The Sun. — 1822-08-15 (London, England)

CORONERS' INQUESTS.  t7RDEn..-Last night an. Inquest, which had been twice adjourned, touching the death of James Murty, who died on rri-daylastin.4t. Bartholomew's Hospital, in consequence of wounds lie receivatin an affray with a man named Gantly, last Saturday night tt;ree weeks, at the Coopers Arms, West Smithfield, was resumed before T. Siiip..TON:, Esq. and a most respectable Jury, in the COunnittee-room at the Hospital. About 30 witnesses were examined,. the majority of whom stated that some animosity existed between the deceased and Candy; that they had fought before the night of the fatal affray at the Coopers' Arms Alone, and having met there on that night, Michael Mealy_,- who was in company with the deceased, advised him to go away., which he was proceeding to do, but that Gantly intercepted hint in the passage and struck him,' and that a man. named Michael Cline held his hands whilst Gantly kept beating him' about the head, and another man, named Thomas tio:inre,"kept the people away, and prevented their giving any attStitatici't the deeetised, till he was covered all Over• with bloOdffront,nunierout wounds on his head ; and when they let go AL4r,hold he fell,. and whilst down-was kicked bz SOnie of the Witnesses Swore that Gantly had some instrument with`Which he wounded the deceased. Others swore they had not seen any such instrument; that it was a fair battle, ant . Clines and CloYne only kept an open. space for them to fight, but never touched the deceased. Mr. Wheeler: the house surgenri;- said the' deceased had ten ationcli upon 'the head ; some wero art inch long anti three' quarters of. an inch deep ; hut the chief Wqn.rul, which was on the left side of the forehead,penetraledtif scull. He could not discover any facture; he thraight suelywOunds might be prod-need by a man's fist, and' -had no d,oubt-hut the internal iniurT was the,eause of his deathThe ury ',found a _verdict of " Murder. agains t Gan and a74-erniet'of " Marislan Otter. against ClineS hnd Clovne." SiticinE.—An Inquisition was held yesterday at the house of Mrs. Miason, the sign of the Crown, in Leigh-street, Red Lion-square; before Ti-iti;',las STIRLINO, Esq., Coroner,. on viEW Of the body of'Herbert Brace, Esq., an elderly gentleman of independent fortune, who put a-period to. his existence by hanging himself-in the house of Mr. Birch, coal-merclumt„ in that street. It appeared that the deceased; who had a house in Brighton, ettine.tolown afew days ago on visit to his brother, who lodges in the house of Mr. Birch, and since his arrival in town he showed symptoms of mental derangement. On Monday morning, not coming down stairs to breakfast, his brother and-the servant-maid repaired to his man 50 knote if he was unwell, and there found him suspended by a handkerchief and shawl from the bed tester, quite dead and cold, having apparently hung -for several hours. The Jury, after hearing the evidence, returned a verdict--' That he came to his death by hanginghimself, being at the time in a state of temporary mental derangement." DREADFUL AccIDENT,r-Yesterday morning an inquisition was taken before Mr. Unwin, the Coroner, at the White Hart, Ilooper's-square, Goodman's Fields, on view of the body of John hoops, aged 19. The deceased was a German, and worked at the sugar-house of Mr. Rhodes, Hooper-square. Ile was employed, with others, at' three o'clock yesterday morning, in moving lump sugar from the ground floor of the sagar.house to another floor, which was accomplished by means of a rope with a noose, into which the loaves were put. Several were removed in this manner; but in one instance the loaf becoming diitengand; unfortunately fell from a height of about twenty feet on the deceased's head, and killed him on the spot. Verdict—Accidental Death.  SINGULAR ,DEATlL—Yesterday an inquest was held at the Monster Tavern, 'Willow-walk, St. George's in the West, before A. GELL, Esq. Coroner for Westminster, on the body of James Matthews, a boy whose parents live in that place, and who about a week back had been imitating the Indian Jugglers, in svttallowing a sword. Some of his school-fellows attempted to dissuade him from it, when he swallowed a black lead pencil, and it stopped in the passage to the stomach, and could not be removed till he died on Monday. Verdict—" Accidental Death.",