Star.
London, England, 1815-08-05 00:00:00

CORM ER'S INQUEST. •

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Yesterday afternoon an Inquest was held at the
Rose public house, in the Fulham road, berate Mr.
G. HonosoN, the Coroner for Middlesex, on view of
the body of Mr. JAMES lIIIIINF, who met his death in
censegeenee of falling out of a one-horse chaise, on •
Tuesday last.—Mrs. SA RAM BMW!. the wife of the
deceased, bring sworn, deposed, that he was a tin-
plate worker, in Green-street, Leicester-square, and
about 49 years of age. Oa I'uesd ty evening he took
her and the child out for the henet'A of the air, and
were returning home about eiela o'clock, when five
young men, mounted en grey 'horses, came hailooing,
hooting, and driving by them, in a most furious man-
ner, at that part of the Ful!ia, teoad, called Sand's.
Lnd. The deceased repeatedly called to them, for
Gon's sake to stop, but they paid no attention to blm.
.; The. horse took fright and rot . ti. -the shafts 01 the
1 chaise broke, and then he i-ecame quite unmanage•
able. The deceased requested her and the child to
get nut, and in an instant after she saw him fall over
the hind part of the chaise, she and the child soon
after fell rot, and when she recovered a little. she per-
ceived him lying on the load a considerable distance
behind. Two men happened to he passing at the
time, One of them got some water, whilst the other
went toe Mr. Burnett, a surgeon at Fulham, who
came instantly, and remained with him until he tl-
- about lour o'clock on the next moriiing.
I—Two1—Two females supported Mrs. BORNE in a cha r
whilst she was giving this evidence.—Mr. BURNEI T
sail he found the deceased lying on the road, with a
great quantity of blood about lent. He ordered him
to be taken to the Rose public house, and on cxami•
nation, found his scull fractured, with a great extra.
vasation of blood, which he had no doubt was the
cause of his death.—The CORONER regretted that the
above persons alluded to who occasioned the accident
were not known ; although they could not be legally
punished, not having touched the horse or chaise,
yet their names ought to be held up to public re-
proach and scorn, it being .ev iJent they were bent upon
mischief, as they knocked down a poor man on the
road, just after the accident happened. The Jury re-
turned their Verdict—Accidental Death.

The following accident happened at Halifax on
Tuesday night last: In ciittsetilicnce to au intinta:ion
communicated by an anonymous letter. Mr. J•ilin
Hodgson, the owner of tlie Four Mills at that place,
deret mined to watch the mills. Between one and two
o'cLick in the morning some person came to 11e of
the doors, and attempted to lilt the, latch, but finding
the door secure, he patised round the mill, and was
proceeding to another entr.itice, when. having advan-
ced alnint three yar..'s of the building, Cart-
meal, a constable, who wa, fl iced it one ot tl.e i;
dows, drew the trigger of hi; pistol, without speak-
ing a word, and lodged its contents in the hotly of
the supposed delinclient. The p irty then rushed out
of the mill, and to ti.eir utter suiplize and cons.ernas
lion found that the unfortunate man on whom the
wound had been infrc tied, was Thomas Cockcroft, a
person who had been engnged to assist in watching
the mill, but who having unfortunately fallen asleep
at his own lire tide, had not repaired to his station
int more th.,,s hour alter this pointed time. On
examining the wound, it was !mind that the charge
had emitted bekw the snoulJet hbade,on the left side,
and taking a direction to the right, had wounded the
spine, and lodAed in the chest, from whence the ball
was extracted on Thursday. Contrary to the expec-
tations of Li, medical attendants, the v.lajacled man
WAS alive on Thursday night, but his lowes4vrtmities
were completely parader!, and only faint hopi.s are
entertained of his recov,iy. C:ickcrott has a wile and
four children dependent upon hint for support.