Brita Stina Andersdotter - Murdered?

[Nathan Holyoak]

Hi,
I'm having some difficulty reading and interpreting the cause of death of Brita Stina Andersdotter (d.23-09-1846) from Hammarby, Smedby Parish, Öland. There are two references:
Church death record - Smedby kyrkoarkiv, Födelse- och dopböcker, SE/VALA/00343/C/3 (1765-1849) Bild 197 / Sida 364
https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0028648_00197
Household Examination - Smedby kyrkoarkiv, Husförhörslängder, SE/VALA/00343/A I/5 (1840-1860) Bild 23 / Sida 30
https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0028638_00023

I've posted below the best I can do with Google Translate from what I can read, but I'm not sure it's accurate or makes any sense. I'm hoping a Swedish speaker can help me out.

Thanks in advance for any help,
Nathan from Australia

Church death record:

Text:
Hemmansägare Lars Anderssons i Hammarby hustru Brita Stina Andersdotter. (uppl. ethtenskap.)
Afled efter att af Lars Andersson hafvä blifvit hullslagen och spjernad. Se domen äfver detta olyckliga uppträde.
Dödsorsak us enl provinsialläkarens afled efter blodslag.

Translation:
Homeowner Lars Andersson's wife in Hammarby, Brita Stina Andersdotter. (open marriage)
Died after being punched and stabbed by Lars Andersson. See the judgment on this unfortunate act.
Cause of death according to the provincial doctor's death after a stroke.

Household Examination:

Text:
Död d.23/9 1846 om dödssättet och orsaken dentill och att ???afbida som gaf apdens sltslag, efter skere orsakning. Dömd fri från att vara.

Translation:
Died d.23/9 1846. About the manner of death and the cause of it and to .... Sentenced free from being.

[KG Hammarlund]

I suggest a few changes, but you've caught the overall meaning:

Hemmansägare Lars Anderssons i Hammarby hustru Brita Stina Andersdotter. (uppl. äktenskap.)
Afled efter att af Lars Andersson hafvä blifvit kullslagen och spjernad. Se domen äfver detta olyckliga uppträde.
Dödsorsaken enl provinsialläkarens attest blodslag.

Translation:
Homeowner Lars Andersson's wife in Hammarby, Brita Stina Andersdotter. (dissolved marriage)
Died after being knocked over and kicked by Lars Andersson. See the judgment on this unfortunate act.
Cause of death according to the provincial doctor's death certificate stroke/cerebral haemorrhage.


Död d.23/9 1846 om dödssättet och orsaken dertill är att afbida domhafvandens utslag, efter skedd rannsakning. Dömd fri från att vara.

About the manner of death and the cause of it awaits the judiciary sentencing after completed trial. Sentenced free from being [responsible?].

[Nathan Holyoak]

Thanks very much for your help.

[Åke Carlsson]

See also this newspaper item:

[KG Hammarlund]

It's a bit strange that he wasn't convicted. Even if beating one's wife or children was accepted in the 1840's, this sounds as so excessive that it would be punishable.
There ought to be court records (Ölands södra mots häradsrätt), but they are not digitized.

After the death of his first wife, Lars Andersson married Christina Petersdotter Dec. 30th 1848 (Smedby C:3 p 199). The couple moved to Stockholm in 1854 (Smedby AI:5 p 185).

[Åke Carlsson]

It is also notable that he was arrested, but then released after a rather short time:
Justitiekanslern -1974, Huvudarkivet EIIIcc:1070 (1846) Bild 5020 (AID: v568670.b5020, NAD: SE/RA/1340101)
Justitiekanslern -1974, Huvudarkivet EIIIcc:1071 (1846) Bild 480 (AID: v568671.b480, NAD: SE/RA/1340101)

[Nathan Holyoak]

Thank you. You've all been very helpful - even though it's not a very nice situation to think about.

Is there any way that I can access those Justitiekanslern records?

[Åke Carlsson]

Here are the records: