London

Depositions of Witnesses taken at
London that is to say at the Parish of
St. Sepulchre in the Ward of Farringdon
without in London aforesaid the 23 day of
September 1790 on view of the body of
Richard Johnson< no role > now here lying
dead

William Gold< no role > a Lodger and Servant to Mr. William Rawnsley< no role >
of the George Inn Wed Smithfield in the City of London Inn keeper
maketh Oath that on Monday last about ½ had seven in the
Evening Dept: and deced were employed in unloading a
Cart Load of Kops in the Yard of the said Inn that the Dept.deced
was employed in carrying the Hops from the Cart to a
Waggon in the Yard of said Inn and the deced was employed
to take the Hops from out of the Cart and to deliver them
to Dept: that Dept: had just deliver'd a Load to atheWaggon
& was returning to the Court where the Dept demand was and as Dept
wasDept:comeing down the Ladder from the Waggon he
heard something fall and on turning his head he saw a
Pocket of Hopsfromfall from the Cast wherein the deced
was and on goingto thenear the Cast he found the deced
lying on the Ground and a pocket of Hops near him that
a Pocket of Hops weight about One hundred & sixty
eight Pounds weight-that he went to the deced he appeared
hurt that he begged Dept. to let him lay as he thought he
should be better saying at the same time that he was hurt
that Dept. and one Thomas Titton helped the deced into the
Tap Room of the George Inn and Dept. left him there and
returned to his Work-that about eight O Clock in the same
Evening Dept. a fisted to carry him to Bartholomews Hospital
and has not since seen him since but has heard the deced
died Yesterday Morning-that no person was near the deced
at the time he saw him lying on the Ground as before stated.

Sworn the 23rd. day of September
1790 before me}
T Shelton Corr.

The Mark [mark] of
William Gold< no role >