Suffocation of a Child Nottingham: The Deputy Borough Coroner (Mr. A. Browne) conducted an inquiry at the Greendale Oak Inn, Walker Street, last evening, into the circumstances attending the death Florence Annie Pincent, aged 11 weeks: Emma Elizabeth Pincent, wife of James Pincent, of 2, Model-place, Walker Street, said the deceased was her child. It had been in good state of health Saturday night. The deceased slept on the witness’s arm that night, her husband sleeping in the same bed. She woke up about six o’clock, when the child appeared to be alright, but on waking a few hours afterwards she found the child was dead. Mr. W. W. Cooper, surgeon, who had made a post-mortem examination of the body, attributed death to suffocation, and the jury returned a verdict in accordance with this evidence.
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GRO0450 Tiverton: James Pinsent: 1862 – 1936
GRO0253 Tiverton: Emma Elizabeth Poxon: 1865 – 1892
GRO0303 Tiverton: Florence Annie Pinsent: 1890 – 1890