The Sun.
London, England, 1819-10-09 00:00:00

(Ffom The Morning Chronicle.)
This day, at eleven o'clock, the Adjourned In-
quest upon the body :of Wm. palton, who, it was
asserted, had died in consequence of wounds re-
ceived from Fletcher, a constable, was resumed, at
the CoaCh andliOrses inn, in:Deansgate.
• Mr. Milne, the Coroner, and Mr. .Ashworth,
as his ,Asses?or,opetiedtheConrt.
Mr.Ash'worth commenced by stating, that he
apPeared there as the legal ativise'r Of" the-Coro-
ner,; not with iptept to crnss.exantine any evi-
dence, it being clearly.onderstooti that most, of
tli'e w'i'tnesses trill gßcti iiiihnefi depositions" in
writing ; of course, if any further explanation
were. necessary,
.it ,would :he ,!*ained :I/r.qtres-
tions put by.him, through_the Coroner.—He ex-
pressed.his' opinion. I;tit himself,'as
well as Mr. Hurinet", tii crtiss:esta;itine ',Old-
ham, was incorrect ; but as it:• had been pursued
o loog,, he knew not how to:retract ; but in this
iiistaacehe Should c,t;ifitietiimself ti, Ii is duty as
theASiessor and Adviier. of Mr.. Miltie. A long
conversation then ensued upon the garbled ac-
count of his first speech at, Oldhatn, which
_ap-
peared,' in the London Courier. This he consi-
dered mtlevOlent, and intending to make him ap-
pear as having utterel.the molt foolish, misap:
and improbable ARtspses. remarked,
that the dentlemen 'by w!loni he is employed
were determined to give.tO the public a fair state-
ment of his-speech ; ;but ;before it wls sent for
publicatirru, lie assured the Gen kitten preset
that he would carefully revise it.
A Reporter of The. times 'begged to assure Mr.
Ashworth, that whatever had appeared in that
Paper, he could conseierttiously,affirrn was sub•
stantially .correct, but dot containing the whole
snhodoi:e of his address.
-Mr Ashworth-1 think, that unless you took
very lull notes, horn he rapitlity of my utterance
that day it is not possible that every sentence
could be correctly given. Still I Must affirm, that
The•Coutier giv,s a very unfair- arid erroneous ac-
count of ..wha't I said. I mean JO he, understood,
that the Editor May have copied from
.another
paper, whiCh I
,think he has; but 'having only
read The'Courier, 1 cannot - tell what may baie
been in any other Paper.
A Reporter requested to know if Mr. Ash-,
wort h's asset tion tended to throw the onus upon
the whole of thelitibli-c 14ints•?*
A,shwarih,--By•n'o means, I only al-ludirto
the dangerous tendeAcy of these mis-statements
going before. the public, not supposing that any of
you Gentl6trn would gio;.:e eri ruitair report; yet
how these,things appear is very strange, as they
are totallyclestilute dl truth; u-nless from a
wish to gives to:the public i fdse impression of the
prikccedings.
Ileporterf tike Times—lll produce a paper of
tat Oily will you, Sir,-give me your Opinion it' it is
erroneous, or say whether The Courier,bas copied
;rout it ?
Mr. Ash wort h--Certainly.
:Upon whirth the Reportef left the room to pro-
cl.eq!S
Mr. Ashur orth—," Whatever light I. may be
considered in as tieing present at Oldham:l wish
it strictly to be I:pderstood, thatihave t offered
.y
~
•
thsent ices, but ant employed as a praessional
man 'On billalf of the tetsole of-MancheSter,'liirs'ing
teetived inylitsrinctiOns from the constables,.
q.coutsc• I 'shall be:paid tor. my attendance
o'.dham, as J atu on all other occasions.
_I here
t kat' Ci e'ntlrManh .watesti.r Wir

tie7allowed to take notes."'. AW.Ashworth observ-
ing. respretaide• kient-letnan . seated
among the Reporters, he en aired if ht ontlerstood,
that thi3 Wits Ile order;' Tl.e'dent'teman
am not a rtepprtet; Stra'butitm;rely out of .cnriosity
wislicd to beitresent, and shoold. only have. offer-,
ed myself to the notLe of the Coroner, had this,
nor. be-en' cOriiiieied :Cotirt... I Would
persTitialiy ha.ve f'i'let! tite'cinestitin; lam a bar-
tister.,•sir."
Ashworth—" it /. I beg to assore yow
that I was not apprised of having .a brother hat -
rist er irrthe. "room." The Gen't I maii t hen" handed

ltiP card:; nine is Girdles, 1 'behove.
The .Cotat then • proceeded %rich t inquest.
The fir.;j:wirness
whb-sGited, -t'hi•ee thuirs: froth the

tieorge,:wid Dragon,•in' ,Oak -street, near the de.
ceased; a few days before his' death, an .the occa-
siini to %vhich she alkdd, she beard a carter in.
the street ciningout itrodysto-ikttlr hiS'hVirses,
which-it appiared had taken fright. 'I he

esett-co!tt across tike street, and said he hdd been
run''against by the cart, and was hurt in his side;
he trioitc.d pale, told seenteil
fidnunond, hutbantlof the'above wit-
ness, said,.he knew the deceased 12 years ; he saw.
hint come aoross the street, out of the way of the,
cart ; lie said be wlt htit.t, placing-his hand to his
left site ; afterwat-d9.saiv the de-Ceased'go regd.;
I,.►rly 10 his work ; On the eNteDing of his death: he.
was at the ,George and Pragon, .and on some
Mutton gi►'ei'► to deCeilSed; put soineintO

lIIR mouth, and in an instant seemed as if tre'w'as
elroaleing,' Or had Is viotent:liir'enp;' wirnesS'led
ou.eo,ti room, and-he teabed- his head on
his (Aitucsst's) wife's.' arm ; a surg.eon was sent
for ; witness &m. several peoßle fmt their fingers
down -his throat, and when the snrgeon arrived,
he, with. an in4trument, pulled three 314811 pieces,
of meat, and One loge piece, siAciently large to

chteek him or Myself either, out of his throat; he,.
syemecltobe tlying at the time..
serjeatit iu tlielst foot, was,'
ealtetroot ii it bylir:FleUher aril
Mr. Sykes, or) the Bth September, to clear'the
ti'tmet~ cif ti itWb ftdiu bifote'Ffelcher's. butise,

the 'funeral ia there were five or six hundred per.
•sons present, .lie, ,beard sqklic persons say. that
the deceftsA was the man %vim had been ivited
g by Fletcher. Hail witness not known what had
happened, he should have been of opinion, from
what the people..said, that Mr. Fletcher was the
cause of Daltott.'s death.; but. be knew the con-
trary,
,He- %vas' 'opinion that be died from suf-
fu.cat ion . _ _ •
Mr. Ashworth made some •ohse-rvations on the
• impropriety of having the public mind kept in a
ferment on occasions like there was
not even _a shadow of; accusation against .any per.
son whats%er. It..virs done, he .obserYefl, JO serve
• aoparticular design.. .
• A Juryman piked if the deceased.had note been
attended by Dr. Thornly previously to the nigm
:of his death.? If so, it would be •necess4ry• to
Lrave hint examined.
Mr. Ashworth Said, certainly, every evidence
which ,was necessary to satisfy the Juty or the
Public should begone into.
De. 'Fikurilki•wiis' sent for.
O•
a.ns.ver to a Juryman, Witness Poles said..
that on the•day after-the deceased had been turned
out of the George and Dragon, lie complained
that Fletcher. hat I:truck him on ,the head, 'all('
thaitthe Serjeant of the guard had. knocked hint
into the licipsel and,hurt .His observa_
jolt was, " I have been hurt by that 0--d
Fletcher and that rascally serjeant." Witness felt
his head, and found two small lumps on the back
part of it. He alsO complained of his side, and
asked leave to go and get-a-plaster for it. Ou
the follo;ving Saturday, witness desired the de:-
ceased to wheel some iron in a barricw, which he
attempted to do, but desisted; nine, ving that it
would kill hint if :he continued. Deceased was
not in the habit of drinking much ; hut he was a
little tipsy on ,the night of his death. He bad
not been absent front his work ou any day pre.
vious to hii &Cease. When lie rota of his hav-
ing been hurt, witness ii ked it he had used any
instllting.tanguage to Fletcher t He said he bad
not.

A Jnryrnan here suggested that he had heard
there were two' persons, who had been present;
ready to give evdenee, who were present when
the deceased was sent out of the George and
Dragon.

• Mr-. Ashworth expressed his readiness to hear
every thing vt hich could be brought forward on

:this occasion.
James Knk, 'a labourer, being' called in and
sworn, stated that he was in the Geo:6i'e zinc! Dr

'got) On the Stb ot• September. 'ad, Dalton was
'there.; b,e was walking, up- and down the ruvin
srnoakiug. Mr. Fletcher, accompanied by some
soldiers, entered the room, and ornered thew to
disperse. 'turned-to 'Dalton; and said, "
'ynu, you rascal, 1 know what you are by your
:white hat." He then struck him beck-lauded,
he'cotild not tell whether with a truncheon or
)% MI his fist. He struck right and left and 'Dal-
'ton.fel) agains.t%thN•table..Witness was also struck
by Fletcher, but be was not hurt. He seized
Fletcher to prevent a repetition of the blow." His
!hahVa's kilock'ett off, if bo was thiltutes, by the