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AN INQUISITION Indented Taken for our Sovereign Lord the King at [..]
[..] Sixteenth Day of June in [..] Year Reign of our
Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, Great-Britain, France, and
Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before Thomas Phillips< no role >
one of the Coroners of our said Lord the King for the said County, on View of Body of
William Morrison< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of
Allen Machelchalan Thomas Clark< no role > . Joseph White< no role > Thomas Ramsey< no role > John Brady< no role > Hermoine Ontrop, George Shave< no role >
John Hardwell< no role > Richard Wood< no role > Joseph Meeres< no role > John Meeres< no role > , and Alexander Thompson< no role >
good and lawful Men of the said County, duly chosen, and who being then and there duly
sworn and charged to inquire, for our said Lord the King, when, how, and by what Means, the
said William Morrison< no role > came to his
Death, Do, upon their Oath, say, That The said William Morrison< no role > on the Twelfth
Day of June in the Year aforesaid being in an open Beaton the River Thames at The
Hermitage Chain in the Parish and County aforesaid and being Endeavouring to go
on Board a certain Ship there called The Ranger It so happened That he the said
William Morrison< no role > then and there accidentally, casually and by Misfortune fell into
The River aforesaid and was in the Waters thereof then and there Suffocated and drowned
of which said Suffocation and Drowning he the said William Morrison< no role > then and
there did And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid Do say that the
said William Morrison< no role > in Manner and by the Means aforesaid accidentally casually
and by Misfortune Came to his Death

IN WITNESS whereof, as well the said Coroner as the said Allen Maclachlan< no role >
the Foreman of the said Jurors, on the Behalf of himself and the Rest of his said Fellows, in
their Presence, have, to this Inquisition, set their Hands and Seals, the Day and Year first
above written.

Thos. Phillips< no role > [mark] Coroner
Allen Maclachlan [mark] Foreman< no role >