MIDDLESEX .
(To wit.)}

AN INQUISITION Indented, Taken for our Sovereign Lord the King, at the Parish of
Saint Paul Shadwell in the County of
Middlesex , the Tenth Day of June in the twenty Second Year of the Reign of our
Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third , by the Grace of God, of 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 the Body of
Alexander Simpson< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of
Charles Mallen< no role > Anthony Carlatte< no role > William Benson< no role > Charles Woodward< no role > Christian Awe< no role >
Frederick Miller< no role > Samuel Buckley< no role > Robert Burton< no role > John Teasdale David Charles Richard< no role >
Harris and John Goater< 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 Alexander Simpson< no role > came to his
Death, Do, upon their Oath, say, That the said Alexander Simpson< no role > on the Eighth Day
of June in the Year aforesaid being on The Main Stay of a Ship called The William and Jane
then lying in the River Thames at Shadwell Dock Stairs in the Parish and County aforesaid
It so happened That he the said Alexander Simpson< no role > then and there accidentally casually and by misfortune fell from the said Main Stay into The Hold of the said Ship By Means whereof he the said Alexander Simpson< no role > then
and there received divers Mortal Bruises in and upon the Head, Body, Legs and Arms of
him the said Alexander Simpson< no role > Of which said Mortal Bruises he the said Alexander
Simpson then and there died And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid Do say That
the said Alexander Simpson< 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 Charles Mallen< 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
Charles Mallen [mark] Foreman