Coroner's Inquests.
The Times, 1824-11-24T00:00:00

On Monday eveningartin washed beforc Mr. iEGaL,ote of the Coroners for WVestmnster, at the Qdeen's.head, Duke'. court, bow-street, upon the body of Mqr. Thomas Pastttr, .wh diedat that house on the previous -Saturdav. It appeared from the evidence of Air. lovaa, thelandlord ?d GeorgelByrop, the waiter of the Qieen'ia.head, thathtlieseeised whow as an extremely respectable and floe-looking man,-aboat 0i5 years of age, came to that housec an Wedneatday evening it, sXd requested to have a bed, at the' -same- time reminding Mr. Boaen thatthehad slept there a few nights -snne timebefore. -ietosk' 3sote moderateref?eahmenytXnd,vent tobed, aadlay-unfl turoi'chec thefollowingafternoon. On Thursday night he aaA9 ne?,-nd did not rise until three o'clock. On Friday night be toolatwcoqlWiw of spirits and wAter, and ritired to bed! perfectv sober, -YN'fi6iCo wai seen of him, until after seven o'clock the .following. evdo.... wvhen' Air. Bower wondering tharthe should continue in bed toiucs an extremely late boir, sent the-aiter up to caU hhu. The waiter knocked at the door, but receiving nD answer he entered tisetoom, and found the unfortuanate man in bed apparenty intlfir, Heta lying on his side perfectly senseless, and the bed coverzsss piartl- off, os though he had been struggling. The waitertook hold of his hand, which felt cold, and the- only indict6tdil he Mgve that life wast not quite extinct was .a aeep gro'n, follie7d, by a rattling in the threat. The -waiter called lis master, who instantly procured the attendance of Mr. Cole, a ztgeOrr In Great Rasssell-atreet, who administered sonhe iairm bhindy1 and water, whichi appeared to have a slight efhesct, and be, returned to order somenmealicine; but before hisasnstaxttouldprc- pare it, the deceasel had breathed his last. DIr. Bowent cadtied t-he: necessary offices to be perfornmed to the corpwse; and. searching the' Pockets of the deceased, be found soaue papers, by whichhe learzed, that his name wasTho2nas Pasturand thiathis housew-s "inBThIie water-square, Barbican. A messaLge was-cnt there, and in a shat tinme the Wie of the deceased, with a friend, came to the Quen'a ead in a state of .nind trulydistressing. - rs. Pastur, iemnediate- Iy upon hearing the m lancbooly intelli.ence, expressed an opinion that her husband had poisoned bijmelt. She informed Alr. BaEa.= that her husband had. absented himself without any cause that she knew of, and that he had done the name thinig twice before. 'r. Cole was examined, before the Jury as-to the cause of the dea,th of the deceased. In answer to questions frdm the Jury, ha 3saicd there was no a appearance of apoplexy nor of piosan. If apoa. plexy had been ~the cause, -he would have been feund on his ba3j and there wouldhavebeenotherappea=ance indicativeofthatfstafl malady. Death might have beenoccsionod byeomeafectionsfthe heart, bat he could not ascertain the cauee withoat an erautiaix of the body. Mir. John Taylor, of 25L, Tottenhama-court-..ad, stated that the deceased was in partnershfp with him in a silk-aLnufactory in Al oorfields. He knew that he had before absented hjrzself tten home fir some days together. He appeared at times raucu depressed in spirits, but from wrhat cause witnes coul act imagine. He had a most amiaole vwfe and dautghter, and a home as comfortable as a man coild desire, *nd the Zitness ha. nio idea that he could be at all embarrassed in his circumstancen. When he left hornehe had but a shilling in his pocket, and tbeyhad learned that oaiThursday night lst he had cOaled at his butcher's and order-d a tongue to be sent horne, and at the same time Iw. rowedl 5s. This was all the evidence, and the Jury, having been asled by the Coroner if they wished to pursue the inquiry further, repliedL in the negative, and returned a verdict." Died by the viaitatioo of God." Another inquest waslseld yesterday evening, at seven o'clock- be fore TRossAs SHELTO2, Esq., coroner, and a very respetable jury, at the workhouse in Donnin ' -alley, Bishaopsgarcstrect., ort view of the body of John Henry srankve. The Juary, after the3- had been empanelled, went to see the boily,wnich presented a most appalling spectacle, the top of the skull being completely of, aad the eyes gashing out of their sockets. The only impereant evidence was that of Captain Thoms Talbot Harrington, who deposed that he resides at No. 8, Devonshire. square: the deceased was his servant, and entered his emplov at Ba_ tavia in the month of larch last. The deceased applied fIr the si- tuation the night previoup to his sailing for England. He seas oi' exceedingly genteel appearance, so imuch se that witness conceived that he would not be calculated to fill the situation he applied for, as- he would be necessitated to work very hard on board the vessel, which was from Holland. Witness told himlt he would have'to cook and do dirty work. The deceased, who appeared to be labouring under a depression of spirits, said that he felt arnions to go to, ERgland, and wages would be of little object. Witness wsm to give him ten dollars a month. Whilst the deteasse was on board, he performed his work well, and proved himself ainost excellentservant. Ife was always very reserved, and reldoni spoke to any body in the ship. 'itness frequently inquired of himn the cause of his dejection, but he never accounted forit. When orders were given for sailing, the depression of spirits in the deceased - seemed gradually to sink; until they became m the most pitiab'e condition, whenever employed at any thing, he wgas always Ia tears and indulging in lamentations; and whenever hevas questio.n d upon the sub-ect, he always avoided answering tle questions. In his fits of anguish, he would fix his eyes towards the spot froni which he had depaited (Batavia), andoccsionalvy woold regret that ever be had left it; and whhde in profound grief he would implate the ca Rtani of the vessel to ship haim in some vessel. that was bound for that country; and it' it hid been possible to have done so, witness would have done it, as he felt assared that, the- de- ceased had been driven from Batavia by some ciremastance which was as yet enveloped in mystery. Witness, hnwerer. had to Loubt but it was a love afsiiir that weighed on his niind,in consequence of having examined his trunk after his death. In it we-re fouMxd miniatume of a beautiful young lady, a handkerchief witb sevenul peculiarly tied knots, a pair of costly bracelets, a pair of lady's tilk stockings, and a lock of dark hair, and sonic documents which wernz to show that he had had the management of?ne-.of-the ap7an.tSln- np the country, and spokc in the highest terms ofthedeceased'ist.. raeter. This discovery went to strengthen the impression sn Wimasa' mind that the deceased's connexions were of respectability. The deceased continued with him on his arrival in England, ad- comn miserating his condition, be treatedI kiin with every kindness, and A10, not exactly treat him nas a nenial; but still the mind'oi the poar fellow seemed to be equally embarrassed, as he scarcely ever spoke, and seemed happy when he was secladed frnm society. TheCaptaix adled, that although the deceased was a superior rcsron, he never had a better servant; and whilst on the voyage to thms country be ab. stained from liquor. lie hail no doubt but hereafter the mystery in which the case of the deceased was at present enveloped would be explIn'ed. bTeJury returned a verdict " That the deceased committed t.eb act while labouring under temporary draagernent." COPO2YRI'S rYQLT'SgTg.