Inquest - Mary Atkinson 1814 Newland (Inquests)

by ChrisW , Monday, April 07, 2008, 00:17 (6074 days ago) @ admin

Dec. INQUESTS. On Monday, an inquest was taken before Wm Joyner, Esq. Coroner, at Bream's Lodge, on view of the body of MARY ATKINSON, who, on the preceding Saturday morning, threw herself into a fish pool, and was drowned. It appeared in evidence, that she had become distracted, in consequence of a fellow servant, by whom she was pregnant, deserting her and leaving the country; which preyed so much on her mind as to drive her to the desperate act of suicide. After a patient investigation of six hours, by a most respectable jury, a verdict was returned of Lunacy.

Record_ID: 128853
Entry Number: 138
Year: 1814
Month: Nov
Day: 29
Surname: ATKINSON
Forenames: Mary
Place of Residence: Bume Lodge
Age at death: 27 [years]
Officiating Minister: W[illia]m Nunn
Event: Burial
Cause of death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register Reference: P227 IN 1/16
Page No: 18
Parish_Chapel: Newland
Soundex: A325