The stomach was delivered to the medical gentlemen, for annalization, there being no doubt of its containing arsenic. That on the 1st inst. O. HOLWELL, of Plympton, arrived at the Red Lion Inn, at Newport, from Gloucester, and made arrangements for sleeping there and proceeding the next morning to Exeter. Coroner. Mr Gidley summed up the evidence, and the Jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death.Thursday 10 September 1835 SOUTHMOLTON - Coroner's Inquest. An Inquest was taken on the body, before James Partridge, Esq. *. My thoughts are with his family and friends today.". Brauxd.An?. the unwarrantable practice of driving such unwieldy machines through such narrow thoroughfares as Joy street and Holland street, cannot be too severely reprobated. Coroner, and a verdict returned, Found Drowned.Thursday 6 January 1831 EXETER - An Inquest was held on Tuesday, before S. Walkey, Esq. The case, although of an alarming character from the extent of the injury went on tolerably well for a fortnight. The coachman was called BENNETT, and has left a widow and several children.On Tuesday last, an Inquest was held at Filleigh, by T. Copner, Esq. Not the slightest bruise or blemish appeared on the body, and the Jury were unanimously of opinion that he died of an apoplectic fit, and brought in a verdict of Died by the Visitation of God. The evidence produced was such as to satisfy the Jury that deceased died from suppressed gout in the stomach, and they returned a verdict - Died by the Visitation of God. Sometime after this he was found suspended by the neck, with the clothes line attached to a hook in the roof of the house; every means were used for his restoration, but in vain. Bookmarks and notes are personal to you and are not public. The deceased was a single man and had been in Messrs. Kingdon's employ but a fortnight.Inquests held by Francis Kingdon, Esq., Coroner. Passed the main guard with him about 2 o'clock. Hannaford was also present. John Gilbert, a waterman, deposed to taking up the body, and giving information of the circumstance to proper persons. The deceased has been missing more than a month, and, after hearing a variety of evidence, but which threw no light on the matter, the Jury returned a verdict of Found Drowned, but by what means is unknown to the said Jurors.Thursday 26 December 1833 INQUEST ON MR COX. Mr Whiteford recapitulated the evidence, and the Jury, after a short consultation, returned the following verdict:- "The Jury are of opinion that the deceased committed the act which caused his death when in a state of Mental Derangement, under which he had been labouring for some months previous. Coroner on the body of the boy, when a verdict of Accidental Death was returned.EXETER - Melancholy Catastrophe - It is our painful duty to record a most distressing and fatal event which occurred near this city, on Monday, and by which a highly respectable family have been plunged into the most poignant grief. He does not appear to have taken either breakfast, dinner, or tea on Saturday. An Inquest was taken on the body, on Monday, before Joseph Gribble, Esq., one of the Coroners for Devon, at Friend's Seven Stars Inn, St. Thomas, and a verdict returned accordingly.BARNSTAPLE - An Inquest was held in the Guildhall, on Tuesday last, before Charles Roberts, Esq., Coroner for the Borough, on the body of a man called WILLIAM MABEY, a mariner, which had been discovered early in the morning lying about five feet off the quay with his face and head under water. - On Monday last, MR JOHN ROWDEN, bailiff on Lord Courtenay's estates, and residing at Powderham, accompanied by MR ABRAHAM WILCOCKS, and Wm. The man was attending some part of the machinery of the steam-engine, when his foot slipped, and he fell against the principal wheel, by which his head was literally scalped from the back to the front. It is said that the unhappy mother of this girl, who lives in the town, was so shocked when the news was communicated to her, that she has remained since in a state of stupor, and fears are entertained that her reasoning faculties will never return.Thursday 25 April 1833 On Saturday last an Inquest was held by Thomas Copner, Esq., Coroner, on the body of MR RICHARD REDFERN, of the borough of Newport: this unfortunate individual had for some considerable time past been in an unsound state of mind; and on Thursday morning he got up early and went out, only partially dressed; not returning at his usual breakfast time. Verdict - Died by the Visitation of God.Thursday 3 May 1832 PLYMOUTH - On Tuesday last, an Inquest was held at the Royal Highlander Inn, on the body of ROBERT SPARKS, Barrack Serjeant of the Citadel. He had been, we understand, in the habit of drinking to excess, with his companions, in the same house for the last six months and it is stated that he was encouraged in that vicious practice by the landlord, who gave him credit, notwithstanding repeated cautions from the unfortunate boy's brother. The Surgeons, we understand, deposed that internal disease and abscess on the lungs was the immediate cause of the child's death, and that no mark of violence was visible.EXETER - On Thursday morning, whilst one of the porters at our quay named JAMES DOWNING, was employed in attaching a horse to a piece of timber, he fell down and died immediately; he was previous in good health. Wylie then swore that if she would have CRAPP to live with her, she should support him as a cripple, and the next morning came and broke some of witness's windows. who answered, about four o'clock; soon after she heard a noise proceeding from his throat, and on endeavouring to awake him, she found he was a corpse. on the body of LUCY VINNICOMBE, of that parish, aged 14 years. From the nature of the wound it seems to indicate that the gun was levelled at the head, and the muzzle held close to the eye, which was driven into the back part of the cranium, and the nose dreadfully scorched by the flash. the Jury returned a verdict of Felo de se, and the Coroner ordered him to be privately buried in the Church-yard of Hemiock, within 24 hours of the finding of the Inquest, and between nine and twelve o'clock at night. On the 5th inst. He left home on Thursday afternoon, with intention of visiting some friends near Pynes, taking with him as was generally his custom, his double-barrel gun. A Coroner's Inquest was held on the body, before which the daughter of the deceased gave evidence, that her mother was gone up stairs a little before ten o'clock, when witness called to her and told her that she was going out; she returned home about twelve, when she went up stairs and spoke to her mother, who was lying on her side on the bed, and on receiving no answer, she was alarmed, and ran and called in a neighbour, who discovered that her mother was dead. Coroner. Mr Copner, the Coroner, is gone this day to hold an Inquest on the body.Thursday 13 February 1834 Inquests held by T. Copner, Esq.
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