Coroners' Inquests.
The Times, 1824-12-31T00:00:00

An inquest was held yeaterday ovbaag, before T. SriEtLTO- El<, at the Swan.-withTvto-Ne , L-L e, on the bDy oF James lrarnard. It aIpear Ofevideace, that as the ostler w7as leading the horses tf the dolyhee.d JAail onL of the yard of the above inn on Wednesday evenring, thedeteased was standing on the pavement opposite the atelvay. The coachman who vas oa the box, before he stirred from the yard, sent u man out to see if azy carriages were in the way. leatiing the meatanger call out, " Allo right," he drove out steadily; but while turning the corner, he ob. served the deceased staggereng, (whether in consequence of being struck by the splinter bar, or of tengh., he could not say), and before he was able to pull up the horscs, the deceased fell under the coach wheels, one of which passed over him. He was conveyed into the house, and surgical aimd procured; but he died in a few minutes- Verdict.-Arcideta D13eath.-Deodand on the coach-whees 20s. After the verdict, the CORowEn requested the attendance of BTr Waterhouse, to whora he stated that the gentlemen of the jary htad requested him to desire his men jauld use a little more caution ilk drawing the coaches oat of the i-yard, and to send a man out to see that there were no infirm foot-;aseegcrs io the way. Mr. Waterhouse said he took alithe care he could. COtonEn.-If you had done aO in this instance, the por mnals' death might have been preven'd. Mr. Waterhoase.Il can't 'ieep_eight or ten people to look after the foot-passengers. CoRoNEI._But it is your duty to do it, Sir. Yo4 are not to en. danger the lives of His M7jesty's subjecta in carrying on your bust. ness. I hope the next time an accident of thin cort occurs, the jary will fix a deodand on the coach and 'horsen. M hir. Waterhouse said, every precaution should in fature be taken. On Wednesday evening an inquest was beld before TrEsoss h IGGS, Esq., at the Prince of Wales T'avsrn, K.esington-.gre, ot the body of Edward Snowball, Esq., a gentleman 54 years of age. Tne deceased, it appeared, had been separated froro his wifie (it was not stated at whose instance) in. September laigtt and lived dince them with another female, named Charlotte Smith. About a fortnight ago he took twe ounces of opium, which Surgeon Antrace, of Mien- sington, was fortunate enough to remeove friom his rtomach in time to save his life. The.deceased being taken very I, however, againi on Tuesday, Surgeon Antrace was sent for, to whom, after first de- nying it,ie confessed he bad swallowed two tea-spoon-falls of arsanic in a glass of porter, at the Camden A rmn, ori the road, that morniag. A paper, containing arsenic, aund a razor, were found in his troaserF. poclet. He took every thing in the iay of antidoe that the atur- geon prescribed for him, but to nopurpere: be expired between five and six &clock in the evening. His mmd had been preyed upon by pecuniary circumstances for sorne time past; and in a letter -rhich he wrotc to M r. Gould. of the Camden Armsa, and in another left in his desik, addressed to Miss Smith, he coplained of having suf- fered the most inveterate and nualidoas persecution from -his wife andl her two brothera, Mr. John Tweedy, banker, at York, and Captain George Tweedy, lately returned f&om Bombay; and to thiR eatnse he attributed the fatal act wiich he sa uow ti The dteceased was described as a man of mild disposition. Verdict -InSa11ty. CoRONBR_ INQUESTS.