The Statesman. — 1818-01-20 (London, England)

RIADIRICS -INQUES7. • Tasterday.eren* a Coroner's Inquest was beta at 'lbs. Cheshire a pnialia-house, ,io Howard. E slyeet, Nor(olh.s ;* , Loth, Straitkon.theibody df jolin Brown, who wes. Need deed at-shedder of Win, 9PtrOanty,a Navy Agent, rearling.ia Norfolk-street, on.sunday night last. The .I.ndeseel: was held Wore gum !Awls, Esq., at seven o'cjaalt.. •.• a, • • The principal witness reamiaerl.was George Fisher, of Besotted:Linn, Holborn,- .who.•waa,thee in. ate boom of Mr. Ommaney. ..He stated,lhat cm Seeder evening las!, shoat eight o'clock* be opened the street door for Ike Respray of .going as • a ,misseg• for hit mister, and band that .deteasettlying witit,bla bath on the step of the door, sod billsead against therloor., : He at first thought that tba men was istioakated4:bet fiediag:ho did. aoteloto, Ins sent fur a light, which :having procnvtdt.he fund that the man •was dead. , . Mr. John Paterooater. who-lived hearty opposite Mr. Ounnanity, its. Norfelk.street, was•called,eaa to render medical assistance, and he foetid the dammed lying neer, to Mr...omemoey's doorway. lie examined the body, and foatsdlbat the .cause of death • arose from a bullet which had .passed -froze his jaw to tbe.top of his bead, and :through the- hat. Mr. John Reeve, a. liosseholdm in Dulte.street, Westminster, deposed, that he. knew. the deceased well, and that. he woman itimatein his house far many years. Within the last seven or eight months a great change hod taken place its his mind,. sad:then were evident sigas of insanity.: He bellesettitarms chief,. ly. . from domestic occurrences. • On.fotillayTeveaing last the deceased left hithowse at half-peat, six, after havingdrsek tee, apparently. very mucladereoged• -is bis mind, and beforo.,ha went be declarod.that- his 11 heart was•broken. He was ghost alsty.yeuc.ofege. Mr. .Robert, Harding. Evans, the bookseller, of Pallinutll. confirmed the statement of Mr..l4deref as to the insanity of the deceased.. ;He bad.knesahieb for twenty‘fiee years., and .uniil•w ithin tholast•twelve. Aeembe be , woe a roan of. acuacommoalyekraog and *dross mind. In Jane last helobseattad, a ve4y. great change in Ms mind. . At thatamehe sent a lot-, ter to. Lord Liverpool, writtonilerevery.wildand imooherent• manner, declaring ids, wish .to . resign. I,* ';pus is eonsetptence•ofdamesticaisforteoes.-A . abort lima before the present aufootatiatit traumatise bleabroma time iota his, shop,osod span seeing Ammo§ et a suicide -12'41m ,Pepeashanals. and said_tbat be lisped that 'mould sot be his ,  dgasseilodliat ire* Waal" . • deputy clerk •ia •  itmoir 41s. Cooper, • vrniiikoevflfilliNt,  4,=l:ice**7  i~  kNOSNAW v  ,un.--kbiker wed  ......aoseemitteen,tharged by, 4 Doom Wet „witlnhoningesueeitesileee, modeelibit following aggravatins.citumstanoisi— . The. Complainant, tehoss former situation in Ilk Merit from lift foreseer, obtaingi :tins' lite 'Ward Isqloost aneittettopne thiPtifeirdantihr loaves, Aare ben* orinev•rule in each fined fOll ACCasi*Dal: difilibOtion of bleed •to those rho peered .to be deserving objects. The order wow complied with to .a certain estent, but when the Complainant desired tbit it should be completed, a 'Meet refusal was kit's, upon the • gitfundstisit she was indebtetto theDefentlaut 4s. Alvend that'll 44. Was the time she should britieponsible.-- Prieekeiss to , this application, the. woman .declared moue isad Imes made to her upon the subject. Her husband medt some objection to one of the lollies deli's:red accord. ing to order, and sent bee tole," KC-hinged, b* when ewe mentioned • the objection,' sad refusedt leava,tbe ehop emit her request should be g ,the Complainant shosed bar oat, and etruck her i • the face with a violence that left its mark. The Lord Maion said, the baker, was culpable in two instances i first, for haring made the 'order Irons , the Foremen of the Ward subservie'nt to a trassittion with which it had nothing toile; bud secondly; for having made so cowardly an await- open defenceless woman. Hil" Lordship' recommended that the Defendant should make up matters *as well as he could, to prevent the case from being brought before the Session. • • • The besbaed of the Complainant said, he end his wife would be satisfied if the Defendant gave something to a charity. The Loan MAYOR replied, that if any pecuniary arrangement took place, the 'Complaisant • 'should have the benefit. The parties retired,and an Officer soon after stated that the matter was settled. • 110W-