Kentish Gazette. Tuesday 28 February 1843.

Inquests. (Canterbury).

On Monday evening and inquest was held at the "Fleur de Lis Tap," in this city, on the body of a young woman, named Mary Hooper, who hung herself the previous day. There was no proof that any quarrel had occurred between her and anyone else, and she was stated to have been a steady, good tempered girl. After a long consultation, the jury returned a verdict that deceased destroyed herself while in a fit of temporary insanity.

From the Kentish Gazette, 13 September 1842.

Coroner’s Inquest.

A coroner’s inquest was taken at the "Fleur de Lis tap," Canterbury, before T. T. DeLasaux, esq., coroner, and a respectable jury, on view of the body of John M'Gowen, formerly pavier, of this city. It appeared by the statement of Mary M'Gowen, daughter of the deceased, that she and her mother left home at half-past six in the morning to go hop-picking, and having occasion to return a short time afterwards, found the deceased in bed. She called to him to let her in, when he complained of being unwell, but hoped he should be better soon, and he would follow after them. When she got home at night, to her great surprise, she found deceased in bed, and to all appearance life had been extinct for some few hours. The jury having viewed the body, and found it in the state described by the daughter, the coroner briefly summed up, an an unanimous verdict of "Died by the visitation of God" was found. Deceased was 72 years of age.

From the Kentish Gazette, 28 February 1843.

INQUESTS.

On Monday evening an inquest was held at the "Fleur de Lis Tap," in this city, on the body of a young woman, named Mary Hooper, who hung herself the previous day. There was no proof that any quarrel had occurred between her and any one else, and she was stated to have been a steady, good tempered girl. After a long consultation, the jury returned a verdict "that the deceased destroyed herself while in a fit of temporary insanity."