HERBERT EDLEY'S SHORT AND TRAGIC LIFE - WALKLEY SEPTEMBER 1871
From the Sheffield and Rotherham Independent 16th September
1871
As no name appear in the reports, I checked the BMD Registers and found that the wins were called AMELIA and HERBERT
Births Jun 1870 - Edley Amelia Ecclesall B. 9c 249 Edley
Herbert Ecclesall B. 9c 249
Deaths Sep 1871 Edley Herbert 1 Sheffield 9c 246
A report of the Inquest appeared in the Sheffield and Rotherham Independent 21st
September 1871
William Ward agent Oxford Road said that he was in Daniel Hill Street about
three o' clock in the afternoon of the 15th. He saw two children playing in the
middle of the road. A boy with two horses attached to a cart laden with bricks
came up the hill. On coming near the children the lad who was behind the cart
cracked the whip, and one of the children ran into a house. The other attempted
to get out of the way but in getting on the footpath fell and rolled under the
horses feet. One of the horses kicked the child on the head and one of the
wheels of the cart passed over his shoulder...
By a Juror He did not think that the boy was capable of managing the horses but
if he had been at the horses head he could have prevented the accident...
George Henry Lingard living with his parents in Pond Street said he was half
turned eleven. He did not know the nature of an oath. On the day in question he
was carting bricks from Woods brickyard to Walkley. When going up Daniel Hill
Street he was leading the first of two horses. He heard a woman call to him to
look behind and on turning round he saw the deceased lying about a yard from the
footpath. The child was on the right side of the horses and he was on the left
After the accident Mr Ward the previous witness came out of one of the
neighbouring houses...in answer to the juror witness said that he had driven the
horses several times before. In payment for driving he received his board and 3d
a week. He was paid by Mr Thorpe his master
Mr Hallam the house surgeon confirmed the injuries and stated that the boy had
died shortly after admission
The coroner said that the evidence of the two witnesses contradicted each other
very materially. For his own part he was satisfied that the statementof Ward
could not be relied upon and he would rater believe that of the boy. What ever
conclusion they came to with regard to the conduct of the boy he thought they
must consider the owner of the horses to blame in entrusting the lad with the
care of the horses. It was not criminal however for a person to do so and they
could not bring him in guilty of manslaughter - all they could do was reprimand
him It was in the province of the police to take cognieance of such cases and it
would perhaps be as well to leave Mr Jackson to deal with him.
The jury returned a verdict of Accidental death
Notes
HERBERT EDLEY
Births Jun 1870
Edley Amelia Ecclesall B. 9c 249
Edley Herbert Ecclesall B. 9c 249
Deaths Sep 1871
Edley Herbert 1 Sheffield 9c 246
Marriages Sep 1894
Beaman Henry Sheffield 9c 691
Edley Amelia Sheffield 9c 691
Gillatt James Harry Sheffield 9c 691
Smith Alice Sheffield 9c 691
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