Demon Drink George Chandler 1834 of Corse (Inquests)

by ChrisW , Monday, October 06, 2008, 22:17 (5891 days ago) @ ChrisW

Nov 15. INQUESTS before Mr Hughes, Coroner. [mostly Worcestershire.] On Friday, at the Swan Inn, Staunton, on the body of GEORGE CHANDLER. On Tuesday evening, the deceased went to the Swan, where a person said to him that if he would drink, in five minutes, two quarts of some old beer (10 bushels to the hogshead), he would pay for it! The deceased agreed to this (although advised by two persons not to attempt it) and drank off the beer in less than five minutes; another quart was then introduced on the same terms, but Chandler could not finish it, and in a few minutes after, he was seized with vomiting, the landlord and one of the servants took him to the hay loft, and there left him; and went to look at him several times after; he saw him for the last time at 10 o'clock, when he was asleep, on his back; he went again on the following morning, and found him dead. Verdict, Died by the Visitation of God.

Record_ID: 137531
Entry Number: 147
Year: 1834
Month: Nov
Day: 9
Surname: CHANDLER
Forenames: George
Place of Residence: Corse
Age at death: 61
Officiating Minister: Henry H. Creed Vicar
Event: Burial
Cause of death:
Memoranda:
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Register Reference: P101 IN 1/6
Page No: 19
Parish_Chapel: Corse
Soundex: C534