London

Depositions of Witnesses taken at London
that is to say at the Parish of Allhallows
Barking in the Ward of Tower in London
aforesaid this 16th. day of December 1794
on view of the Body of a Man unknown
now [..]

Stephen Brown< no role > a Watchman on the Custom house Key
& a Lodger at the House of Mr. Bromley a Taylor No. 6 Mercen
Court Tower Street maketh Oath that about ¼ past Eleven
O'Clock on Sunday Night last Dept. being on Duty as a Watchman
on Galley Quay in the Parish of Allhallows Barking he heard
something fall very heavy upon a Light then lying alongside
Galley Quay that is was very dark at the time and one
Redford a Watchman then on the Quay said "Lord have Mercy
on Me that Man has walked off the Quay" thatDept
one Thomas Green< no role > a Watchman on the Quay one Anderson
andr. Watchman went downthea Ladder from the Quay
into the inside Lighter and Dept. & two or. Watchman
held their Lanthorns to them in order to Light them that
the could not find any thing

his
Stephen [mark] Brown< no role >
Mark

Daniel Jewson< no role > of No. 4 Black Swan Court Tower Street
Lighterman maketh Oath that between ten & eleven O'Clock
Yesterday Morning Dept. and another person in consequence
of some information they had reced went into a Boat opposite
Wool Quay< no role > Corner with a Boat hook tried several times
to find the person they had heard had fallen overboard
the over Night that after Dept. had tried sevl. times without
effect the person who was with him took the Boat hook and
after trying with the Brothock two or three times he hooked
the deced by the Arm hauled him up to the Waters edge
& thengot him into thedragged him to the Shore were
he was slung by a Rope, got on shore from thence was
taken to the Bonehouse of Allhallows Barking where he
now lies

Daniel Jewson< no role >