Coroner's Inquest.
The Times, 1824-11-03T00:00:00

An inquest was yesterday bolden at the Georgo public-hDbuse, Se. John's-street-road, hefore T. STTIRLING. Esq., Coronerfe,r Mlfiddlk- sex, on viewy of the body of Elizabeth Bright, who lived as ser- vant in the family of Mr. Tyrer, watch-maker, S2. Northamptor- street, Clerkenwell. John Hines, of No. 21, City.garden.place, watch-maker, saw de- ceased at MWr. Tyrer's house on the day of her engagement (Friday.> She exhibited no extraordinary m3rks of dejection during the shore period of her sty in the house. On the same night. about a quarter after 10 o'cloek, Mrs. Tyrer sent witness down to the kitchen, and, observed that deceased appeared to be in a dving state. She was lying on the carpet, with a wash-hand basin besiae her into 1hich. sbe was vomiting. Witness weent, by order of M rs.;yvcr, for a surgeon, whe administered medicine for her relief, and introduced a polson-machine into the stomach. Deceased expired in about 3t> hours after. Prior to her deatb deceased confessed to wituc-s thet she had purchased twopentiv-worth of oil of vitriol att the shop of' Air. Nicholls, chymist, St.'John's-strect. AMr. Docker, No. 5, George-place, SL John.strcet-road. surgeon, was called to attend deceased on the above-trentioned evening: she threw up a large quantity of black matter, which proved on ex- amnination to be sulphuric acid * witness introduced an elastic ttihe, attached to a powerful syringe, iFto the stomach, and injected a pint of alkaline solution; a poison or stomach-syringe was then pro- c1teO_ and the whole was extracted, and a quantity of milder solu- tion wa. in.jected in order to puritg the intestines from any re- mains ot ti. drug deceased was then almost in an erect pos- ture, and dirirn the operation, she 2as delivered of a male cildl, whicl was taLen up dead; there was no doubt but tbtt the infant had been bora vitri life, but it expired almost instan- taneously; *reasures were propptly taken to effet Tesuscitation. but witliout effect. Prier to the Sfrz7., of the child, witness had no reason to suppose that the woman wac 1Pregnant: her stays, which he (witnems) cut, were very tightly laced, ah.9 all her clothes drawn close to the body, soas to ptevent exposure of r situation. Before the extraction of the poison, she hag no power.Pf utterance, but after being somewhat relieved, witness charged her wi!h taking that she should not have vtken, but she stron.rlv denied havigc done an: but on the queStion beinv pressed, she admitted that she bhd, anOl pointed to a corner behind ker, where a phial bottle was fo.Qd- containing some small remans of sulphuric acid, of which it AP% peared she had swallowed two ounces. When asked what could have induced her to forts so desperate a deternination, she merely 'replied, " I wished to die ;" but did not thea signify any pasticuhr cause ofiinquietunle. Harret Hall, who lived as fellow-servaant with the deceased at her last place (Mrs. Emmett's, 124, SL. John-trect), described deceased as a young woman of avery high flowof spirits, but somewl;at prtid ! or independent in her temnper. She has known lier uot to go out oL the house for tbree months t.ogether; never knew ber to drink, cr keep the company of men. John Hities (t first witness), being re-examined, statedl. that tl-e deceased confessed to him that the father of her cbild was Richl&d Thomas. of No. 4, Jerusalem-court, St. John-street. a lad only i6 years old. She, however, did not seem to speak of this pason in a reproachful inanner. The Jury seemed to have some doubts as to the verdict they shanuld return, as there was no direct proof of mental derangement, and some were inclined to think that the destruction of the infant alone might have been the object contemplated, and shoud therefore be eml-raced in their verdict in some shape. The Coroner. however, told them they had but one question to determine-whether or not she was in sound mind at the time she committed suicide ? If they considered that she was not, tben their verdict would be " Temporary derangement ;" and if, on the con- trary, it appeared to them that she was not labouTing under such abstraction of intellect, then thev must makle a record of Pdo-de-se. After some further consideration, the former verdict was recoeded -Intanity. CORONER'S JNQUS T.