The Sun. — 1841-11-24 (London, England)

FATAL OCCURRENCE NEAR DIS LEY, CHESHIRE.  On Saturday last an inquest was held at the White Horse Inn, on the body of John Emery, aged 64, a schoolmaster of Disley. The Rev. Roger Kent, incumbent of. Disley, said : I was with the deceased, John Emery, in Stockport, on Thusday last. I went to the Court-house, and we afterwards met at the Warren Bulkeley Aims Inn. The deceased was a schoolmaster at Disley. We finished our business at perhaps a quarter to three o'clock in the afternoon, and came together on the way home. We came along the road together to the top of Disley Wood, or Bowdler Brow, as it is sometimes called. It was then about six o'clock, and not quite dark. We could, perhaps, see about ten or a dozen yards before us. When we got to this place we heard the sound of wheels in the distance, upon hearing which the deceased said, " Mr. Kent, I feel rather tired; I have walked round by Marple today, which has made the journey about twenty minutes longer than it would have been ; here is Jordan Bradbury's car coming up now; have you any objection to ride into Disley ? I said to him we would get in by all means, and while this conversation was going on the vehicle we first heard coining of course drew nearer. We had previously been walking in the middle of the road, but when the vehicle came up we separated. I went to the right-hand, and the deceased to the left. When the gig came up with us, I held up my hand for the driver to stop, believing it to be Jordan Bradbury's. Seeing that the person did not stop, however, I turned to follow it, when I beheld the deceased, John Emery, right in front of the gig, with both hands up, and a stiek in one of them. The person in the vehicle, however, did not stop, but dashed on, and the deceased was by this means thrown to the ground a little on one side to the right. It was all done in a moment, and all that I heard the deceased say afterwards was, "Oh dear l" As soon as I saw that he had been knocked down I ran after the gig, and shouted to the driver, " Holloa, you Sir, do you see what you have done ?" But the person drove on and increased his pace. Finding that I could not overtake the gig, nor make any impression on the driver, I ran back to where Emery was. He was lying on hisback in the middle of the road. I got hold of his coat collar, and called to him, but he did not answer. In fact, he was quite insensible, and I therefore endeavoured to remove him, but could not. I then went to Mr. Worrali's' the nearest house, to obtain assistance. The deceased was brought in a coach to White Hase, in Disley, and medical aid procured; but he survived the accident only ten minutes. Upon inquiry it appeared that the party in the gig was Mr. James Ingham, of the firm of Ingham and Gates, of the New Mills, and that he had driven on in the way described, being under the impression that witness and deceased were robbers. When informed of the real circumstances of the case he was very much distressed. The Jury returned a verdict of " Homicide by misadventure," with a deodand of one shilling on the shaft of the gig. Mr. Ingham announced that he would give the widow of deceased an annuity for life, the amount to be decided by two of the Jury.