Carlisle Patriot November 18th 1843 Death of John SCOTT

Death of John SCOTT

CARLISLE. CORONER'S INQUEST. Yesterday (Thursday) a coroner's inquest was held at the New Inn, Backhouses' Walk, Carlisle, on view of the body of the late JOHN SCOTT, the landlord of the said inn, who had died very suddenly, and it was believed in consequence of certain injuries which he had received. It appeared from the evidence given on the inquest, that on Sunday evening last, there had been some quarrelling between the deceased's housekeeper, and her son THOMAS BULMAN, who had come into the house about ten o'clock in a state of intoxication, when he and his mother quarrelled very seriously, in consequence of which a watchman named ROBINSON was called in, and the mother gave the son in charge for striking her;  but the watchman, not wishing to interfere betwixt them, requested the mother to call up the landlord, who, it appeared, had retired to rest. On hearing the disturbance he came down stairs, and endeavoured to pacify his housekeeper, who was in a great rage at the time. While the housekeeper was in the act of striking her son, the deceased seized hold of her, but she threw herself out of his grasp, and threw him down on the swab, and struck him with one of her hands violently on the head. The quarrelling continuing, the deceased tried to hold his housekeeper, but she broke from him, and seizing hold of something at the fire-place, struck deceased with it, on the head or face. It also appeared from the evidence of a person named WILLIAM SCOTT, that he was present on the Sunday night in question;  when the deceased's housekeeper and her son quarrelled;  and that he (SCOTT) assisted the housekeeper in putting her son out of the house;  - at the same time, the deceased came down stairs, and going to the door, met his housekeeper's son, who wished to come in, but deceased would not allow him, and pushed him back. They then collared each other, and struck several blows; - in the scuffle both went down, the deceased being undermost. SCOTT pulled BULMAN off him, when the deceased went into the house, and SCOTT conducted BULMAN to a neighbouring house, where he was put to bed. SCOTT then returned to the deceased's house, and found him and his housekeeper together in the kitchen.  The deceased had told his housekeeper, that her son had kicked or punched him with his foot, but SCOTT did not hear the deceased complain. The deceased was afterwards seen by MR. THOMAS HETHERINGTON, superintendant of the night watch; - who found him and his housekeeper quarrelling in the street.  At this time the deceased was bleeding from a wound above one of his eyes, and on HETHERINGTON inquiring of deceased how he got it. - He replied it was nothing to him, and went towards home. The evidence, (with the exception of HETHERINGTON's) - being of a very unsatisfactory and conflicting character, the Coroner considered it highly necessary that the inquest should be adjourned until the following day (to-day). In the mean time he ordered a post mortem examination to be made of the body, to enable the Jury to come to a more correct and satisfactory conclusion, than they could possibly do, under present circumstances. ===================================

 

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