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    1. [BRK] Inquest on Charles BELCHER ( 1825 )
    2. >From Jackson's Oxford Journal, Saturday, June 18, 1825; Issue 3764. On Saturday last an inquest was held at the village of Radley, before J. B. SLADE, Gent., one of the Coroners of the county of Berks, on the body of Charles BELCHER, aged 14, son of Mr. BELCHER, of the Bell Inn, Faringdon. - It appeared in evidence that the deceased, being one of the pupils of Mr. KENT, of Radley Hall Academy, had, with his school-fellows, accompanied Mr. KENT on an excursion to Nuneham; that whilst the deceased was bathing with one of his companions, and near some of the assistants, the former, being of an intrepid disposition, and not a good swimmer, got out of his depth; and that notwithstanding the indefatigable exertions used by the assistants of Mr. KENT and other persons on the spot, the body could not be discovered till life had been for some hours extinct. VERDICT - Accidental death by drowning.

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