City of London Coroners:
Coroners' Inquests into Suspicious Deaths
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30th January 1797 - 28th December 1797

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three half penny worth of Bread and some water-Dept. says
he has seen the deced and potatoe skins and take withered and
decayed Vegatables out of a Tub in the ward and eat them

his
John [mark] Griffiths< no role >
Mark

William Hanson< no role > and Thomas Simpson< no role > Servants to Mr. Kirby severally
make oath and say that when the last witness John Griffiths< no role >
mentioned to them that the deced wanted the Surgeons assistance
they told the Surgeon as soon as he came and that the Surgeon saw
the deced the same Day

William Hanson< no role >
Thos Simpson< no role >

Joseph Burford< no role > a Prisoner in the Gaol of Newgate maketh Oath
that he has seen the deced several times since he has been in the Gaol
that the deced never complained of want of food-Dept. had three
shillings and six pence of the deceds that the deced bought Bread
and Cheese and other things to the amount of three Shillings and
threetwopence half penny and that he has in his hands two pence
half penny belonging to the deced which money, or necessaries for
it; the deced might have had whenever he chased

Joseph Burford< no role >




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