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Image 626 of 68124th November 1786


Middlesex


Informations of Witnesses severally
taken and acknowledged on the Behalf of
our Sovereign Lord the King touching the
Death of Duncan Robertson< no role > at the Sign of
the Weavers Arms in Bakers row in the
Parish of Saint Mary Matfellon otherwise
Whitechapel in the County of Middlesex
on the twenty fourth day of November
in the twenty seventh 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 me Edward
Walter
< no role > one of his Majesties Coroners
for the said County on an Inquisition then
and there taken on the view of the
Body of the said Duncan Robertson< no role > then
and there lying dead as follows.

James Horsford< no role > of the Parish of Saint George
in the County of Middlesex Surgeon being sworn
and examined on the day and Year and at the place
above mentioned upon his Oath saith that on
Thursday the sixteenth day of November instant
about the Hour of nine in the Evening he was
sent for to the Deceased Duncan Robertson< no role > and
found he had been desperately wounded on the
Seapula of the left shoulder which wound
appeared to be about the Length of five or
six Inches and as Deponent believes about
the Depth of one Inch but such Wound having
been served up Deponent did not think it necessary
to open therefore came to speak with certainty
as to the Depth he also found Wounds on
the left Wrist the forehead and face That
Deponent attended him from that time until
the Monday following during which various




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