Star.
London, England, 1803-01-14 00:00:00

CORO VI R'S INZUEST.

Sancetwc !—The Coroner's Inquefi
was held lait night at St. Bartholumew,s Hofpital,
on the body of John Goldfmith, a watch-finither,
the particulars of which are as follow
On Monoay night, John Fredetick Tire, a
pork-butcher, in Whitecrofs•ibeet, Cripplegate,
and a fmall party, were drinking at Mr. Wood's,
at the lign of the Cock and Bell, in Whitecrofs-
ftreet ; a difpute arofe between 'Fire and the
others with regard to fome vords which Tire men-
tioned tlfewhere, and which he denied. At length
thi y agreed to call in another prifon, who heard
Tyre mention the words alluded to. when they laid
a wager of a guinea. The man who was to fettle
the bet being fent for, he decided againft Tire ; on i
which Tire, in a violent paftion, atofe, and Paid
that they were all liars. He refuted to pay.—
Then they all flood up, and began a kind of
kale, and twilling 'Fire from one to another.—
On which he went home to his own houfe which
was jug facing. and brought a long knife that he
tiled for cutting pork, and fwore that the firft man
who came near him, (hould have that 1 The de-
ceafed John Goldfmith, and another man, came
in at this time, and called for a pint of porter, and
fat down in one of the boxes. All this time the
prifoner Tire Itood with his hick to the fire, and
the others, who were difputing with him, flood
facing him. The deceafed flood up and Paid, " I
DWI go home, or I'll be locked out, it being eight
o'clnck, and I a patient in St. Bartholomew's
Hofpital." On his (landing up, fume perfun pufhed
him againft the prifoner John Fred. Tire, and
threw the latter back againft the grate. When
Tire got up, he went towards the fettle near the
door. and drew his knife a fecond time from his
apron, brandifhing it, laying, a whoever comes
'near me, fhaU have that." Some of the company
then cried nut, a he has got a knife, take care of
him!" Others exclaimed, " Poker him 1" The
deceafed, John Goldfrnitb, then took the tongs
and followed him to the door, behind the fettle,
where a feu& enfued ; and the deceafed cried out
He's in me ! I am killed!" 'Fire was few to
draw the knife with his right hand out of the de-
ceafed's abdomen, near the left fide, where he
gave the wound, and then Tire ran out towards
his own hnufe, crying—" Murder!" The deceafed
came into the tap-room from behind the fettle, and
fat on the bench. He then unbuttoned his waift-
coat, and pulled up his fhirt, when his bowels
were coming out. On which he cried—" 0 Goa!
0 Goa! I am murderedßring me a Doetor !"
It was then near nine o'clock, when the deceafed
was carried on a (hotter to St. Bartholomew's
Hofpital. Mr. John Baddeley, the houfe furgeon,
immediately attended, and had the deceafed put
to bed, after examining the wound and dreffing it.
The wound was about an inch and a half wide,
and in the left fide of his belly, by which the in-
teftinet were cut and lacerated. He lingered in
eat agony till the fame hour (nine o'clock) lag
Tucfclay, when he expired.
After Tire nabbed the deceafed, he ran into
his own hotife, where he was followed by the peo-
ple from the public houfe, and taken to the New
Prifon, Cletkenwell. The next morning he was
brought to Worfhip.ftreet for examination; but
Goldfmith not being then dead, he was remanded
to prifon.
The deceafed was eially 3o years of age on the
day of his death, a angle man, and had been a pa-
tient in the Hofpital a month, owing to a bad
leg. He was to have been difcharged on Thurfa
dky. He left the hofpital on Monday evening
ah ut fix o'clock, in order to procure fame work
which he was promifed when he left the hofpital.
His father keeps a houfe near the three Jolly Wea.
wers, Brick-lane, Old-greet.
All the witnefiks before the Coroner's Ingoeft
WI night were unanimous in the belief, that the
deceafed did not offer to bike the prifoner with
the fire irons.
The Coroner, after a very long and careful in-
fummed up the evidence, Rating, that
if they did not believe the full purport of what
they heard from the witneffes, they would confe-
elnentry give their verdift for manflaughter. If,
however, they were perfnaded of the truth of their
various declvations, that they would decide ac-
cordingly.
The Jury brought in their stadia about
eleven o'clock-4, MO/ Murder r
The prifoner is about 36 years of age, and has
a wife and one child. It teems that he was, at
the very time, hound over to keep the peace for
cutting a man with a knife about twelve months
before, and to whom he paid a very confiderable
hum of money to flay proceedings ag,ainit him.—
fie will, it is bli.:ved, take his trial during the
pi dent Old Bailey Seffions.
Coßovest's Irrizyssr.—On Wednefilay evening,
at feven o'clock, the Coroner's inquelt fat at the
watch-houfe, Q2ecn's-head:alley, Newgatc-fireet,
on the body of a black man. unknown, found dy-
ing under the gateway of hull Head-court, New.
gate greet ; their verdift was—Died by Ike inclnise4-
4' the eveader. A hair.dreffer of Cutter-lane.
Cheapfide, was connable of the night. About
three o'clock a watchman bound the deceafed near
/Moe-court. Cheaptide, and fuppnfing him dying,
left him in care of the conßabte, at the watch.
horde. By the warmth of the fre he fo far recover-
ed as to fay he was perifhing with cold, and had
so money; a gentleman prcfent gave him a (bil-
ling; in a few minutes the cnnflahle delimit him
to go and leek a lodging nr refrefhment. He
crawled to the corner f Butcherhall.lane. The
watchman nn that IVA !nought two patroles. who
dragged him under the gateway of Bull Head-
court. ahutst a (purer pall folic : returning about
fire. they found him dead, and then carried him
to the watch-houfe !—Tlsc (billing was found in
his pocket.
A remarkable accident happened a few clays
fince to a fine colt-in the grounds of Air Burton-
wood, at Hendon, in Middleics. By Pane means
he rt hi. h-ad between the bars of a hartnw,
which had been placed In ai to lean againft the
Sump of a trey', and thus encumbered, the terri-
fied aiul Vltetted a-intal continued furtcsullr ion-
ising about the klds for more than .14 hour, no

petfon daring to attempt relieving hint, on at-1
count of the projeaing iron fpikes of the harrow ;
At length he fell through fatigue, and was unable
to rife. By the (hocks he received in confequence
of the harrow ilyiking againil gates, fences, &c.
he was fo much hurt, that it was judged proper to
kill him.