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

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Image 722 of 86122nd September 1792


Robert Matthew< no role > a Mariner belonging to the
Bring Glasgow of Greenmock in Scotland maketh
Oath that he hath known the deced about three Year
That he was a Prisoner belonging to the theat fo Chatham
That the deced came on board the Bring at Greennoch
for the purpose of going to Chatham to receive his Pension
that Yesterday Morning about Six OClock the deced went
into [..] a crane at Jonath Quay< no role > for the Purpose of housing
some Goods into the Price - That are [..] a Barrell of Porter
was slung to the look belonging to the Crame and [..]
the deced being inside the Crame Lowered it down
into the Hold of the Vessel - That the [..] deced
not appearing to lower the Barrel down fast enough
the Morter of the Vessel [..] hallwood to dept. to
go to the Crane and Lower it faster on Dept. going
to the Crane he saw the head of the deced Jammed
between [..] one of the spoker of the Crane and
the Standing Port [..] That Dept. stopped
The Crane and went to him. that he was almost
dead and soon after departed this Life

Sworn the 22d. day of
September 1792 before me}

Robert Martin< no role >




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