Coroner's Court Birmingham

continuing from yesterday's blog seen en passant in Birmingham

and researching
Stephen Taplin aged 75 of 79 Little King Street formerly a farmer who died Monday 20th March 1893 at Birmingham General Hospital thread in soc.genealogy.britain
at Birmingham City Archives
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to H M Coroner from informant Albert A Lucas, Resident Surgical Officer, Birmingham General Hospital








to the Police from the Coroner






detail of jurors' names and addresses from the above image and rotated


on the back - who witnessed at the court









verdict of the cause of death - ACCIDENTLY came to his death and not otherwise, with the signatures of 12 jurors








memorandum sent by Police Sergeant Farmer to HM Coroner

my brief precis:-
Stephen Taplin aged 75 [corrected from 77] of 79 Little King Street formerly a farmer died Monday 20th march 1893 at Birmingham general Hospital

His wife Ann Taplin aged 76 years, stated that he had a severe illness 2 years ago and has not been able to work since,
He had been deaf for some time and his deafness was worse when he had a cold,
which was the case on Sunday when he left home at about 2:15 pm to go for a walk.
witnesses included Thomas Sansom a cable tramcar conductor

Cornelius Alfred McGuire witness and Frank Lewis


Cornelius Alfred McGuire helped pick the deceased up and rode with him to hospital

Frank Lewis of the Tramway Stores B H Hockley Hill age 25 years was the driver of the trap

continuing Frank Lewis, the driver of the horse and trap
He emerged from Icknield Street into Hockley Hill, crossing the tram lines towards Hunters Road between the parked cable car and a moving one. He shouted but the deceased took no notice. He did not pull up because he feared being jammed between the two cable tram cars

A2A Search for Coroner - Results

detailed
but the catalogues do not include records from Victoria Courts yet

Birmingham City Archives: Moulton and Keen
1433-1886 17 hit(s)

Birmingham City Archives: Records of the eccesiastical parish of St. Nicholas, King's Norton 1546-1990 2 hit(s)

Birmingham City Archives: Lyttleton of Hagley Hall
1227-1942 1 hit(s)


Birmingham City Archives: W B Bickley, antiquarian [MS 3069/Acc1904-005 - MS 3069/Acc1922-003]
1070-1894
5 hit(s)
Birmingham City Archives: Miscellaneous deeds and other documents relating to Birmingham and the surrounding area
1284-1890
3 hit(s)
Birmingham City Archives: W B Bickley, antiquarian [MS 3069/Acc1926-021 - MS 3069/Acc1935-063]
1070-1910
1 hit(s)
Birmingham City Archives: Wingfield Digby family of Sherborne Castle, Dorset and Coleshill, Warwickshire: the Warwickshire estate papers [MS 3888/A416 - MS 3888/812]
1295-1862 1 hit(s)

Birmingham City Archives: Records of the eccesiastical parish of St. James, Handsworth
1844-1985 1 hit(s)