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

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Sat at the top of the Stairs Deponent saith that about light
o'Clock the hand Duncan talking hand and say to Deceased
Decease away good man say wife is Waiting Suppose and
the she refused came form the Room and Deconds went
down without him and that about four minutes afterward
she heard some thing fall and went up stair and heard
something like water running down the stain and
Deponent then returned force hight and went up [..]
again and saw Blood running & that the came down
second time and went up again and then saw the
deceased with his Head at the bottom of the Stairs and his
Heal up the stair Case bleeding and a Wound in his Streat
and Deponent said Lord have money you have last your
Threat and the deceased opened his Eyes and Ment be
that the called and came and her about Ten Minutes
afterwards he died.

The marks [mark] Jane [..]

James Downes< no role > No 109 Skinner Street the market said that
he hath known the deceased six or seven year that the here to
first knew the deceased and until lately he was a friendly
sociable kindly man that he late had but biller Acquaintance
will the deceased for six Months laid until about a forti [..]
again that then the deceased came to Deponentfrom his
and asked Deponent 6 finish a pair of shoes for him that he had
began at he was ill and could not Deponent an goyed to
finished the shoes and the deceased was he fetch stom on the
Saturday that he gave the deced the shoes and heiniute
on healing Deponent within [..] of Porter and six pence that most
Work the deceased was brought hima pair of these to make and that
on wednesday last the deceased same to him and the deceased
said to him down as Jurity on would Chaque Coats with came And
Information asked him what names he said He was ad [..] tired of
a Robbery and that all his Cloaths and the Bullans and the Colour
were all admittied and a full description of him that then deced
locked wild and particularly about the Eyes that he tole
Deponent if he would go to the public house for the taken he
would see it adverted that Informant wont to the deceased
wife and informed hereof what state the deceased was in
and she denied Deponent to let her knew if he was violent
and the would send some person to take him that the dept at Deponent the next the wood
day he continued with Deponent and refused to came to
Meals but had it sent up stairs to him except his Supper
that he Kept at Informants or Thursday and on Friday
about one oClock he look up a Knife in a very odd way
and which Deponent got her him and that he afterwards
got a Knife from a West Seat which he kept in his hand
him that time until his death that the deceased placed
a Grid Hone at the head of the Stairs and for in the Court of the
afternoon went to the Wall and said there was some keep be
talking about him behind the wall and the deceased for
great part of the day had a Knife in onehishand and a Lap stone in
the other which he held to prevent his being taken by the
persons he [..] would to apprehend him that the
deceased wife had tired to set him into saint Luke's Hospital
and had got a Man from a House for reception a Humility
with a Shait waistcat to Same him that on Friday about
Eight o'Clock he asked the deceased to Come with him
to Supper which her refused and Deponent immediately
went to the deceased's wife and friend and [..] that he
reightbo [..] ed and taken Care of but on his return in
about the an hour and found the deceased had land
violent hands upon himself

James
Downes
< no role >




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