Star.
London, England, 1820-11-22 00:00:00

COROA LION' lAQUESTS.

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Monday night, an Inquest was held at the But-
falo's Ikad, New Road, Mary-la-bonne, on the body
of Ann Minting, aged twenty-four, an interesting
young woman, who died on Monday morning in the
Infirmary, after having, on the Thursday morning
preceding, been delivered of a dead child. Mr.
Goodyer, the Apothecary to the Infirmary, was of
opinion that she died of St. Anthony's fire. The
MU-
wife deposed to marks upon the body, proceeding
from blows or bruises.
Richard Coates, Constable of Mary-la-bonne, de
posed, that he had received iciformatitin of the ill-
treatment towards the deceased, and he proceeded
to a house in Church-street, Edgware-road, whete
he knocked at the door; on entering the passage, he
saw the deceased, who was dressed in a kind of old
butcher's jacket and a petticoat, and was a deplora•
ble figure. Witness questioned her respecting. her
ill-treatment ; she took him into the parlour, where
she sheaved him her back and loins, which appeared
as if she had been whipped, and the thick part of her
arms were quite black ; she then took him down
stairs into the kitchen, and laying herself down upon
the kitchen table, sail that was the way Captain
ll—, her master, fastened her to the table, and
fllgged her ; she then fetched him a whip, which she
said he was in the habit of beating her with.—(The
whip was here produced—it is a kind of postiilion's
whip, with several tremendous knots in it).—The.
Jury, on viewing it, expressed a feeling of horror, to
think that a woman should be whipped with such a
thing. She then said, that he would first beat her
with the whip, and then with a rod, while she was
across the table; she told witness that was not the
worst ; he would sometimes beat her with a stick,
the size of her two thumbs, and she felt that more
than she did the whip a good deal. She then told.
him, that when be came home on the Sunday evening,
the 29th of October, she could not get to the door
quick enough for him, and as soon as he got isi,
he
took up a rolling-pin, and beat her across the shoul-
ders terribly with it—(A. burst of indignation flout
Me Jury).--At other times, when he was at home, if
she happened to sit on her chair in a manner that did
not please him, he would get up and strike her with
his double fist. Witness borrowed a cloak,. bonnet,
and hat, for the deceased, and took her to Marlbo-
rough-street Police-office, where she took out a war-
rant for him. The deceased told witness that she
had been used so for three months. lie was sent there
by the neighbours, who were frequently alarmed by
the cries of murder, and the groans of the deceased.
After the deceased took out the warrant, she begged
the witness to be careful how he served it nn the
Captain, as he always carried pistols about him, and
would shoot anybody who-stopped him in the street..
Witness got the deceased 'a lodging that night at the
above home, and went in search of him ; he met !.im
in the Edgware-road, and apprehended him. The de-
ceased said that the Captain had beat her with a stick
upon the side, and she was afraid she should never
recover it ; it was a dirty house, and sometimes, she
told him, that he would make her get out of bed,
and he would stand over her with a horsewhip while
she wrote him letters to his fancy ; and sometimes
with a dagger. He questioned her as to why she re-
mained there replied, “ that she attempted
once to run away, but be dragged her back by the
hair of her head. She had clothes, but he would not
let her wear them." She never told witness that
she-was pregnant. At Marlborough-street, the Cap-
tain was bound over in the sum of £lOO, and two
sureties in £5O each.
After having sat from seven o'clock on Monday
evening until one yesterday morning, it was agreed
*that the Inquest should be adjourned until this even-
ing, at eight o'clock, when the body will be opened.
An Inquest was held at the Plough, in Rupert-
street, on the body of Mrs. King. The deceased was
in the habit of visiting a Mrs. Davis, of Chapel-street,
Soho; and on the Thursday she came, and Mrs. Da-
vis looked for some brandy for her, but she could
not find a bottle open. The deceased said she would
take a drop of rum ; and Mrs. Davis finding a bottle
open, which she thought contained that liquor, gave
her a wine-glass full of it. Nest day,_ Mrs. King's
servant informed her that her mistress was danger-
ously ill ; and she then found that she bad given her
by mistakga qt:antity of meadow saffron infused in
rum, which her husband used to take for the gout.
Deceased died on Friday.—The Jury returned a ver-
dict—That the deceased met her death by an infusion
of root of meadow saffron is ram being given in mis-
take by Susannah Davis.