City of London Coroners:
Coroners' Inquests into Suspicious Deaths
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9th July 1788 - 30th December 1788

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Image 125 of 46513th September 1788


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Thos. Shelton< no role >
Corr. [mark]


examd.


An Inquisition indented taken for our Sovereign Lord the King at London, that is to say, at the
Parish of Saint Alban Wood Street in the Ward of Cripplegate within in London aforesaid on the thirteenth day of
September in the twenty eighth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the third by the Grace of God of Great Britain
France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith Etc before Thomas Shelton< no role > Gentleman Coronet of our said Lord the King for the City of London and Borough of Southwark on view of the body of James Attersell< no role > now here lying dead by the oath
of James Daykin Thomas Brass< no role > Walter Atkinson< no role > James Payton< no role > Robert Ryder< no role > , John Alwright< no role > Jonathan Crowder< no role > John Royce,
Thomas Rumball< no role > , Joseph Batterley< no role > John Steward< no role > Robert Biset< no role > and Richard Gibbs< no role > good and lawful Men of the City of
London aforesaid who being now here duly chosen sworn and charged to inquire for our Lord the King where hour and in what
manner the said James Attersell< no role > came to his death say upon their oath that the said James Attersell< no role > an the twelfth day of
September in the twenty eighth year aforesaid being in a certain room in the dwelling house of a certain person whose name
to the Jurors aforesaid is unknown there situate and at and near a certain Window in the said Room is so happened that
he said James Attersell< no role > being an Infant of tender years, to win, of the age of two years accidentally casually and by
misfortune fell from and out of the saw Window into a certain open place there called the Coach and Horses yard and to and
against the Stone pavement there Whereby the said James Attersell< no role > did then and there receive divers mortal wounds and
fractures in and upon the head face Temples back side arms and legs of him the said James Attersell< no role > Of which said mortal
wounds and fractures he she said James Attersell< no role > did then and there instantly die And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their
oath aforesaid do say that she said James Attersell in manner and by the means aforesaid accidentally casually and by
misfortune was killed In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said James Daykin< no role > she Foreman of the said
Jurors on behalf of himself and the rest of his Fellows in their presence have to this Inquisition set their hands and
seals the day year and place first above written.

Jas. Deykin< no role > [mark] Foreman




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