse of
Davy and Sawyer. coaltnerchantS. After his
death upwards of 2000/. was foupd•-tipon his per-
son. Ills opponent was a _ientletnan named
Pearce. The deceased was separated from his
wife, and many rumours are prevalent in the City
(which we do not feel Um sel yes authorised its
Icaiing) as to the cause of the unfortunate cow-
test„ between tLie di:ceased and Mr. I!..—r(Neo
timcs.)