The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-07-31 00:00:00

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OXFORD CIRCUIT...-Smicirsint
Tin EtNO V. WIIITOOMBE.

This was an indictment against the defendant, for mis-
conduct in the discharge of his office of Coroner—first, for
unlawfully minim before him, before swearing in the
Jury, divers person., and inquiring the means and man-
Were of the death.of Mrs. Newton. Secondly, that before
swearing in the Jury he conversed anti had communica-
tions with John Newton, the husban I. well knowing him
to be suspected of having ceased the death of his wife,
by violent means, and undertook to persuade the Jury
be did sot cause the death by violent or unlawful means.
The third, for the dismissal of twelve of Vie Jurymen.
Fourthly, that Mr. Coles- examined the body of the de-
ceased. and bad deposed that there was a bruise and
laceration in a certain part of the body, which was tile
cause of the death, nevertheless that he (the Coroner)
endeavoured to convince the Jnry the cause was different
and oatitral. The fifth charge was. 'that the Jury had
opportunities of viewing the body of 'the deceased, but
was p ted by him.
Mr. hussars opend the moon the part of the Crown,
bed called, the following witnesses :
• Eliasbelh Ward HA she was the habit of visiting
Nisetties. Mrs. Newton died on the gith January, at
Apsley. On Wednesday the 27th, 1 way at Severa !fall

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Anne Jones lives at Colmar Green, about a mile from
Severn Hall.—After the death of Mts. Newton, the chil-
dren were sent to my house to be taken rare of. On that
morning I went to Severn Hall. where I bad a daughter
living in service. While I was going ■p stairs, I saw
the Coroner come out of the room in which the body of
Mrs Newton lay. I heard Mr. Newton, who was in the
door-way of another room, speak to him. He said he
hoped he would not make the worst of it. and he would
satitfy him in any way, and thing. Mr. Wbitcombe said
he did not know how it would be yet; I was going up
the hark stairs at that time, and Mr. Wbitcumbe was
going to the better stair,.

Cross-examined.—My daughter was nnrsery maid ; she
has been examined several times, and 1 went with her;
it was at Bridgenorth. 1 was not examined before the
Magistrate. 1 have sworn on paper what 1 have seated
to-day.
Sarah Lloyd.-1 live at Bridgenorth, and remember
the day the inquest was taken. I saw Mr. %Vbitcombe
on chat day. He asked me what time Mrs. Newton
died? 1 told him on Wednesday night. He then said
he was very wet, and wanted to dry his clothes. After
that he asked if Mrs. Newton had any marks of violence
about her, and I mentioned a very bad black rye, a cot
on the lip, mark on the breast, another on the hand, and
on the leg. 1 told him Mrs. Newton was gone in the
family way about six months, and that my mistress had
told me so. He asked me who was the first who came to
her? I told him Mary, and he desired me to fetch her.
['think that was all that passed.

James Milinan Coley.—l am a surgeon aid apothecary'
at 13ridgenorth, and am in the habit of attending women
in labour. I have been in extensive practice 20 years. I
was at the inquest which was held on Mrs. Newton, haw.
ing received a note from Mr. Whitmore, and a summons
from the Coroner. Having arrived at Severn Hall, I
accompanied the Coroner to inspect the body, which was
lying in a chamber up stairs covered with a sheet. I
observed a bruise on the temple, a black eye, and cut on
the upper lip, and the face was very much disfigured by
those marks. I saw a bruise and kind of laceration near
one of the armpits, which appeared recently inflicted. I
observed a mark on one of the shins, which appeared to ,
have been occasioned by a kick, and not a burn or scald.
Mr. Whitcombe had an opporeenity of seeing these
marks ; and I remarked to him, " This looks like a kick."
He said, " Oh, no! it is a burn; she bat burned her shins
by the tire." I observed an injury on the hand, as if
great violence had been used; one of the fingers was
either dislocated or fractured, and Mr. Whitcombe could
not avoid seeing it. These were the external bruises I
remarked at that time. The Surgeon then went on to
describe the observation which he made off opening the
body, but they were of a nature not fit to be presented
to our readers. It is necessary, however, to state; that
according td his opinion, the deceased met her death
from the laceration of a very delicate part df the body,
and that in conversation with the defendant at the time,
the latter endeavoured to convince him that the de-
ceased died from an excessive attack of an ill-
ness peculiar to women. The Coroner observed the
laceration was slight and unimportant. I then opened
the head, and found several bruises on the outside, which
I cut through to .hew him. I believe I sewed the body
up. I wished to examine the chest. The Coroner asked
if I thought I should find any thing worth examining.—
I said no ; and the examination did not take place. On
the Coroner's leaving the room after the examination, he
said " I see, Mr. Coley, this is a very simple business;
no criminal proceeding can arise out of it. I had sub-
pcenaed twenty-four Jurymen t bat I shall retain only
twelve, and dispatch twelve." Before he went down
stairs, I said I did not understand the nature and con-
sequence of the proceeding he was about to take. He
went away hastily. A very short time afterwards, while
I was washing my hands up stairs in the room where
the body lay, in consequence of a message from me to
him, be came up stairs, and I told him I felt dissatisfied
with the proceedings be was going to adopt respecting a
Jury i and that he must take all the responsibility
oat himself. He said, " Certainly; there is not the
least necessity for more than twelve Jurymen." I f al-1
lowed him down stairs, and was present while 12 men
were sworn. The Coroner said, "Oentleanen, lam happy
to inform you this is not so serious a business as we appre-
hended; nothing criminal can attach to anyone. only
twelve Jurymen will be necessary." And in consequence
past went away. After they were sworn, the Coroner
said, " blentlemeo, it is necessary for you just to take
view of the body." On their return the examination be. I
goo. Oott of the servants said Mrs. Newton called for
Will on tile sight she died, and shook hands with him),
''savistg, Gool bless you, Will." The Coroner ssid,"tbis
10; ke like an improper connection." Before I gave my,
evidence, Mf. W. hstmorty asked who Will wan.; Solna
one said the wagOrterland a Juryman said there enskl,
be no cants for such s snspicion, as he was a mete boy.
1 have since seen the deposition the Coroner returned of

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Croos•exainined.-1 canriot tell n bother Mr. lifh:t-
combe knew I formerly attended on the family. lie lives
sixteen miles distant from Severn Hall. I found no i
jury in the skull. I was at liberty to tell the Jary all
bas seen, bat 1 thought it the Coroner's ditty to asir
questions. There was one interruption. Th- Co:ont r
dictated anti said, " On opening the head al I the boils,
you 1 was before gmng on in my east way.
stated that on opening the head and body, I discovere
II.) injury of itself sufficient to cause the sleuth of lire.
Newton. He never told me not to give my opinion tsc
what I was to say, hut left ine to state the facts in my o
way, except in the first interruption. 'Tat made •
quite reserved. 1 made no complsint en my deposid,,ii
being read to roe ; between the day of holding the in.
quest and hie callihg on me I had attended the 31ag i*trates,
and given my opinion. Mr. Whitmore was present at Cat
inquest. I will nut swear lie did not say it will he ,s•
great relief to the Jury, if you give the reason of the
woman's death.
He-examined.—l considered her death to have heel
produced by pain, loos of blood, and the general concus-
sion horn the assault.
James Barker.-1 was assistant to lir. Fall, a surgean
at Beidgenorth, and attended the inquest. I arri se 1
tween 10 and 11, and saw the body, with the Coroner,
before Mr. Coley came. I was afterwards preseht at the
opening, and examined before the Jury. (The exami "t•
tion, aa returned by Mr. Wbitcotnbe, was read.) It stated,
the witness was ofopinion Mrs. Newton had died from
loss of blood, and not from any blow or violence. This
he had never said, fir any words to that or the like effect,
that he recollected.

Cross examined—l will swear positively I never use I
such words. I ordered vinegar and water in case the
bleedinz should return. I was the only person a•tend-
ing till Mr. Coley came. The Coroner said Ile sent for
him becausc he did not choose to rely on my jndement.—
I stated the death arose from hemorrhage, and the gene-
ral concussion of blows on the body. I thought her its
danger, but left her and went away. The depositions.
read over to me before I signed it, but I will swear
never read it, nor ever said it was perfectly court
What 1 heard read over was perfectly correct. I thillc
theCornner himself read it.

Thomas Canlin—l ant an assistant to Mr. Coley, and
went with him on the day of the inquest to Severn II 1;1..
I assisted him in the examination, and observed the
finger broken. Before I went into the house I net Mr.
Barber. I attended When part of the witnesses gave their
evidence. Otte of the girls said her mistress called for
Will. and when bd came, shook hands with him, and
said •• COD bless you, Will !" The Coroner remarked,
this looks like an improper connection. One of the r.
Whitmore's asked who Will was. A Juryman said lin
was one of the waggoners. Another said there was n•►
reason for such a suspicion as he was a mere boy.
heard Mr. Coley say the injury was occasioned by a kick
or blow, or some external violence. Mr. Whiteuenlin
asked if it was possible to be done by getting over a
stile. Mr. Coley said it must have been sometliio;c
pointed.
Thomas Blakeway Roberts proved the deposition of
Ann Jones, in which she had SWJCO the same 'Leslie had
to-days
Dr. Begird, a physician in Shrewsbury, said that if the
appearances took place as described by Mr. Coley. it was
impossible the subject could have died by an excess of na-
tural illness, and any person at all acquainted with surgery
or anatomy must have known that.

Joseph Davis, foreman of the Jury on the inquest, re-
collected the Coroner saying there were twenty-four. that
the thing *as not so bad as he expected, and he should re-
lease one part. Ito said he would call over the attune:, and
they were to go to the other side of the rdo:n, and he kept
the first twelve who answered. The Coroner and eoustable
called the names from a list. After we were sworn. the
Coroner told us we mist go up and see that the body of
Sarah Newton was there. I did not see the Coroner in the
room. We only just went into the room and saw her face.
The rest of the body was covered with a sheet. ti wen we
had come down stairs, the Coroner asked Bates, the wag-
goner, whether Mr. and Mrs: Newton had any words shoat
Edwards the unman. Bates said it was about a lantern.—
Edwards lived at Bridgenorth, about two miles from Se-
vermllall. When the evidence had closed, we went to an-
other room to Consider of the verdict. I give it in es fore-
men, •• That she died through the loss of blood." The
Coroner turned his heed towards Mr. Whitmore, and said.
v' On ! thew we'll say she died from the visitation of Goo."
—Mr. Whitatore acid. " No, put it down as the verdict in
given in:"
Crese-examlned—The day *as a very' bad snow:
+The Ivry had applied to the Coroner to allow
0 them to go hose. There trete four frogs each of
perishes.
Jobs Jones, one of the Jurymen, remembered

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FRENCH PAPERS OF MONDAY,

PARIS, JuLT 28.

Wlittcomim coming into the kitchen, and saying that be
teas sorry to keep thetas there PO long, bat it was not so
had as he expected, and be should only want twelve.
After the Jory were sworn, the Coroner told us to go and
view the body; it was not necessary for us to do more
than to sea there was a body there. I.then went up with
the Joey, and we stair nothing more than the face. One
of the girl, in her examination said, she did know where
the bleeding clime from. The Coroner said, " How do
you know that ?" You did not know it when I Was with
you in the morning. Remembered Mr. Coley saying he
thonght the injury was occasioned by a kick or blow.
When the evidence was gone thermal, the Coroner told
the Joey, that it appeared from what one of the wit-
nesses had said, the deceased was subject to severe ill-
ness, that she bad been working hard that day in breni
ing and halting, and that might have occasioned it. On
that I requested him to read over Mr. tole 's evidence
agaio, as I was not satisfied, which he did, and ob
served that as to the bruise she might have done it by
getting over a stile or by a fall. I heard the verdict
. liven in, and the Coroner said, " Died by htemorrhage,
consequently by the visitation of GOD." I said, no, that
is not what we mean, that she died by less of blood, but
how occasioned we could not find. The Coroner then
looked to Mr. Whitmore, and asked him how it should
he entered? Mr. Whitmore replied, "as they returned
it, to be sure."
Cross examined.—l was one who applied to be re-
leased.
pi Stephen Braithwaite, another Snrymne, remembered
the Coroner saving, " this proves a more favourable case
than I expected; I shall only have occasion fur twelve
Jet-yams instead of twenty-four." Also remembered
the Coroner saying, on Will's name beitt; mentioned,
" we will have him called, and if his deposition is worth
tuking, we will take it" I went up stairs to see the
body; remember the Coroner saying " it was only ne-
cessary to see there was a body there," and we only saw
tt:c face.
Cross-examined.-11 know the Coroner by sight. The
Coroner went up with us to see the body, and I be-
here he left us in the room to ourselves. I was in-
formed the body had been opened. We might have re-
moved the sheet if we had thought fit. We remained
there about half a minute. The Coroner himself took
down the deposition. I heard them read, and saw
the witnesses sign them; they were laid on a table
for them to sign. Bates mentioned Edwards's name,
saying he had been there the eveldlog the mistress
hat died.
Mr. Plan-son informed the Court, there were several
other Jurymen present if the other side wished to cross-
evsmine them. but be thought the present number quite
sufficient for his case.
Mary Junes said, she saw Edwards at Bridgenorth the
"woe day Mrs. Newton died. I was asked by the Coroner
if I remembered Edwards, the tanner,coming to my mas-
ter" house the day my mistress died. I told bum I did.
Sally lloyd was first called into the parlosr; the did not
remain long. After she came out I went into the parlour,
and the Coroner asked me what my mistress was doing
t the day she died. I told him she was brewing and bak-
ing. I told him I had been sent out on an errand, and
he 4.lced me where my mistress was when I returned.
I told him l found her l}ing on the houseloor with
feet towards the fire. He asked me if there was any
blood about the floor, and I told hint that there war. He
asked me if I knew from what part of Mrs. Newton the
blood came; I told him I did not know. I knew then
fr m what part the blood had come, but did not then like
to telt him, and told hint before the inquest in the even-
ire% I went out about four o'clock. Edwards was in
tloe p.rlonr with my master. I told that to the Coroner.
()twee Edwards, a unman, at Brigenortb, was at
Screen Hall the evening Newton's wife died. Saw New-
t. n in the kitchen, and went with him into the parlour.
had mentioned it several times before the inquest, that
1 had been with Newton that evening.
Samuel Cleeton, another Juryman, when the Coroner
Int I read over the evidence, said be was not satisfied how
at e canoe by her bruise.
The Coroner turned his head round to the witness
and said, " do you want to hang the man ?"
Cross-examinerl.—l was sitting two feet from the Co.
r.•-ur. it was not said loud as to be beard by the o;ber
Jurymen.
Mr.l'icarl, an %Harney, at Bridgenneth, was employed
on behalf of the relations of the late Mrs. Newton, to
pro-ccute her husband. A week after the inquest I saw
thy Coroner, and told bin I applied on behalf of Mrs.
Nuaton's relatives, that the county was dissatisfied, and
so-ne of the Jury wished to alter their verdict, and I
wished to know whether he would do any thing further.
lie said he thought the Jury had acted perfectly righs
i• the verdict they had given, but he supposed there wa
fu-tner evidence. He said he had no doubt in Ins own
cl.rd that Newton had been the mut of his wife's death,
but there was no evidence to prove it.
Mr. Wo ttiward, an attorney. where the defendant
§—sides, said he had acted as a man midwife upwards of
a't! jeans.
An re trained copy of the record of Newton's convic-
tioeand the inquisition, were produced.
Here closed the case for the prosecution. The sequel
of the trial (which was not concluded when our Report
came away) shall be given, if possible, in our next.

The following is an extract from a bulletin, dated Ma-
drid, July O. The extract contains all that is new to
o-.r rradera ; the rest is the official account of the sortie
from (Wit :

" The Spanish Oeneral Bessieres had on the 17th an
aff tie before Alvacele (in Marcia) *slat a revolutionary
veep., of which be killed 60 men, among whom were two
officers, end took an officer, thirty nun-commissioned ME-
errs end snide rs, thirty horses. and a piece of cannon.—
At the end of the engagetnenttkneraf &Inert., batched
rapidly open the fort of Chinchilla, which he carried nn
the morning of the 18th. The occupation of this for-
tress is of groat consequence to oar communicatiou with
th• kingdom of Murcia.
" General Bourck has informed his Royal Highness of
the investment of Cornnna, which was effected on the
115th inst. The troops of his division, after having suc-
cessively mastered all the positions which •snrround and
command the place, obliged the enemy to shut himself
up n ithin the walls.
" His Royal Highness has a'so received the important
news of the taking of Lorca, by the sound corps of the
aarny, under the ceders of General Molitor. On the
morning of the 13th, our troops captured this fortress by
a brave comp de main.
(Signed) " Octudtmllsoe.
" Head quartets, !Stealth], July 20th, 1823."
TWENTY-FOURTH BULLETIN.
" Heart qnstters, Madrid, July 22. 1823
" Lieutenant lioneral Count Bourck states, That on the
13th lie set out for Lugo. At Betanzos, on the 14th, his
advanced guard made some prisoners, among whom was
an Mt. le-camp of Quiroga. On the 15th, at 3 o'clock
i r the morning, be marched on Comm; and re este-
Wished the bridge of Burgo with such celerity that the
w ule troops had passel over before midday. At one
o'clock they encountered the advanced posts of the enemy
wieirli occupied the heights that command the place, ant
drove them in at the point of the bayonet. The Spaniards
were afterwards successively driven from all their posi-
tions, and forced to abet themselves op within the
walls of the town, 1,,t;;!. notwitlistaoding a constant
cAnnonadef-urn the horsed's, was completely invested on
the had side by foe, o'claCk.

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