London
Information of Witness taken at the parish of
Allhallows the less
in the Ward of
Dowgate in London the 17th. day of
July 1799 on view of the body of a
man unknown then & there lying dead
John Scolefield< no role >
of old Fish Street London
Lighterman
maketh oath that last Monday
afternoon Dept saw the deced lying in the River Thames
near the shore at the head Wharf of Messrs. Skaltby &co.
that dept & ansr. person with him took the deced to the old Swan Stairs
& landed him. the any quite dead. Dept does not know
who he was or how he became drowned.
Sworn the 17th. day of July
before me
T Shelton Corr.
Jonathan Scolefield< no role >