City of London Coroners:
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3rd January 1791 - 30th December 1791

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Image 370 of 67212th August 1791


Southwark

Informations of Witnesses taken at the parish of
Saint Thomas within the Borough of Southwark in the
County of Surrey on the 12th day of August 1791 on view of the
Body of Henry Hiles< no role > now here lying dead.

Benjamin Johnson< no role > Servant to James Love< no role > the Mansion Name
Alehouse Newington Butts says that on Wednesday last about
Twelve o'Clock and Henry Hiles laying on the Ground near his
Mashes Bar< no role > he appeared to this Deponent to be wounded
out day not know how it happened being Informed that the
deceased had been run over by a single Horse Chaine he went of
to lock for it and overlock the Chain driven by John Hamborough< no role >
in which Chaine there was also a Lady that he dead Hamborough
[..] Once back in order to the what Injury he had done to the
deceased & he came back readily that the chaine had been
stopped before Deponent had came up to it.

Sworn the 12th day of
August 1791. before me}

his
Benjamin [mark] Johnson< no role >
Mark

Edward Fells< no role > lodging at the Mansion Nane publick Name
a Gardener says that he was standing behind a Waggon
at the Mansion Name Alehouse Boot about Twelve o'Clock on
Wednesday, that there was another Waggon on the Road and
several Carriages coming onThat the deceased was the
Waggoner belonging to a Waggon from Sutton which was
at the publick House Door and was by the Houses. That
a Chaise drawn by a single Horse was coming on, the Horse
Trotting That the Shaft of the Chaise struck the deceased and
knocked him down and the near Wheel went over his Head




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