David Augustus

David Augustus was found dead in the street with his head and face much cut and bruised and his left hand trouser pocket turned inside out.

He was a shipwright and lived on Webb Street in Plaistow.

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.