THE SUICIDE OF A TRADESMAN IN HOXTON: On Monday Mr. J. Humphreys, Middlesex coroner, held an inquiry at the Bell Tavern Felton-terrace Heaton, respecting the death of Mr. Charles Pincent, aged 50, who committed suicide on Saturday last. — John Goodrich said that on Saturday afternoon he was called by Mrs. Pincent and he broke in the door of the deceased’s room at 15, Little Norris-street. He found the deceased hanging by a rope to the bedpost. — Mrs. Georgina Pincent, 15, Little Norris-street, said that she had been living apart from the deceased since last Tuesday, on account of some difference. Deceased had often threatened to destroy himself and the witness also. He used to say: “That the Regent’s Canal would be his bed,” unless his circumstances mended. He was a cheesemonger. She returned to the house at two o’clock on Saturday, and finding the door fastened she called in the last witness. Another witness proved that he had stated to his son, “That he should not live till night,” and that he had frequently tried to destroy himself. The Jury returned a verdict of “Suicide while of unsound mind.” –
(Orr’s Kentish Journal: Saturday 5th September 1863 and Dial: Saturday 5th September 1863)
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GRO0127 Devonport: Charles Pinsent: 1812 – 1863