London

Deposition of a Witness taken at London
that is to say at the parish of Saint Paith under
Saint Paul in the Ward of Farringdon within
in London aforesaid this 21st. day of December
1798 on view of the Body of Christopher
Norris no where lying Dead

Frederick Dilander< no role > a Musician lodging as the house
of the deced No. 4 Chapter house Court London maketh
Oath that about ½ past ten OClock on Wednesday Night last
on Dept. returning Home to his Lodging he saw a Light threw
The Kitchen Window Dept. having a Key to let himself in
opened the street Door and went in that Dept. waited a little
expecting the deced would come up to light Dept. Candle
as he usually used to do but the deced morning up
Dept. appering he was asleep went down into the Kitchen
that upon going into the Kitchen Dept. found the deced
standing upwright against [..] a Closet Door and upon
going near the deced he found he had a small Cord round
his Neck and fastened round some railing at the top of
the Closet Door. that the deced was warn and appeared
as if he had not been long in that situationDept.
immediately alarmed a Mr. James who occupies the second
Floor of same house who came down and found saw the
deced in manner before described by Dept. that Dept.
has observed the deced for there eight or ten days past
very dull and malancholy very much so and in particular
on Wednesday Evening last about five OClock

F Dylander

Sworn this 21st. day of December 1792}
before me}