Middlesbrough & Stockton Gazette and General Advertiser. — 1874-08-20 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

EXTRAORDINARY SCENE AT AN IRISR INQUEST. . .  A most extraordinary. scene took place at a coroner's inquest in Dublin on Friday last. The inquest was an adjourned one on the body of a pauper named Donegan, who died in the Holyhead boat while being removed from Liverpool to Ireland under an order of the Brownlow Hill Guardians. On the first day of the inquest some of the jury censured the coroner, Dr. Waite, his son (who had held the post martem examivation), and Mr Seaton, the removing officer—who, the Foreman said, ought to be charged with murder. Yesterday only ten jurors attended. Scarcely had the jurors taken their places in the box, when the Forman, Patrick Murphy, addressing the Coroner, inquired if there were any representatives of the press present. The Coroner: Yes. The Foreman: I want to ask you, Mr Coroner, is it proper that a communication should be carried on between a representative of the press and a penon who will probably be charged with ;the murder of deceased? (No answer.) The Foreman: Because if there are, I shall ask them to take down verbatim et liberating everything that occurs. Mr Bean, solicitor, for Mr Seatan, rem wing "Aker— You must not dictate to the gentlemen of the press. The Foreman—l sin not dictating. I was requesting them to do it; and if they don't, we shall tek down every word that is Tittered ourselves. The Corener—Unless this enquiry is conducted with more decency than on the previoes day, I shalt feel it my duty to adjourn. The Foreman—With more decency than you manifested. After some further conversation with the Jury, the Foreman asked why they were not prete.eiling with the iequiry. The Coroner—Because you are not a jury. There are two men wanting to comnlete our number. The Foreman—We do not know by ilose influence those men were kept away. Do you know their addresses? (No answer.) A Juror What are your powers, Mr Coroner, in case those men do not attend? The Coroner—l know that myself. The Foreman —We want to know it too. (No answer.) The Coroner handed Mr Seaton the informations which he hail given on the previous day, that he might read them over before signing them. The Foreman: Yeti said that the proceedings had not commenced. Hare you any power to carry on the business in the way you are doing? The Coroner: I shall now adjourn this inqn:ry. Several jurors : 'fill when? (No answer.) A juror: Won't you tell us till when the inquiry is to be adjourned, and are the public to hear no more of this important matter? You had plenty of time to conclude the investigation on he previous day, but you did not choose to applyyourselves to your duty. The Foreman: Do you know the address of the jurors? The Coroner inquired of the constable in attendance, who stated that he did not know where the absent jurors resided. [Here the foreman whistled significantly.] The Foreinan : We were a properly constituted jury to conduct the investigation. Vie want to know when this inquiry is to be resumed? The coroner—l shall tell you nothing, but that I now adjourn this inquiry. The Foreman—lf we are not told when the inquiry is to be resumed, we will onleaving this proceed to ecime place where we will draw up a full statement of the case, which we will circulate in the papers. Several Jarots—We will.— The Foreman —We lo not think the coroner is in any shape or form acting as he ought. The other jurors unanimously agree with me that this is the most disgraceful transaction that ever occurred in a civil country, and is a disgrace to the country to which it could occur. We think that this is the last time that you (the coroner) should occupy the chair. Both you and your son are a disgrace to the profession that you occupy, and you have acted disgracefully in interfering with a regular jury sworn to inipire into the circumstances of this case. Mr Kane, solicitor: —Summon him for that language. The proceedines then terminated, and the jury withdrew, headed by the foreman, still loudly abusing the coroner.  CHARGE CV CUTTING A Bov's TONGUE IN Two. —At the Bolton Police-court on Saturday, a rag and bone gatherer, named James Murphy, residing in Black Horse-street, charged with cutting and wounding James Bradley, a boy five years of age, by cutting his tongue, was committed to take his trial at the next Manchester Assizes.  MANSLAUGHTER AT MIDbLESBROUGH. -