Deposition taken at the Sign of the Swan
in the Parish of Tottenham
in the County of
Middlesex
the first day of May 1788
on View of the Body of a New Born Female
Child before Edward Walter< no role >
one of the
Coroners for the said County
William Sutton< no role >
of Tottenham
in the County
of Middlesex
Woodman upon his Oath
saith That on Tuesday last [..] about
the hours of Five or Six in the Morning he was
called to the House of William Giles< no role >
of Tottenham
aforesaid and being
informed that an Infant was in
the Necessary he with all Possible
dispatch proceeded to take it out that Deponent before he so
got it outhethought he saw it Stir
but cannot speak Possitively but
when he took it out he did not perceive
any Appearance of Life but how
or by what means such Infant came
in such Necessary Deponent of his
own Knowledge knows not
Taken and Acknowledged the
1st. day of May 1788
before me}
Edward Walter< no role >
Coroner
Wm Sutton< no role >