London
Information of a Witness taken at London
that lists say, at the parish of St.Sepulchre
in the Ward of Farringdon
without in
London
aforesaid this 5th. day of July 1794
on view of the Body of
Charles Danks< no role >
now here lying Dead
Elizabeth Bailey< no role >
Widow
a Lodger at the House
of Mr. John Bush< no role >
of Hosier Lane
London Planemaker
maketh Oath that she hath known the deced Charles Danks
an Infant about One Year and seven Months Old whose
Father
and Mother lodges in the first Floor of said
Mr. Bush's House about since it was Born that Dept occupies the twi pair of Stairs
Back Room that between five six OClock in the afternoon
of Thursday last the deced was in Dept. Room that the
[..] Mother of the deced came
up to Dept. Room & took the deced in her Arms & event
down stairs with it saying she was going to clean it &
take it an Airing that in a few Minutes after Dept.
sitting as her Window heard the Mother of the deced cry
but & say "oh my Child" my Child is gone out of the
Window" that Dept looked out of her Window & saw the
deced falling from the One pair of Stairs back Room
Window that it fell [..] backwards and the back part
of his Head fell against the stone, in the yard of the
Home Dept. immediately ran down Stairs and when
she got at the bottom of her own Stairs she met the Mother
of the deced coming out of her Back Room without either
Handkerchief or Cap on appearing to have been droping
herself that she wrung her Hands and cryed out very
much Dept. event down into the yard that Mr. Bush
had got the Child in his Arms that a Doctor who
had been sent for came soon after that he examined
the deced that the deced was quite imensible and had
received a very great Wound on the back part of his Head
from which a great deal of blood came the Doctor
dressed the Childs Wound in Mr Bush's Kitchen and then
it was taken up Stairs and delivered to the Mother
that the deced lived until Yesterday afternoon about
four OClock when it departed this Life
Sworn this 5th. day of July 1794
before me}