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The evidence produced the razor with which the fatal act had been committed, which was stained with blood. "BARNSTAPLE - On Thursday last, about six o'clock in the evening, SUSAN SCAMP, wife of JOHN SCAMP, shoemaker, of Instow, left her home, professedly to go to a neighbouring farm house to get a little cream for the purpose of anointing her breast, on which she had had a blister, but not returning at a late hour, her husband accompanied by a neighbour, went in quest of her; on their arrival at Farmer Moule's, they found she had not been there, and they pursued their search during the night, and at an early hour in the morning they came into this town, to make inquiry of some relatives residing here; but all in vain, as no information could be obtained of her, until Monday morning, when a boy observed a bonnet floating in the quarry pit adjoining the road at Muddlebridge: and on communicating this to his master, it instantly occurred to him that it might be that of the lost woman, which on further examination proved to be correct, and the body was found very near the brink of the pit, the head foremost, and the feet but just covered with water. Charles Thomas Hannaford being sworn and examined, stated that he is apprentice to Mr Mackrell, and has known deceased about two years and a half. While she was standing by the fire, in the temporary absence of her mother, her clothes took fire and she was so burnt that she died soon after. Some one was present desired JOHN STARKE, the son to go down and take up the deceased, but he said "damme, let the old rogue lie, it's just what he deserves." Hannaford was in the house during the whole evening, with the exception of about 8 minutes, when he went to Mr Lancaster's house with an umbrella, to fetch part of Mr Mackrell's family. The subject of the deceased's pregnancy was spoken of, but Hannaford did not say any thing about it. Verdict, "Accidental Death. For some time past her appearance had excited suspicions that she was in a state of pregnancy, but she constantly denied the charge. Verdict - Died by the Visitation of God.Thursday 30 December 1830 On Thursday last, the body of a man was washed in on Saunton Sands, which proved to be that of JOHN MANLEY, of Southmolton, one from whom providence had witheld that share of intellect which was requisite to capacitate him for the performance of the duties of social life, and who, in a mendicant excursion, had by some unknown means perished in the river. Verdict - Accidental Death.Thursday 11 June 1835 BARNSTAPLE - A melancholy incident occurred here on Tuesday morning, about five o'clock; a young gentleman, 27 years of age, eldest son of THOMAS HEATHCOTE, Esq., proprietor of the Rawleigh Lace Factory, went to bathe in the river near the Black Rock, on the Tawstock bank, and when in the water he swam down the river, but as he approached the bridge he was noticed by some persons on the lime kiln to be in distress, and they heard him call aloud for assistance, but no help could possibly be afforded him, and they saw him sink in the middle of the river. The fire from the pan ignited the clothing, and hence the prompt discovery of his body already stated. But the lamented illness of that gentleman caused the duty to devolve on J. Partridge, Esq. FOWELL, aged 9, who, it was strongly suspected, had been murdered by their mother, MARY FOWELL, wife of a sawyer in the Dock-yard, who resides in William-street, Morice-Town. Ann Selly, a witness, stated, that on Friday last, between the hours of ten and eleven in the morning, she was coming from a neighbour's house to that of her mistress, Mrs Darke, with a saucepan of boiling water in her hand, and as she was about to enter the door, the little boy suddenly ran against her, and the scalding element fell over his face and bosom; she instantly took up the child in her arms and wiped him with her apron, till his mother coming in received him out of her arms. at Wembury-House, the residence of the Right Hon. It appeared that deceased on Monday evening had been visiting some friends at Whimple, and left them in perfect health and sobriety at 12 o'clock; the next morning he was found about three quarters of a mile from his home lying in the road quite dead. - An Inquisition was held on Monday last, at Collyton Mill, in the parish of Chulmleigh, before Thomas Copner, Esq. He has left a widow and three children to lament their loss.Thursday 22 January 1829 An Inquest was taken on Tuesday, before S. Walkey, Esq. 3.1.1867 The band of the South Molton Rifles welcome in the New Year by marching around the town at 4 a.m. in the morning. and a verdict returned of Accidental Death.Melancholy Accident. Verdict - Accidental Death.PLYMOUTH - Fatal Accident. The husband did not attempt to strike her. "Inquests Held by T. Copner, Esq. WebFREE Local News,Travel, Weather & Sport, NO Advertising thank you. She called for assistance, and the fire was soon put out. By this awful calamity a stop was put to the festivities of the day. It was Mr K's opinion that he had committed the act under a violent and sudden attack of delirium, which had flown from the chest to the brain. WebDeaths. A Father Killed by a Son. About one o'clock the preceding day, Samuel Yeo, a rat-catcher, having a gun in his hand, called at the door, and the family being at dinner, he was invited in and partook of their hospitality; when dinner was ended, the deceased JAMES BRAYLEY, and his fellow servant, W. Reed, repaired to the cider house to attend the cheese, whither Yeo accompanied them, and placed his gun on the ground near the door whilst he lent his assistance in pressing the cheese: this being done, Yeo took up his gun to depart, when it instantly went off, and lodged its whole contents in the back part of the head of JAMES BRAYLEY, causing his immediate death. He instantly dived and brought the poor boy out, he had however, been 37 minutes in the water, and was to all appearance dead; still, not deterred he continued to lend the most active assistance in conveying the body to Tarrant's Red Cow Inn, where every attention was given to it, while Howard, the brother officer of poor Taylor's father, ran into the city for medical aid. Coroner for the Borough of Plymouth, on the body of JOHN BURBERRY, a commercial traveller, who was found dead on Saturday evening at the bottom of a precipice on the eastern side of the Hoe, near the spot where the Baths are about to be erected. Tucker, stated that the deceased had been in his employ 7 years, and was always a sober, honest, and industrious young man; he had complained of illness on Sunday. ED. The Jury brought in a verdict of Found Dead, but how he met his death did not appear in evidence. On examining into the treatment the deceased had received at the workhouse, it appeared that she had been confined alone in a room without fire and candle, the greater part of the window boarded up, part of the glass of the window broken, and that she died alone. but he merely came in and went out again. It appeared in evidence that the deceased was riding on Friday afternoon on the top of a hawker's van belonging to his brother, when, a short distance beyond Broadclist, on their way to this city, one of the hind wheels came off, by which accident he was thrown to the ground and in the fall fractured his neck: he was immediately conveyed to the Hospital, where he lingered until Saturday. Verdict - Divine Visitation.Thursday 2 February 1832 An Inquest was held at Parkham, on Saturday last, by Francis Kingdon, Esq. Verdict - Visitation of God.TORRINGTON - An Inquest was held here on the 10th inst. Elizabeth Jones, examined - Lives in Bear Street: was at the house of her sister Catherine Norwill, on a Friday morning about nineteen weeks ago: WILLIAM WATTS, who occupied a room of the house, came down stairs. Coroner, on the body of MR JOHN BOLT, (a clerk in the employment of Messrs. Fox and Sons, of Plymouth), who was found dead early that morning, on the road leading from Stonehouse bridge to Devonport. Phelps is a humane and well intentioned man, not at all given to bursts of passion, and held in high esteem by his master and all who know him; and it cannot be too much regretted that he should in this instance have suffered his usual complacency and habits of forbearance to be overcome by any conduct, however irritating. On coming to the spot, however, they found it to proceed from some part of the clothing of MR HOSGOOD, which was on fire. Having received her mistress's order to that effect, her servant went to church in the forenoon, and on her return, she repaired to the room of her mistress, whom she had left in bed, and who, to her astonishment and dismay, she then found suspended to the pillar of her bedstead, with life totally extinct. Verdict Accidental.Thursday 27 February 1834 An Inquest was held this day by T. Copner, Esq. He told her to make haste home and he would follow directly. N. Cole, of Whitstone, in returning, on Thursday last, with a waggon heavily laden with dung, by some accident fell under the wheels when descending a hill, and was so dreadfully crushed, that he died in a few minutes. On the morning of the Inquest Mr Jerrard was called on by the Coroner to examine the body, which he did in the presence of Mr Woodward, Mr Sweeting and Dr Nesbitt, the latter of whom attended on behalf of Needs, at the request of Mr Melhuish, Needs' solicitor. An Inquest was held the same day by I. Cox, Esq. on the wheel. - the conduct of the landlady of the Swan Inn, the gentlemen, and the rest of the people about the house, was very inhuman. Anna Plinsole again asked her what was the matter; she answered, "I have been dreaming." 28, at Tower-street, Bidelord, Mr. J Braund, a?ed At Br'jom.Au?. The deceased came to the inn stables in his gig on Friday night last, at about a quarter past nine from Modbury. - Insanity.Thursday 3 April 1828 An Inquest was held by T. Copner, Esq. per week; she was at this time in as good health as might be expected from the nature of her constitution and her advanced age; and was considered to be a very cleanly careful woman. She exhibited no previous symptoms of ill health. Richard Ellis, constable, asked her when they died and who was present? Bth inst., at his residence, Strandfield, Instow.after a very long illness, Cadwallader Edwards Palmer, Esq., aged 31, only son of Cadwallader Edwards Palmer, Esq., mayor of Barnstaple. Verdi ct - Accident - value of the two horses, and two wheels of the coach, 12l.Friday 27 April 1827 Accidental Death - An unfortunate occurrence took place on Saturday last at Okehampton, an old man who has been sometime deranged, of the name of WILLIAM LANGMEAD, being intoxicated, entered a public house among some farmers, assembled on the market day. The Coroner's Inquest returned a verdict of "Apoplexy. Coroner, at the King's Arms Public House, at Westgate, on the body of WM. In consequence of this interference, the father attacked the son, some blows passed between them, during which, according to the testimony of some of the witnesses, the deceased was several times struck down - according to others he fell on the ground; the last of these falls was over the edge of a place called the Strand, on some large stones, and the deceased gave a groan as if the breath was out of his body. The North Devon Journals overview of the year records the deaths in the battle of Jutland of three Torrington men Robert Palmer who was on the Black Prince, RH Tanton of the Indefatigible, and Ernest Ware of the Defence (Thursday 28 December 1916 North Devon Journal Page/Column 2b). W. P. Kingdon, Esq. ANN SMITH stated that she would not discover the putative father of the child but she made a declaration that it was not any of Lord Rolle's servants, but it was some person in London with whom she had been long acquainted and by whom she had a child about two years old. No blame attaches to the unfortunate individual through whom the accident happened, who, added to his general good character, is in his manners gentle and humane.Friday 4 May 1827 On Saturday last, an Inquest was held by T. Copner, Esq. Verdict - Accidental Death.Thursday 17 December 1829 An Inquest was taken on Tuesday at the Wynard's Hospital, Magdalene-street, in this city, before S. Walkey, Esq., Coroner, on view of the body of JOHN JOHNSON, 84 years of age, an inmate thereof, who on the preceding evening had been found dead, immersed in the soil of the common privy of the Institution. The intervening time and mode of commencing the second attack however gave a very different feature to the case, and he (the Coroner) was scarcely prepared to say, that however reprehensible the whole transaction might be, Elliott had done no more than any other man would have been driven to under similar circumstances; still he had no wish to lead them, - it was their verdict, and not his that must be returned, nor in their consideration should they lose sight of the fact that the blows given on the Beach were the primary cause of all that followed. From the state of ROWDEN'S clothes it appears he had succeeded in getting clear of the dike, and when found he lay on his face on perfectly dry ground, stiffened with the severe frost and evidently dead many hours. Here Quaintance said he had bought it for the deceased SAMUEL WESTCOMBE, who gave him the money for it. A great number of witnesses were called, the general testimony of whom went to prove that the lad attended to his work, without making any complaint, up to Sunday, the 19th of September; that on that day he complained of having sprained his leg on returning from church; on the following Tuesday or Wednesday his mistress took him to a druggist of the name of Needs, living a few doors off, who ordered some oils to be rubbed in; a day or two after he (Needs) applied a few leeches, ordered poultices and simple dressings to the leg, and gave some powders, and went on to visit the boy at his master's house, said he was doing well, till the 18th of October, when the master requested Mr Woodward, a surgeon, residing at Honiton, to see him.

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