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

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on which Day Dept. understood from him she had
taken ill and that during those two Days she had
drank a great quality of Gin Dept was present
to Day about One of OClock when Mr. Blizard Surgeon
dissected the Body that there ever one external marks
except what Dept. has before described that upon
opening the deced there appeared to be a general
inflamation in the Stomack and intestines which
inflamation could not be occasioned by any external
injury but may be occasioned either by excessive
drinking or by Cold or [..] both together and
that excessive inflamation would occassion the deced
death and which inflamation or appeared to Dept.
he as no doubt occasioned the deceds Death

J Taylor

William Alett< no role > of the Magpye Skinner Street Bishopsgate
Street London< no role > Victualler maketh Oath that about two
OClock on Wednesday afternoon last on Dept going
into his Tap Room saw the deced and one Mr King
scattering together that they were both intoxicated
that some Words had passed between them before
Dept parted them and turned them out of Doors
that the next Morning the deced [..] came into Dept Top
Room about seven oClock and had a Glass of Gin
that she appeared to the very well in health but
sayed her Husband had turned her out of Doors
over Night that Dept. saw the Bachwards and forward
in the course of that Day & he believes on Friday Morning that
she appeared very well

Wm Aylett< no role >




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