Star.
London, England, 1822-12-12 00:00:00

ronONE,RS, INQUESTS.

4. most strange and aMicting circumstance, was
the subject of investigation on Manday, and 'atria by
adjournment on Tuesday last. The circumstance that
gave rise to the inquiry was an anoo)mous tette;
which Howell, the summoning officer of Mary.la.
Bonne, received on Sunday, who instantly commenced
an inquiry into the matter,
An Inquest was accordingly summoned at the
Sawyers' Arms, Mary-la-Bonne-lane, upon tuo bodies
one an old Lady, and the other a yowig woman.
named Mary role. Several witnesses were esaminel
on the sitting of the Inquest on Monday, (tom whf, •
evidence it appeared the old Lady died a rator,l
death, and that the young woman (Mary i'ole) was
delivered of a still-born child on Sunday u eek,
she died from the effects of the premature driive:r
on Tuesday. It also appeared she hdd 'made lo,',
bargain. of a very singular nature with a pang Tr,
dical practitioner, who attended her during time ac
couchement, on condition that were the child ho
dead, he was to have it for his attendance, mid iF
alive, one guinea and a week's medicine. On
child being found to be dead, it was sent away in
basket by the surgeon ; the young woman deceav•
was taken in by the other, who aided deceased
motives of humanity.
The Inquest was then adjourned until TueFil;:
night, after some strong observations on the coadt::::
of the seducer of the deceased and the su7. eon.

Mr. James Harvey, physician, proved hatiN evt.
mined the child ;it wits full grown, and d d 114— nil In iris
of violence, or any blemishes on the head or b()Lly.
Mr. Cusack, the celebrated surgeon, to where
school of anatomy the child's body wa, by
the surgeon, that he might study from it, proved i 3
the same effect.

The body of the child, in a mutilated state, it
having been dissected, was here shewn to the Jurv,
and given up by their command to the tleceitse,:,
mother tor hue' merit.

A Medical Gentleman gave the Gentleman
attended the deceased the highest character, and
Le well understood his protes,ion.
The brother of the deceased proved 17e.- !o
conceal her state, and the iefilsal of the surgeon :u
inform him where the ail .'s body w
After sonic other conversation the Jut y thel 7?-
tited for about twenty minutes, and on tt.eii
the Foreman said it was the decided Op;1.1011 I the
Jury, that Mt s. Plumber (the e.derly :t
natural death, by the visitation of GOD, Lila, Atu•y
Pole also died by the visitation of G. D ; and the ;:t-
-tant being still bo u, they did not iii;rute ilia • e
the Medical Gentleman, but extieniety cen•itic.:
for having ii.ade a contract to have the child fox this.
section it stilt-bore, instead of his tee.

This verdict being registered by' the Coroner, tl.t
business terminated.

Yesterday an Inquisition was taken in Yotk street,
Westminster, n the body of Mr. lei bcrt (*air.
mas Richardson, surgeon to Westininstei
deposed that the deceased was brought into the ILT-
pital on Saturday evening; he waiked. Des:eased
said he had run against a post. o.i examhung
witness found that he was rupoited. wai
given him, and he walked to sits home in oviaeacc.
buildings; on the following day tSulida
went to his house, and found him very id ;11 ue_!, atui
thought it advisable that he should he t e rucved back:
'to the Infirniary, which was done, and tho deceased
• continued getting worse till Tuesday mornin, when
he expired at ten o'cicck. Witness has since exa-
mined the body; the abd,men was much swollen
and bruised. Witness has no doubt but that the
blow he had received was the cause of his death.
William Carr, son to the decea ed, deposed that on
Saturday evening, about eigh: o'c,ock, he was at home
in Providence-buildings, when I.nher came home;
he appeared very ill, and groaned deeply ; deceased
was nearly bent double; he told w _mess that he had
nearly killed himself by running against some posts
in William-street. On the following mormng his fa-
ther was removed to the Infirmary, and con.inued
very ill till Tuesday morning, w hen wimess heard of
his death. The surgeon in!'ornied witness that num-
bers of men had been ruptured by the posts that had
caused his father's death. The deceased was of sci›er
habits. Verdict-6, Accidental death."

Saturday an Inquest was taken at Dover, on the
body of Elizabeth Thompson. It appeared that the
deceased, a young woman, about '23 years of age,
was sitting by the fire-side on Friday evening, when
her brother, Wm. Thompson, a lad about thirteen
years old, came in with a gun in his hand, which by
some accident was discharged, and thecontents lodg.
ing in the head of his sister, occasioned instant death.
Verdict—" Accidental Death, by firing off a gun riot
knowing the came to be loaded"—a deodand of
was levied on the gun.

At a Meeting of Magistrates, held not long since
in Somersetshite, a very respectable farmer was sum-
moned before them for killing game on the manor of
one of the then sitting Magistrates, and convicte3 in
the penalty of £5. I'he farmer pleaded very I•i:.!
against the conviction, but all in vain ; he then sta:e.l
that he had an information to lay against a respect.
able person then present. He was ,equested to lay
it on oath ; he did so, and had the aforesaid Magii.
trate convicted in the penalty of £lO for killing game,
he having neglected to take out his certificate.

COAL MARKET, DEC. 11.
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