Midnight Fall from window at Institution: Eye-witness’s story of seeing inmate crash from sill: The story was told at an inquest today how an inmate of Ahsby-de-la-Zouch Public Assistance Institution fell at midnight from the window of the second floor of a ward and crashed to the ground, sustaining fatal injuries. … (long discussion) … Arthur James Pinsent, another inmate, said that after midnight he was closing the window of his own ward on the first floor when, looking up, he saw Wright feeling for a foothold on the windowsill of the second floor. The window broke, and Wright released his hold and crashed to the ground. Nurse Rosekell said the man never recovered consciousness. Dr. Sime attributed death to shock from the fall. The coroner returning a verdict in accordance with the medical evidence said there was not sufficient evidence to show whether the fall was suicidal or accidental.
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GRO0079 Tiverton: Arthur Ernest Pinsent: 1899 – 1969 (?)