London Depositions of Witnesses taken as London
that si to say as the Parish of Allhallows Barkin
in the Ward of Tower in London aforesaid this
24th. day of May 1796 on view of the Body of
Ann Grice< no role > now here lying Dead.

James Hudson< no role > of No. 7 Cruifix Lane in the parish of Saint
John within the Borough of Southwark in the County of Surrey
Ticker Paster< no role > maketh Oath that between ten & eleven this Morng
Dept. standing on Custom house Quay saw something laying in
the Mud facing the Custom house which appeared to be an old
Coat-Dept. and another person wentdownon board a Lug
Boat that lay next the Quay and the said person with a stud
which he moved about found is to be a [..] dead Body-he then
put his hand town found is to he the deced (a Woman)-That
a seals Board was let down from a Crane on the Quay and
Dept. & the said other person placed the deced in the scale
Board & she was hoisted from thence on the Quay-that he
appeared to he a Young Woman< no role > and from appearance
had notrestbeen long in the Water.-Dept. assisted in placing
the deced in a Shell which was bought for that purpose and
the deced [..] was taken from the Quay to Allhallows
Church Yard where the now his.

his
James [mark] Hudson< no role >
Mark

Sworn this 24th. day of May 1796.
before me}

A Woman Sister of deced was sworn & [..] identified the deced & only deposed that she saw
the deced on Sunday Night last-that she had been servt. in an House of ill Fame in Catherine Court
to apping kept by a Mrs. Hart but that she had left her said service on Thursday last from which time
she had been one of Place-That she was seen with four Women Yesterday (Monday the 23d). with whom she
had gone to see the Ninty Company on the water-That the deced was a married Woman but her Husband
was on board of ship-where he had been about twelve Months.