City of London Coroners:
Coroners' Inquests into Suspicious Deaths
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5th January 1792 - 31st December 1792

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Image 127 of 86120th July 1792


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Informations of Witnesses taken at the
parish of Saint Peter Pauls Wharf in
the Ward of Queenhithe in London the
20th. day of July 1792 on view of the body
of Charles Faro there lying dead.

John Lloyd< no role > Harris of Frigg Stairs in the parish of
Saint Peter Pauls Wharf maketh oath that last monday about
noon Dept saw the deced a lad about nine years of age undressed
with several other Lads; the deced appeared to have just come out of
the Water; one of the other lads pushed the deced who was standing
upon the Stairs, into the Water; that lad was about the size and
age of the deced. that an other called out the deced would he
drowned which occasioned Dept to go to the Water side & to endeavor
to save the deced but Dept did not see the decedSays search was
made after him with drags but he was not found until Wednesday
when Dept. saw him lying very near the place he went in at.

John Lloyd< no role > Harris

Sworn the 20th. July 1792
before me
T: Shelton Corr.}




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