Star.
London, England, 1829-12-09 00:00:00

CORONER'S INQUESTS.

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Yesterday evening an inquest was held before William
Payne, Esq. and k respectable Jury, at the house of Mr. Edward
lird, the George, in West-street' Smithfield, upon the body of
Joseph Perry, an infant, who bad on the day of his death com-
pleted tweite months old, who came by his death in the manner
detailed in Ilse following evidence :
• Elizabeth Bbgg, the mother of the deceased, swore that she is
[not married to Charier Joseph Perry, his father, whose real name
Wilbrahim. On Sunday evening, at siz o'clock, she am at
home, at' 57, West-street ; Charles James Perry, with whom she
lived as hie wife, and the father of three other children by hers
then came home ; be and the witness had been drinking ail day,
and they were both very drunk; they quarrelled and he threw ao
Italian iron at her, but which struck the deceased, whicia.vias in
her arms, on the head, and he died' in two minutes after. Perry
cried, optic seeing the child dead, " Mercy on me, I never io-
-nded to hurt my baby -so."

nun my P.
To a questigo by Mr. Galloway, Ake Foreman of the-Jary, the
witness admitted that Pertj 'and herself were constantly getting
drunk with' ardent spirits while they bad any money. .
Mrs; Elisabeth Stewart; SOM. Heel in the unto bonse,
rated the evident* of the !lest witness, so far as hen and Perri's
drunkenness and quarrels mere concerned,. and seeing the. de-
eessed's body shortly after their quarrel. She gave the alarm, and
ip pane dine.after Be're was taken into custody.
Dlr. Henry Hooker,' whn 'serves the once of comtablein hii
011111, sighs, upon helikleg that a murder had. been committed, went
to the spot, and, found the infant deild; he took, with, the assist--'
ante of two of tlie,City patrol. C.. 1. Perry into custody, who ac-
knowledged hiving thrown the' deadly Weaves:.
Mi. Jitnith the • house-surgeon of 'St'. Barthidomew's
Hospital, Nara, deceased the same night-he met midst& death,
and opened his head the following day.. It was the decided opi-
nion orthe.,Wittlesstitattbe blow struck was of great violence, as
*the 1611i:ikon bad perforated the right Side of the head. and the
point thereof came out in a slanting position on the lift side, pass-
ing at tbestinetime through the brain. • •
The Jury consulted for a few minutes. mid retorned a .verdict of
Manslaughter Ustainst Charles Joseph Perry,. and tike Coroner h-
ailed his warrant for his. committal to Neirgate, to take his trial
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Tor the offence. ' • - •
Last night an inquest wan held • at the'Areftere Public-house.
Brikk.lane, Spitaleeldr,-en the body of limy 'Ana Cached, who,
It appeared by the .evidence of her husband, bad, for some time
been addicted to drinking ardent spirits to excess. She was put to
bed drunk on Sunday olaht,ind wan foetid l'corlise by the side of
iser'busband the next mornier.Verdiet-,-" Died from excessive
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drinking." • .
• • On the 27th uk. inquests were held before C. Swann, Esq. at
the house of .M.." Joseph Hemsley, the sign of the Goltien.Fleeee,
at Broughton, In this county; on view of the body of Elisabeth-,
daeghter of John Poole, of ' that ` place; labourer. aged
four years, Whose death was occasioned by drinking boiling water
from the spout of a tea-kettle. The . child •did not survive
More than twenty-four hours after. Verdict! " Acridental
Death,"—On the 28th, the house of Mr. Elliott, the sign
et the Peacock, at Bloomgrove; in the parish of Radford, on
view of theta/ of Ellen Smith; aged 59 -years: 'The deceased
had been Meted with a pain in her right leg and side fur about
two years.. On Thursday night she complained of head-ache, and
Sin, about a quarter of an hour after her retiring to bed, her
daughter, hearing a moaning noise in her mother's room, has-
tened down stairs, and found the deceased lying upon her face
on the -Boor, undressed. On raising her up, and placing he, in
a chair, she said, " Dad, dad," (meaning her husband,) and
froth prticeeded from her nose and mouth. In about ten mi-
nutes after she expired. The deceased had a similar attack
about 'three weeks • before, and thought it *was the cramp at
the stoniach. Verdict, " Died by the. visitation of God..—
Aid en the 2d inst. as the house of Mrs, Bamford,. the din
of the Elm Tree, at-Barton, on view of the body of a male
child, about ten weeks old, son of Thomas and Anil Taylor, whose
death was occasioned by too large a quantity of a certain .miature,
called, " Anodyne;' having been incautiously and ignorantly ad-
ministered by the :nether. Verdict accordingly.—NeuingAstes

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Saturday Mr. M‘Martin, farmer, at Leangarstan,
Breadadant, had his karn, byre, and cart-house burned to the
ponied. There were no (ewer than sixteen cows and a calf in the
hyre at the time, which were llierallf burned to a cinder. The bay
too, which was in the barn, and a 'quantity of thrashed corniwere
totally consumed ; as also the whole farming utensils belonging to
thetarnu, which bad been placed some time before In the cart house.
As few sheep are allowed to live till _they die a natural.
deith,lt may not be uninteresting to some of our renders to learn
the 'following eircontstancea regarding the age of i :ewe of the
.white-faced breed: When Ike eras purelased by 'Mr. A. Morrison,
(emeriti Fordon, in the-parish 1f Avehireratder, from* gentleman
in the .same parish, else was folat.osoudaed-4. r. had all her teetb.
Mr. ;Morrison kept leer ten Tears; during which pecked she pep.:
duied yearly onelainb; and not LniVicluedfly* twee In the eleventh'
liar,liovieVte; eke wits stiiiiimeid 'not to beinAsinb,.ind Iva Soil
tett &ober in Denning ;. and;`aftea being Mold and table's bla
• block fortilaughter, the ewe straggled so meth and loOko4 is
piteously, that even, the butcher was. touched irith compendia'
end, imagining that the Pone sitheetel might be. in lamb, be'ttlisaial
tie tbd letdrn'ed htM vo43lr:s Idortisiabe Mr.lll. sold haute hlr.
CeMbsdei Ot ,Rossie, *se has note Iledibe old dame slew/eats in his
possessive, and .she bas been, hitherto. as fruitful as ever. At the
present moment she Win excellent health, and may be seen browsing
on de hill as gay as any of the dock —Siirliteg Journal.