The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-04-29 00:00:00

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k. WOMAN KILLED BY A COW

" An inquest was held on Tuesday last, before P. F. Currie,
Esq., coroner, to inquire touching the circumstances which
led to the death of Charlotte Robinson. The deceased was
the wife of Henry Robinson, a leading waiter, belonging to
the Customs at this port, and residing at Salisbury-terrace

Her death was occ

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.oad, on Saturday afternoon

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Sunday evening

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road, with a
bandbox in her hand. A cow was passing up the road at
the time, driven by a man. The men appeared exhausted.
He was walking by the side of the cow, which was close to
the footwalk. lie struck the cow on its side with his stick
to keep it more in the road. The deceased was a short dis-
tance in advance of the animal, which rushed forward, put
down its head, caught with its horn by her legs, and threw
her up. She fell head foremost on the footwalk. A gentle-
man named Farrell carried her into his house, and sent im-
mediately for medical assistance. Witness went to see her,
and found her insensible. Means were used to bring her
round. Witness saw her a short time before she died,
which took place on Sunday night. The cow did not appear
to be a wild one. The man,who was driving it only touched
it slightly to keep it from the footwalk, when it started off
with its head down.
Eliza Farrell stated, that she was the wife of John Beckett
Farrell, of London-road. On Saturday afternoon last she
was sitting in her shop and looking through the door-way,
when she saw the deceased up in the air, and saw her fall
down on the pavement. She saw a cow close by, but did not
see it throw the deceased up. She screamed, and her hus-
band went to the assistance of the deceased, and carried her
irate the shop. She was insensible. A surgeon was sent for
immediately, who used such means to restroe her as he
thought necessary, but she never rallied. She lingered till
the following night, when she died. The height from which
she fell was about six or seven feet.
John Beckett Farrell, husband of the last witness, stated,
that on Saturday afternoon he heard his wife screaming, and
on going to see what was the matter, saw the deceased lying
in the streat on the flags. He went and raised her up, and
carried her into his house. She was insensible. He sent for
a surgeon, who continued td attend her till she died.
Mr. Edwin Edwards, surgeon, stated, that he was called
to the deceased on Saturday afternoon last, and found her
insensible, with symptoms of concussion of the brain. He
used the usual remedies, -but could not produce re. action.
He continued to attend her, but.she never rallie, and died
on the following evening. He had no doubt herd death was
caused by effusion of serum on the brain, arising from con-

cussion.
Joseph Webster stated, that he resided in Webster-street.
He occasionally drives beasts for Mr. Sharp, cattle-dealer,
Low-hill, and the cow that ran at the deceased is his pro-
perty. On Saturday last Mr. Sharp sent witness to take a
cow from Thomas Molvneux's shippon to his (Mr. Sharp's)
place at Low-hill. While going along London-road, he
saw the deceased going on before him with a red shawl on
her. The cow was in the carriage-road, but was going on to
the footwalk when he touched her with a stick. She did not
increase her speed, but went against the deceased and flung
her up with her horns. The cow then wheeled round and
ran away back to the shippon whence she had been brought,
where he went to her and made her fast. The cow had left
the shippon quietly enough, and did not appear to be restive,
Richard Oscar, keeper of a beer-house in London-road.
stated that he was at the window of his house on Saturday
last, when he saw the last witness driving a cow up London-
road ; and as the road was very dusty, he called him to take
a glass of ale. He went to the window and had a glass of ale.
He was not at the window a quarter of a minute.
The jury found a verdict accordant with the evidence—that
the deceased had, by misfortune, been tossed by a cow,
which caused a mortalconcussion of the brain ,of which she died.