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David O'Flaherty
Chief Inspector
Username: Oberlin
Post Number: 686
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, January 09, 2005 - 4:56 pm: | 
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Is it known where in the Town Hall Coroner Macdonald held the Mary Jane Kelly inquest? I had assumed it would have been in the Assembly Hall or Council Chambers. The only description of the space I've seen is from the St. James Gazette, 13 Nov 1888:
The inquest on the body of Mary Jeanette Kelly, who was found murdered and mutilated in Miller's court, Dorset street, was open at the Shoreditch Town Hall yesterday before Dr. Macdonald, the coroner. The room in which the inquest was held was small and very few of the general public were admitted.
That would seem to let the large spaces like the Assembly Hall and the Council Chambers out. There is another large space, the Committee Room, which I understand was once partitioned into cubicles. In the new renovation of the Town Hall, the Committee Room has been opened up into a single space again.
If anyone knows what space Coroner Macdonald was using, please drop me a line here or at oflaherty@casebook.org
Thanks,
Dave
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Robert Clack
Inspector
Username: Rclack
Post Number: 412
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, January 09, 2005 - 5:43 pm: |
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Hi David
The Town Hall was near St Leonards Church on the other side of the Railway line.
All the best
Rob |
David O'Flaherty
Chief Inspector
Username: Oberlin
Post Number: 687
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, January 09, 2005 - 6:43 pm: |
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Hi Robert,
Thanks very much for taking the trouble to post that scan; it's helpful to see where Shoreditch Town Hall was in relation to the mortuary. I'm also hoping to find out where within the Town Hall the MJK inquest was held. For example, if I wanted to go to the Hall when it reopens and see where the inquest was held, I'd have no idea of which room I should go look at. I've asked the Shoreditch Town Hall Trust and they're going to try to find out for me. It occurred to me that someone here might know in which case I could save the Trust the trouble.
Cheers,
Dave |
Robert Clack
Inspector
Username: Rclack
Post Number: 413
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, January 09, 2005 - 7:05 pm: |
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Hi David
I haven't the foggiest myself. perhaps one of the newspaper accounts will tell you
Rob |
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