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death jrom fright.
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DEATH FROM FRIGHT.
An inquisition was taken, August 20, 1818, before Hugh
Lewis, Esq. at the Pine Apple, Pimlico, on the body of
Mrs. Mary Banday, of Palace-street, Pimlico. Sarah Gar-
ner deposed, that she was servant to the deceased ; she had
lived with her about nine years. On Tuesday morning,
about one o’clock, she heard a violent knocking at the street-
door ; she got up immediately, opened the window, and saw
two watchmen at the door. They called out, that there
were thieves in the house, and they wished to come in, to
search for them. She was going down stairs, to let the
watchmen in, when the deceased called to know what was
the matter; she told her what the watchmen said, and the
deceased went in an apparent fright to her chamber. Wit-
ness opened the door, and the watchmen searched about the
premises, and could find no one, though a gentleman said
that he had seen a man get over the railings of the area.
Witness returned up stairs, and the deceased seemed greatly
frightened. She endeavoured to pacify her ; but her terror
was so great, that she fell on the floor, and soon became
senseless ; a surgeon was sent for ; she died in three hours
after. Her death was occasioned, in witness’s opinion, from
excessive fright.
Mr. Charles Edward Clarke, surgeon, Pimlico, stated,
that he was called on Tuesday morning to attend the de-
ceased, and found her lying in the drawing-room in a sense-
less state. He endeavoured to stimulate the system, and
restore animation, but failed. She died at five o’clock the
same morning. The death of the deceased might have been
produced by excessive terror.
The jury then took a view of the body, and observed a
blackness round the throat, aud’on the shoulder. The sur-
geon at their request went and examined the body; and
when he returned, he said, the marks were produced by the
strings of the deceased’s cap being tied tight round her
throat, and the blackness on the shoulder w as from putre-
63
DEATH FROM FRIGHT.
An inquisition was taken, August 20, 1818, before Hugh
Lewis, Esq. at the Pine Apple, Pimlico, on the body of
Mrs. Mary Banday, of Palace-street, Pimlico. Sarah Gar-
ner deposed, that she was servant to the deceased ; she had
lived with her about nine years. On Tuesday morning,
about one o’clock, she heard a violent knocking at the street-
door ; she got up immediately, opened the window, and saw
two watchmen at the door. They called out, that there
were thieves in the house, and they wished to come in, to
search for them. She was going down stairs, to let the
watchmen in, when the deceased called to know what was
the matter; she told her what the watchmen said, and the
deceased went in an apparent fright to her chamber. Wit-
ness opened the door, and the watchmen searched about the
premises, and could find no one, though a gentleman said
that he had seen a man get over the railings of the area.
Witness returned up stairs, and the deceased seemed greatly
frightened. She endeavoured to pacify her ; but her terror
was so great, that she fell on the floor, and soon became
senseless ; a surgeon was sent for ; she died in three hours
after. Her death was occasioned, in witness’s opinion, from
excessive fright.
Mr. Charles Edward Clarke, surgeon, Pimlico, stated,
that he was called on Tuesday morning to attend the de-
ceased, and found her lying in the drawing-room in a sense-
less state. He endeavoured to stimulate the system, and
restore animation, but failed. She died at five o’clock the
same morning. The death of the deceased might have been
produced by excessive terror.
The jury then took a view of the body, and observed a
blackness round the throat, aud’on the shoulder. The sur-
geon at their request went and examined the body; and
when he returned, he said, the marks were produced by the
strings of the deceased’s cap being tied tight round her
throat, and the blackness on the shoulder w as from putre-