The Sun. — 1823-01-25 (London, England)

SUICIDE.  Thursday evening at T. STIPILTSG, Esq., at the house of Messrs. Sumestreet Co4erell, Oxford-street, on the body of Mr. Thomas Ste t Inquest was held hefe street, aged 27, a silversmith and pawnbroker residing diet John Williams, shopman to Messrs. Stonestreet an tereil, deposed that he had of late observed many an nary things about deceased, his conduct had been very stroan he frequentl ordered them to do one thing, and in a d t afterwards coy ntradicted it. On Tuesday night, about halt been absent since half-past eight ; eleven o'clock, he let the deceased in perfectly sober, he locked the street door and afterwards went into his lien, t," was in the shop. Deceased shortly afterwards came pis.,; taking up a bunch of keys, proceeded to unlock the a U. and took something out, but what, witness could not (sitarY2 passing by the bed again, he, as usual, wishedbiln when he was let good night, and then went up stairs. Witness thout: conduct very strange in unlocking the windote--1 stance he never did before. On the foilowisg 071", (Wednesday) about five or ten minutes past eightz. went up as usual into deceased's bed-room far died and found the door wide open ; on going in, i ec not there; thinking he might be in the water-closet, in that direction, but found the door leading to It ld he then went into a room leading to the ch:'"of but could not see the deceased there, on account he shutters being closed ; thinking his se'areh frt"ess'cr quainted the fotetnan, who desired him to look 111°__ cularly in the drOwing room, and opened the shutteri so, he saw the deceased sitting in an arm chair, with IT. sidering him to be asleep, he went up, leaning on the table, and his head resting on his kan',lL. he thought that to be the case. Witness was hattedo 'f1;; wake him, on going into the drawing-room heltd nouv., the shoulder, took him by the arm, and at last loud ; finding he could not make the deceased move, fq:""; round and saw a pair of _pistols lying on the table (,'s loaded), and a bottle half full of laudanum labellea' then considered he had taken part of it, a sent for who came within ten minutes. Mr. Jonas Hall Pope, of Somersetsurgeon, stated, that he had been in the ceased professionally for some years past, not required his attendance for some in He was called on Wednesday mornini see the deceased, who was then in a and told thern found a bottle half full of laudanum, it was manifest that deceased had sr. Witness rendered him every assistance di vomiting was produced, and the content: mined, from which it plainly appeared taken ; finding it was of no use to offer ness left him about twelve ; circulation , sided, although his breathing was good ; hours afterwards. Witness did not know the state of deceased's stomach, but fron he certainly must have taken more than laudanum ; deceased, he saki was not ii laudanum from him, but 51Mohnson of the Jury) could explain it. Ilr. Johnson said decased had been a. he had had laudanum before of him for poisons for jewellery ; and he had no I where he knew the persons. James Charles Hay, foreman to D. Cotterell, stated, that on Tuesday even came home, a brilliant ring lay in the nests, and which could not have gone that evening ; witness was surprised whi dead in the room to find die ring on hilefir firm belief the deceased took it. The' talk about his affairs apparently much believed was in consequence of a r business, and his having lost a very a money the deceased lost was his father quently talk about it very vehement' lately fallen into great depression of mid The Jury being satisfied, viewed the the drawing-room ; beside the deceased Porteus's Commentaries on Death ;"—" whom every Foe forsakes;"-.." I woo tl passage, it appeared he had recently bi return into the Jury Room, the Carol dence, and the Jury, after a short con: verdict--" That the deceased put an en: taking laudanum, being at the time mental derangement.  On Friday last, Sir JAMES MA been observed in the passage of of the Court Session, the Lord the Court that Sir JAMES sho, within the Bar, which was df and Sir JAMES took his sea