City of London Coroners:
Coroners' Inquests into Suspicious Deaths
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31st December 1793 - 24th December 1794

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Image 10 of 6592nd January 1794


London Depositions of Witnesses taken at
London that is to say at the parish of
Saint Giles without Cripplegate in
the Ward of Cripplegate without in
London aforesaid this 2nd. day of
January 1794 on view of the Body
of John Siville< no role >

William Alcock< no role > of No.9 [..] Fore Street little
Moorfields Surgeon make th Oath that about twelve
OClock yesterday at Noon Dept. examined the deced
that there are no Marks of violence whatever
upon the deced-that the deced appeared to be an Old
Man between Sixty and seventy Years of age-that
Dept. is of opinion the deceds Death did not happen
from any vierbernee but from a natural decay of
nature and perhaps [..] hartened by an irreguler
way of Living-that he appeared he have been dead
a very little while

Sworn this 2nd. day of January
1794 before me}

W. Alcock

James Felley< no role > of No.4 Silk Street Grub Street
London Porter to the White Horse and Cripplegate
Buildings make th Oath that he path known the
deced before on seventeen and eighteen years-that
the deced was an anged Man and has a pisted as an
under Hostler and helper in the Statbles belonging
to the said John about at ever Months-that the
deced used to give the Horses belonging to the Inn Corn
[..] every Morning above Six OClock-that yesterday Morng
about seven OClock Dept. went into one of the Rathers
belonging to the Inn and under a Manger or of one
of the Stalls Dept saw the deced lying upon some
Strane where the deced had after Rept-that Dept
spoke to the deced the deced sayed he was very [..] well
Dept. desired him to lay and he would seed the Horver
whichand go him some Pure-Dept. got some
purl and took in the deced and lifted the deced
up while he drank it that he shivered very much
at the times and appeard very unwell-Dept
covered him up and left about Nine Dept
saw him again and asked him how he and
he sayed he was very in well Dept then left
himthat Dept saw the deced afterwards




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