MIDDLESEX .
(To wit)}

AN INQUISITION indented, taken for our sovereign Lord the King, at The Parish
of Houston in the County of
Middlesex , the twenty fifth Day of August in the Twenty fifth 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
John Pearson< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of
Charles Harris< no role > , Benjamin Gee< no role > , Tuffin Hobbs< no role > , William Waddle< no role > , John Perry< no role > , Benjamin
Price William Waterfield< no role > , Thomas Jones< no role > James Taylor< no role > , John Harris< no role > John Steps< no role >
William Combes< no role > , John Hiles< no role > and William Mercer< 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 John Pearson< no role > came to his
Death, do, upon their Oath, say, That the said John Pearson< no role > on the Twenty second Day
of August in the Year aforesaid having drank a Quantity of Spirituous Liquor called
Geneva (to wit) Three Quark so far [..] It so happened That he the said John Pearson< no role > was by the
Fumes arising from the said Liquor then and there choaked, suffocated and stifled, of which
said Choaking, Suffocation and Stifling he the said John Pearson< no role > then and there died And so
the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say That the said John Pearson< no role > in Manner
and by the Means aforesaid came to his Death

IN WITNESS whereof, as well the said Coroner as the said Charles Harris< 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

Chas. Harris [mark] Foreman