London Deposititons of witnesses taken at London
that is to say at the parish of Allhallows the
Less. in the ward of Dowgate in London
aforesaid this 12th. day of September 1796 on
view of the body of Aaron Sweets< no role > now here lying
Dead

William Berridge< no role > -Miller & a lodger at No. 5 Alhallows
Lane London maketh Oath tha Dept. being on Brewers
Wharf about 24 Mins. past two on Saturday last Dept. saw
a Boy in the water facing Steel yard Stairs whom he believed
to be bathing-that he saw his head above the surface of the Water
for about a Minute whe he sank under the water-an alarm
was then giventhathe was drowning-that some persons tried
with Drags & Hooks & about 40 Minutes past 2 the deced was
taken out of the water into a Boat by a Water man very near
the place where he went down & that after the Man had got
the deced into the Boat he brought him to [..] that the yard stairs
& there landed him & from thence he was taken to the Dyers Arms
publick house (out Harbour-that the deced appeared quite
Dead-that the Lyon Arms is appointed by the Humane society at Dept. believes for the
reception of drowned [..] -that a Surgeon came who tried
means to restore the deced but without effect.

Sworn this 12th. day of September
1796 before me}

Wm Berridge< no role >