Source: Reading Mercury dated 26/11/1853; Death Index 4Q 1853.
Obituaries & Newspaper Announcements Article Source: Reading Mercury Date: 26 November 1853

AN INQUEST was held at the Union House on the 23rd inst., by Joseph Bunny, Esq., the Borough Coroner, on view of the body of George Sopp, lying dead at the Newbury Workhouse. Henry Clark, the porter of the Union said, deceased came on the evening of the 22nd inst. and asked for a night's lodging, he sent him to the tramp rooms, deceased complained of being very tired but not ill. John Ward, assistant porter at the Union said, he searched the deceased, and found upon him a clasp knife, a pocket handkerchief, and a powder which he said was for destroying rats, his occupation being that of a rat catcher. He had the usual allowance of bread, six ounces„ took him to the tramp rooms. I saw him on the straw bed, and wished him goodnight and locked him in. John Hazell, a bricklayer's labourer on tramp, went to the Union on the night of the 22nd, had his allowance of bread, and feeling about for a wrapper, touched the deceased and thought he was stiff, however, he laid down by his side, and slept until the porter came to call them, when Sopp was found to be quite dead. I was not conscious that the deceased moved after he came in. — Verdict, "Died by the visitation of God from natural causes".

George Sopp

George Sopp died on 22 November 1853 at the Newbury Union Workhouse. He was by occupation a rat catcher. Following an inquest he was buried on 26 November 1853.
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