not consider that the pleura could be affected by the muscles. Inquest Wakley's inquest first met on 15 July from 8pm in the parlour of the George IV Inn on Hounslow Heath. Thirteen jurors were sworn in and the inquest attended by officers of the regiment and members of the public. The jury visited the barracks to view White's body whereupon Wakley discovered that part of the skin from White's back, measuring some , was missing having been removed during Warren's autopsy. Wakley discovered that the army had made no effort to contact White's next of kin and ajourned the inquest at 10pm to allow time for family members to be found, for Day's autopsy to be carried out and for Reid and Hall to be called to testify. The inquest met again on 20 July at the same inn at 9.30am A large number of the public attended, including five magistrates. A solicitor, Mr G Clark, attended to represent the 7th Hussars. Clark insisted that the regiment's adjutant, Ireland, be present throughout the inquest as he was his instructing party. The jury protested that Ireland might intimidate the soldiers called to testify but Wakley permitted him to remain. White's brother had been located and attended as his next of kin. After finding the issue with Day's autopsy not having investigated White's spine, Wakley adjourned the second day at 3.45pm. The inquest reconvened from 9.30am on 27 July, after Wilson had completed his autopsy. In the course of questioning by Wakley, Warren stated that he had seen White on the day of the punishment and found him fit to receive it. He denied making a statement, reported by a witness in the hospital, that White had died from the effects of the flogging. He stated that he found adhesions on White's heart during his autopsy and that, apart from inflammation of the heart and blood vessels, White was healthy. Day and Reid stated that the hot weather of the summer of 1846 may have contributed to White's death. The jury reported back on the fourth and final day of the inquest, 4 August, that they considered White's death to have been caused by the flogging. The question of culpability was legally difficult as wounding at the time was defined as breaking of the skin and White's skin was healed by the time of his death. In their findings, the jury