The Sun. — 1844-04-22 (London, England)

CORONER—How do you know that she was not a married woman ? The witness here handed in a letter from a Mr. R. Wears, of. Chase-green, Enfield, *high tended to show she was not. Constant—Do you know whether this elderly gentleman filled any situation to support himself and the deceased ? Witness—ln the London Docks ; a very important situation she told me. Juror-I,ow, did you ever hear her say anything about her pTrents? Witness—Yes, sir, she used to remark that she would give the world if she could but find her father and mother.:.  Henry Blythe, police-constable 302 K, deposed to the finding of the body in the middle of the new-cut of the river Lea, at Limehouse, on Friday morning, about five o'clock. She had a bonnet on, and had been turned up by a barge passing over her. The CORONER observed that it not only was a distressing case, but one of very singular character. Respecting the early life of the deceased they had nothing to do; the cause of death being the part of their inquiry. It appeared almost evident that the deceased had destroyed herself, but still there was no evidence to that fact, and they had better record an open verdict.  The jury expressed themselves fully satisfied that she had committed suicide, but the Coroner pointing out the safe plan of returning _a verdict of " Found Dead," in a case like the present one, they conceded and recorded one in accordance with the Coroner's recommendation.  Mr. Higgs held an inquest at the Carlisle Arms, Queen-street, Soho, on the body of Mr. l3oudry, aged 47, a master watchmaker, of No. 4, Frith street, Soho, who committed suicide under the following circumstances :  Catherine Mills deposed that on Fria), morning her master did not get up at his usual hour, but took, his breakfast in bed. Between 10 and 11 the same morning a gentleman called, and said he wanted to see the deceased. Witness ,communicated that fact to her mistress, who immediately repaired up stairs to inform her husband, but she found the door fastened. She knocked, but receiving no answer, she procured assistance, and had the door broken open, when deceased was found lying on the top of the bed, with a cord tied round his throat, which w4s fastened $o a nail in the wall. There being a surgeon in the house at the time, who had called to sea his brother, he ran up stairs, and endeavoured to restore animation, hut without success, the vital spark having for ever own. Mr. Michael Blood, surgeon, stated that on the morning in question, whilst talking to his brother-inlaw, Mrs. Boudry -raa into the room in a very excited state, and said her husband had locked himself in his room, and she was afraid he had destroyed himself. Witness ran up stairs, and tried to force open the door, but being unable he sent for a carpenter, who broke it open. On entering the room he found the deceased in the state described by the previous witness. He immediately cut him down, but he was quite dead, and appeared to have been so about 20 minutes. George Williams, of Frith-street, said some time back deceased used to live with him. He then made an attempt upon his life by cutting his throat. On that occasion he lost a deal of blood, but being attended to, he ultimately recovered. Witness had not the least doubt but that deceased's mind had become impaired.  Other evidence was given, which proved that the father of deceased also destroyed himself, and that the son was not of sound mind when he committed the act. The jury then returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity." On Friday Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest at the Royal Free Hospital, Gray's Inn-road, on the body of William Horrod, aged sixty, a weather-glass maker, of Yardley-street, Hatton-garden. It appeared in evidence that, on Fi iday week last, deceased, being somewhat intoxicated, entered the Percy Arms, Percy-street, Clerkenwell, and told the landlord that he wanted to go into the yard, to which he knew, he said, the way. Near the yard door in the passage was a door that opened inwards from the cellar stairs, and it being partly open the deceased pushed against it and fell down the steps into the cellar. The barinan, who was at work below, picked him up and brought him to the parlour, and a surgeon was sent for, pending whose arrival deceased rallied and walked home. The next day he became so bad that his medical adviser recommended his removal , to the above hospital, in which he died on Wednesday last, Mr. Thomas Hill, the eminent surgeon gad, of concussion of the Wain, caused by the fall.  The CORONER said this made the fourth inquest 1113° had held on persons coming by their deaths thr°4o having fallen into public-house cellars in consEques of doors opening inwards. If any persons were bOl/nd to use precautions fbr the security of persons math ',cited publicans were, before whose bars and in Iv; it, tap-rooms and parlours people became confused of their sight and mind. Landlords had the 10'3°4 r, guarding against this calamity by causing their eel aci,, doors to be so hung that they would open outvorb;ci and not be liable to open when a drunken man push us against them. He hc.ped the landlord of the Arms would have his cellar-door altered, and pre`ent  a recurrence of a misfortune of this kind.• The landlord, who was present, said he had anitifbie pated the suggestions of the Coroner, and cause° " door to open outwards on the passage. Verdict; "Accidental death." Onest Middlesex,Friday Al heldr.G.la.nMinq illsu,eB Deputy epauttytheComroindedrAinesfel WesttHospital on the body of Wm. Williams, aged, 'leg gentleman's servant. It appeared that deceased out of place, lodged at the Sun public-house, bof don-street, Regent-street, and that being at elubot Odd Fellows on Tuesday evening, he returned a ob, midnight to the Sun slightly intoxicated. iietstwo sequently drank some gin and porter, and shell" 00 o'clock on the following morning he left-the tairtne„4, to retire, he said, to hii bed on the secondingno Five minutes afterwards a fellow-lodger, wan the go into the street found him lying on his face 101 l pavement insensible, and bleeding freely from 'too on the head. He was brought into the ""tifo and a surgeon sent for, who finding that after re. hours' attention he did not rally, ordered lila to moval to that hospital. Evidence was addileindoar show that deceased accidentally fell from a wore of on the second floor landing whilst discharging e'ese the wants of nature from it. Mr. Bishop, the horse Qo surgeon, said deceased was admitted at five o'cloorer Wednesday morning, insensible to external imPter, sions, and he died three' quarters of an hour of aro wards. The causes of death were extensive freetol of the skull and of eight ribs, broken clavicle, 6. ilium, and rupture of the liver.—Verdict, dental death." fir