CORONER’S INQUEST 1826

Freeman’s Journal 8 September 1826

Coroner’s Inquest

On Friday last, the body of a man was taken out of the Grand Canal, at Osberstown, county of Kildare, where, from its putrid state, it must have lain for a considerable period.  An inquest was subsequently held by Mr. Harrison, the Coroner, before whom every exertion was made to discover the name of the stranger, but in vain.  Reports having gone abroad that the deceased had been murdered, and thrown into the canal, a surgeon from Naas was called on to examine the body, and swore that there appeared no marks of violence.  The body by order of the coroner was decently buried, at the expense of the parish.  As this paragraph may come under the eye of some of the deceased’s friends, it may be right to observe, that he appeared about forty years of age, had on him three coats, viz., a white surtout, called a dread-nought, a worn blue coat, and an inside new brown coat; a striped waist-coat, cord trousers, and breeches and turned pumps.  Some of the clothes remain at the Police Station at Sallins, for the inspection of any of the unfortunate man’s relations.