London Deposition of a Witness taken as London
that is to say as the Precinct of Bridewell
Hospital in the Ward of Farringdon within
in London aforesaid this 9th: day of May 1796
on view of the Body of John Boreham< no role > now
here lying Dead.

Thomas Underhill< no role > Servant to the Keeper of the House of
Correction of Bridewell Hospital London maketh Oath
that the deced John Boreham< no role > came to the House of
Correction of Bridewell Hospital aforesaid on Monday
last the 2d. day of May instant by virtue of a Commitment
under the hand akal of Mr Baydell Esqr . Alderman &
one of the Justices in & for the City of London Committed by
him to the House of Correction aforesaid being charged
before him and adjudged by him to be a Royne & Cagabourn
to be Kept & set to hard Labour for seven Days & then to be
passed by die course of Law that when the deced came
to the House of Correction aforesaid he appeared very
ill could hardly Walk & complained of a violent Agne
& Fever-Dept. took him into the Inprimarygave
him some Vituals & Bur-that the Surgeon of the
prisons an the deced the next Day and desired Dept.
to give him some Medicine which he should mix up for
him & that he should have a Pint of Porter daily-which
he had until Yesterday sundaylastwhen the Surgeon seeing him
desired Dept. to let him have two Pints of Porter daily
Home Wine which Dept. gave him-that last Night
Dept. took him some Water Grual with Butter [..] Sayar in it
but the deced as so ill he could not take it Dept. an
him again about eleven oClock & gave him some Warm
Porter that he took a little of it but was then very ill
Dept. then less him that ten or eleven persons slept. in the
same Room with the deced that between [..] sworn & eight this
Morning Dept. went into the Room where the deced
as & Found him dead-Dept. understood from his
fellow Prisoners he died about ever O'Clock this Morng

Sworn this 9th day of May 1796.
before me.}

Thos. Underhill< no role >