THE WILTSHIRE INDEPENDENT, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1851:
An inquest taken before W. B. Whitmarsh Esg....
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At Heytesbury, an Edward Parsons, aged 70 years.
The deceased was employed by Mr. Masters of Witham Friary
who sent him with a wagon-load of cheese for Salisbury Market;
he proceeded in safety as far as Heytesbury,where he stopped
for three quarters of an hour at the Red Lion;
on proceeding, the shaft-horse being a free-goer,
the deceased walked alongside him, and at Knook Hill his master,
who accompanied him on horseback, perceived the breeching was not in the ring;
the deceased was about adjusting it, when the horses started off,
knocking him down and causing concussion of the brain,
and a compound fracture of both bones of the left leg,
from the effect of which he died in a few hours.
He had held the same situation for 14 years, and was represented
to have been very sober and industrious. - Verdict, Accidentally killed.
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