Malby Coton

   Cause of his death was Natural Death.

   Other names for Malby were Malby Coton, Malbey Cotton ⁴ and Maltby Cotton.

  Death Notes:

Aged 52

  Noted events in his life were:

• Court - Old Bailey: theft, 30 Jan 1828, Old Bailey, London, England. ⁵ Original Text:
<http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/facsimiles/1820s/182802210101.html>
See original <http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/facsimiles/1820s/182802210101.html>Fourth Middlesex Jury - before Mr. Sergeant Arabin.
640. MALBY COTON was indicted for stealing, on the 30th of January, 19 tin plates, value 3s.; 2 hammers, value 4s.; 2 pinchers, value 2s.; 1 soldering-iron, value 6d., and 2 pieces of solder, value 6d. , the goods of William Howard and William Quincey , the younger.
WILLIAM QUINCEY, JUN. I am a tin-plate-worker, in partnership with William Howard - the prisoner worked for us. On the 30th of January, about half-past six o'clock in the evening; he was leaving work - he had passed by me, but I believe had not got out; I called him back into the counting-house, to reprimand him for leaving some work unfinished - I saw something under his coat; I asked what it was - he said, "Nothing;" I said I would fetch an officer, and he produced these tin-plates, which are mine - he gave me a card of his address.
Cross-examined by MR. CHURCHILL. Q. How long has he been in your service? A. Two or three years - he has a wife and family - he did not appear intoxicated.
EDWARD WATSON . I am porter to the prosecutor. I went into the counting-house, and saw the prisoner produce these plates.
JAMES FORDHAM . I am an officer. I took the prisoner - these tin-plates were found on him, and this other property I found at his lodging.
BENJAMIN SOUTHCOMBE . I am a tin-plate-worker. I went with the officer to the prisoner's lodging, where we found these articles - we found it by the card he left at the counting-house.(Property produced and sworn to.)
GUILTY. Aged 35.
Recommended to Mercy by the Prosecutor .
Confined One Month .

• Census UK: tinker with a census age of 50, 1841, Lambeth, Surrey, England. ⁶

• Death Informant: Thomas Thorpe - coroner for the City of Canterbury, 7 Aug 1842, Monastery Of St. Augustus, Canterbury, Kent, England. ³

• Death Occupation: laborer, 7 Aug 1842, Monastery Of St. Augustus, Canterbury, Kent, England. ³

• Death Reason: natural death, 7 Aug 1842, Monastery Of St. Augustus, Canterbury, Kent, England. ³

• Occupation: stated as tinsmith on death certificate of widow Margaret, 7 Jan 1887, 56 Villas Road, Plumstead, Kent, England. ⁷

Malby married Margaret Oldham, daughter of William Sanderson Oldham and Margaret Chester, on 25 Sep 1816 in Grantham, Lincoln, England.¹ (Margaret Oldham was born about 1796, christened on 1 Jan 1796 in Saint George, Stamford, Lincoln, England ⁸ and died on 7 Jan 1887 in 56 Villas Road, Plumstead, Kent, England ^{3 9}.) The cause of her death was Senile decay.