David Augustus

David Augustus was found dead in Alexandra Street, Canning Town with his head and face much cut and bruised and his left hand trouser pocket turned inside out.

He had been  a shipwright and had lived at 2A Webb Street in Plaistow.

He was described as a heavy drinker and to have visited a number of public houses in the area on Saturday 25 August 1900 after drawing his wages before being found the following morning, 26 August,  lying in a pool of blood in Alexandra Street, off Barking Road.

The doctor said that his face and head were covered with bruises and abrasions and there was a deep incised wound just under his right eye that might have been caused by a not very sharp penknife.

Death was due to shock consequent on the injuries.

The coroner's jury was undecided as to whether the injury below the eye was caused by a knife or a fall, and returned a verdict that he had died from his injuries but that there was no evidence to show how he had received them.