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

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LondonInformations of Witnesses taken at
the parish of Saint Botolph Billingsgate
in the Ward of Billingsgate in London
aforesaid on the 22d. day of September 1792
on view of the body of James Bogle< no role >
now here lying dead.

Richard Finney< no role > a Labourer and a Lodger at the
House of William Ellis< no role > Tall Petre Bank East Smithfield
in the Cors. of Middlesex of maketh Oath that Dept. and the deced
were yesterday employed it smart Quay in the parish
of Saint Mary at Hill in loading the Brig Glasgow of
Greennock Dept. was employed in receiv the Goods
from a Crane on the [..] Quay to stow them in the Hold
the deced was employed in the Crane inside in [..]
the Goode from the Quay and then lowering them into
the vessel-that about ½ part six Yesterday Morning
the deced was inside the Crane hoisting a Barrel of
Porter from the Quay for the purpose of lowering into
the Vessel-that the deced being in the Crane hoisted the
Barrel of Porter off the Quay and was in the act of lowering
it into the Vessel [..] that the Barrel had almost got to the
bottom of the Hold of the Vessel when of a sudden Bistoloph
Dept. apprehending something had happened went to
the Crane and [..] saw the deced lying [..]
[..] in the Crane Roomuponthat he appeared almost
dead his head appeared very much hurt and blood
came from his Earn Dept. assisted to lift the deced
from the Crane Room on the Quay and Dept. them went
into the Crane [..] to [..] ly, the deceds place
and in about an hour and an half after Dept. saw the
deced taken away dead in a shell

Sworn the 22d day of
September 1792 before me}

Richard
Finney
< no role >




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