From the Salisbury & Winchester Journal, Monday 9th March 1818:
Mr. Whitmarsh held an inquest on Wednesday last, at Brixton Deverill, on the body of Edmund Kerley, who a few days before was ascending a ladder, with some tiles in his hand, to repair a barn, when the ladder gave way, and he fell to the ground. He received so violent a compound fracture, that upwards of 2 inches of the bone stuck in the ground. Verdict – Accidentally killed.