London

Deposition of Witnesses taken at London
that is to say, at the parish of Saint Andrew
Holborn in the ward of Farringdon without
in London aforesaid this 14th day of June
1794 on view of the Body of John Reiley< no role >
now here lying Dead.

Patrick Cumerford< no role > a Bookseller Lodging at the House
of Mr Winkleman St. Martin Le Grand London
maketh Oath that he hath known the deced about
eight or ten Days that he was a Shoemaker by Trade
that Dept the deced a Mr. Marklin has Mr. Kelsey
were in Company together in Wednesday Morning
last that they met together about elevon OClock in
order to spend the Day together that they continued
together until about five OClock in the afternoon of the
same Day when they returned to the Robinhood Robin
hood Court Shoe Lane that Dept and the other persons
ever rather intoxicated but the deced appeared soberer
than any other of the Company that when they got him to
the Robinhood a shifting tenth [..] Brandy & trate of Rum & Water wch
Dept can't say was called for that it was drank among
Dept. this Company that the deced and Mr Macklin
having played Cards together has points of Porter were
brought in which were drank among the Company
that Mr. Macklin & the deced began to argue who
could drink the most Gin the deced sayed he could
drink a quart Dept had before offered to be he could
not drink a Quart the decad called for a Quart of
Gin wch was brought in by Mr. Emery the Land Lord
of the House who brought a Tambler at the same time
that the Gin was placed on the Table and the deced sayed
he was to drink it in five Minutes Mr. Emery continued
in the Room that soon after the deced took the Pot up &
drank that soon after he drank again and finished the
whole of the Gin that Dept [..] and the other persons
could not think is was Gin but in order to be satisfied
they drained the pot and found is to be the remains of
Gain that the deced continued pretty well for about
three or four Minutes when the deced fell from his Chairs