Inquests in Birmingham: Mr. Hawkes (coroner) held an inquest yesterday at his Court, Moor Street, on the body of Elsie Perkins, aged eight weeks, whose parents live at 15 Court, 10 house, Highgate Street. On Friday night the deceased was taken to bed by her parents and at six o’clock the following morning the mother found the child dead on her arm. The medical evidence showed that death was caused by suffocation. A verdict of “Accidental death” was returned. An enquiry was held relative to the death of James Stokes (32), brass worker, Barn Street who died at the General Hospital on Sunday morning from injuries received in an accident in Vyse Street on the 20th ult. Mr. A.W. Freeman (Messrs. Barlow, Smith, and Pinsent) watched the case on behalf of Messrs. F. Whitfield and Co., safe-makers, Oxford Street. …
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