The Sun.
London, England, 1811-08-29 00:00:00

Fvickticeifi correa, so far inyjodizment could go.
:[Mr..Madden here read his notes W the evidence of
Coutior, i 3 width he stated, that he was fifteen
yeaas of age ; he also ditfored materially. Os ~10
time his twister 'sweist to the stable; .he also gave itn
account of thp Maid's having gone whh the fire 1.6
a part cu'ar reati, and of his toaster having rting.the
; it did not appear that he stated be-hee the Cu..loner that lie had beard the blow ; there we some
circumstances stated before the Coroner which he
aid not staie in Court this day; there were also some
.ciretunstattees tut whined by giro this day, which he.
,had out mentioned before. the Coroner, as to the
words made use, of by Mrs. MOnigottiery ;•tbere was,
no very material variance betWeeti the evidence
eh before the Coroner and that given in Court.--1
A considerable part of the restituoityread hoot the
notes appeared to corioborAte sirongiy that volt to
Court by the same witness, and by others.
Dr. Boyce called up.=—ls. a Suigeon ;. practises
midwitery surgery, and physic; teeolleets he was
sent for to examine the body of Mrs. Montgomery,
and never paid for his attendance. A letter Wan scut.
from Mr. Richard Eyre by Mr. Barrett, to send use
to see the body r she was dead,. amid lying neat tit
fire•place ; this was Aunt eleven o'clock ; I inspect=
ed the body; it was on Thursday mottling; l fouod
tiptk of violence along the belly and Wick ; the
mark wait a disc.lourattoo of the skin ; it was oil the
limier part of the body anti the side ; I believe it was
Owing to a tall ; it lilt general obseivation, that the
subsiding of the blood leaves a mat k after it, such as
saw : the discharge from her womb was the cause mil
her death ; the dispositioos to hemorthage ate not
only numerous, but unaccountable t., the wist st of
us; the atfediuns Of the mind are the most numerous
and multiplied Causes of this hemorrhage ; thew
ate stages in ge;tation, in which hemorrhage is
particularly to be expected, these stages occur pt.
citklieally, three times, shortly before the birth ; the
hemorrhage is more violent clueing these three stilts
then lit any other time; she was at the time of lrer
death in that advanced state of gestation in which
those stages ate to be c xpetted ; I know many cases
where violent passions or atfectiou of the mind were
the causes of death ; the
,injury appeared on.‘ the
womb.on the ontside part but not internal have
known
,it to be ,the case, that the hemorrhage 'has
not taken place for two or three days after .violence
was offered; I beliete that in the present instance it.
was mused bylt fall; I. saw a little blood in,iihe
womb, but the interval was separated ; I was 'not'
in the habit olattending, Mrs. Montgomery. at her
confinement ; I was in:ihe habit of ealling there ;
I know nothing at all ' abetit likr irritability, :but if
she was of an irritableJemper, ft "Might be that the
irritation would cause this hetilorrhage of the se-
veral possible causes of her death, I would thiok.the
external violenoe would- be the ieest probable ; ,in
cases of sueli•periodical-,"hemorkiage
,life is io
great danger, if.assistancp is nut instantly given. In.
answer so_. the Coort.rm.kom the best observations
I made, I believe that her hemorilvtge Was caused
by the fall ; the lqlt ,side nand the.back: were the
parts which;roppgared to receive :Utast violence :t my
reason for thinking that a fall was ,tlie.. cause: as,
because 0.1; w4oiii 4:0o, side t. bad mar,ks oft Nio-
hence.l " • •

'The defence closed; and the Judge r&eariitittattbg
the evidence.most minutely, the Jury retired' itni4l6
tnin Wel QT a (103 r ter ot.;, an num, autl.broUthr in ;their
verdict—NuT‘WlLyv . .

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