London
Depositions of Witnesses taken at London
that is to say, at the Parish of Saint Michael
Queenhith
in the Ward of Queenhithe
in London
aforesaid this 2nd. day of September
1793 on view of the body of
Anthony New< no role >
now here lying Dead
William Powell< no role >
a Lighterman lodging at the House of Mr.
Hawkins of No. 7 Queenhith
London maketh oath that above
ten Minutes.-after six in the afternoon of Saturday last
Dept.-being on the Came way of Queenhith
Stairs saw
something start up in the Water off the end of the cause way
which appeared to be the feet of some person-upon which
Dept. with a piece of Wood called a Hitcher fell about in the
Water and upon finding something at the bottom Dept. put
his hand down and pulled the deced up and got the deced
on shore with the assistance of another person-and from thence
the deced was taken in the Church yard Dept. has known
the deced between four and five years that he was a Labouring
Man and usually employed about the Waterside
Sworn this 2nd. day of September 1793
before me}
W Powell