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Extraordinary Grcumsfomlt;v?.—Au inquisition was on I'riday taken befqre C. Jeuuuet, l£t»q. at CihiistchurchVYorklious'e, upon the skeieiotrof* an infant,, when the following particulars transpired , in evidence Alio (it afortnight ago the cook of Mr. Mt^geridgc, of BeuntU street; Blacki'riars, vvh’o ii’^d been in the scrvice.of that gciulehia.n for a period of ten years died v her name was Ann P$ce^ her age about 50. Mrs. Aluggericige cxpect-ing that her relations would claim her wearing apparel and ihe whole Of ,the property of which she dietfpossessed, determined upon take ati inventory of the varjous a nicies 5 and accompanied by two female servants we^t into the room loir Yhat purpose,: where her deceased domestic had stept. Upon opening a trunk «he was struck with horror at the sigh i of the skul^ or an infant; and *being excessively, ~jerfined* slip abandoned the idea offurl her search and communicated the. circumstance 10 Dr. G.aysley, the medical attendant of the family, who re-opened the triink, and found it. to corflain the whole' of a ivuman sk'cfcton, the head severed from the bucjy,^-On the suggestion of an undertaker who was euVjdpyetfcto provide a coffin and inter it* a consultation was held; between Mr. Mng^eridge a^d the parish officers, and it was determined to bring the affair unddr 1 lie notice pf theCoroner and Jury;, It was stated, that during the tin)e. of her service in Mr* ^uggeridge’s fan lily, the deceased • servan t had never' shown any sy rtiptoins of pregnancy. Her •conduct was general ly; correct, her character irreproachable. She had always sj\ewn an extraordinary anxiety for the safety 'of the trunk in which the skeleton was found. The cause was not suspected; it was , conjectured that it contained her best clothes. Doctor! 'GaysIey stated that when he discovered the skeleton,t ii was s6 flatly 8^Ueei'e8 that he with clifticuIty separaded. the breast ftqnrihb*bdck;the; 8e|^aliQn.;pf the .ffe^d ^ was caused by decay. - He, cop side reel that it puist bare heeiVin the trunk durjng a period of fifteen or twenty^ years. The principal bones being entire, ho circumV stance existed to guide his judgment in forming an ideaf, respecting the cause of the irtfaut’s death. The Jury;| ” if* f • 1 I •..** 1 ‘ t • . -V -i | *T * V*'.; *• *'.*
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London British Neptune or Naval Military and Fashionable Advertiser
London, Middlesex, GB
Sun, Nov 29, 1818
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