Still waiting for George Bint's death cert
In the mean time found a piece on his son Joshua Bint back here in England ,
death .
Thomas Grayson Eno. aged 8 years.
1st qrt, Boston reg, 1876.
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Lincolnshire Chronicle, 7th April 1876.
Leake, An inquest was held at Leake , on Thursday afternoon last, before W Clegg esq, coroner, on view of the body of Thomas Grayson Eno, a little boy of eight years.
The affair caused a little interest in the neighbourhood, as a rumour was afloat that the deceased had died from the effects of being struck on the head by the villiage schoolmaster, Mr Bint, at who's school He was a scholar.- Supt Thoresby investigated the case. and Mr B B Dyer attended to watch the proceedings on behalf of the police.-Several witnesses were called, who were scholars of the school, and generally deposed to Mr Bint the school master, chastising the boy by boxing him on the head with his fists, also to their belief that the schoolmaster boxed him more than the other boys.
Deceased's health was good until June last, when He began to be sickly, and frequently vomited and was found dead in bed on the evening of the 28th ult.- Dr Atkinson of Benington,attended the boy and also made a post mortem examination of the body. He found that effusion of blood on the brain was the cause of death, but could not say that the effusion was caused by any external violence. The whole of the appearances found at his examination might have been caused by disease occurring in a natural way. He considered the boxing of a child's ears in a violent way a most dangerous practise, but having heard the evidence, He could not say that such violence had contributed to death in the present case. The small bruise He found on the scalp could not have been caused by a box on the ear,-
Mr Bint , who was present, having been cautioned by the Coroner, declined to give evidence.-The Coroner summed up the evidence, directing the attention of the jury to that given by the doctor, after which He said it was useless to prolong the inquiry, though they might express an opinion with regard to the system of correction practised in the parish school.- The jury retired. and after being absent some time. returned the following verdict;- " That Thomas Grayson Eno, on the 28th day of March 1876, died from effusion on the brain, but whether such effusion was caused or accelerated by violence at the hands of Joshua Bint, the schoolmaster of the parish of Leake, or from disease occurring in the natural way, there is not sufficient evidence before the jury to show ".- The coroner read the verdict of the jury to Mr Bint and in a few remarks advised him never to strike a boy on the head again.
Mr Bint said He never would.
certainly keeping me busy, finding things out
