London

Information of Witnesses taken at
the parish of Saint Sepulchre in the Ward
of Farringdon without in London the 16th day
of Decer 1790 on view of the body of Richard
Gearing there lying dead.

Elizabeth Wife of John Middleton< no role > of Cock lane in the
Parish of Saint Sepulchre London Gold beater maketh oath that
[..] day about noon Dept heard the deced Wife cry out upon
which she ran up from the Ground floor to the second pair of Hands
a here he saw the deced in his room with his breast open and his
there bloody which frightened Dept and she ran down stairs and
made an alarm.

The Mark of
Eliz [mark] Middleton

Sworn the 16 Octr 1790
before me}

T Shelton Cor< no role >

Mary Wife of Thomas Hicks< no role > of Cock lane aforesaid
Watchman maketh oath what yesterday about noon on
being alarmed by the last Witness she went [..] to the deceds
room at the next door and saw a great quantity of blood on the
floor and the deced lying upon the floor seemingly dead.

The Mark of
[mark]
Mary Hick< no role >

Sworn the 16 Decer 1790
before me}

T Shelton Corr.

James Purcell< no role > No 56 Snow hill London Apothecary
maketh oath that yesterday Dept was called in to see the deced
whom he found lying upon his back on the floor with a wound
apparently given by a knife on his last breast about five or six
inches in depoth which Dept examined Dept says the deced lived
a few minutes [..] after he saw him and he has no doubt but the Wound
beforewd. was the cause of his death.

Sworn the 16 Decer 1790
before me}

T Shelton Corr.

James Purcell< no role >