Rice Beynon< no role > of Newgate Street London Surgeon maketh
oath that last Tuesday night he was called on to see the deced.
That he attended him and found him in a state of sleeper
That he bled at the mouth, and was Sick & vomited some blood.
Dept gave the deced some medicine, and went to see him again
the next morning when he found him dead. Says that yesterday
Dept attended by another Gentleman of the faculty [..] examined the
head of the deced and found much extravasoted blood between
the integuments and muscles of the deced right temple & believes
his death was occasioned by a blow or injury on his Head.

Sworn the 10th. day of
August 1797 before me
T: Shelton Corr.}

Rice Beynon< no role >

Francis Davies< no role > a prisoner for debt in the Fleet
prison maketh oath that on Tuesday evening he was present
when a quarrell happened between the deced and David Williams< no role >
That Dept was standing conversing with Williams when the deced
came up and found fault with Williams for having played so long
as he sayed at Racquets & prevented other people from playing
& sayed it was a damned shame and raschally thing. Williams asked< no role >
the deced what he had to do with it, for that the Ground did not
belong to him, and other words passed between them. That afterwards
words arose between another man and WilliamsAfterwardsthe
the deced came upagainto Williams again and sayed He was a
a damn'd Raschal & a damn'd Scoundrel, & used other bad language
towards him, saying he was a damn'd Swindling Thief, for saying that he
hadwould nothada man of his property and would not pay him for it
That then bad language passed between both of them. That the
deced went towards Williams with his fist clinched before him,
in which he had some Racquet balls, on which Williams sayed at,
are you good at that. The deced answered he had no right to be
afraid of him. That Williams then asked him if he had any
conceit of himself. Would you take me to the Gate if I was to strike
youThe deced answered Yes I would you damn'd RaschalThat