January 1799.

the Jury were perfectly unanimous in their Verdict
that he Tied a natural Death by the Visitation of
God with which I was perfectly satisfied but a
paper writing having been sent to me signed as
I understand by some prisoners not those of the
Jury I went again to the Prison and made
every further possible Inquiry and had one of the
persons who had signed the paper of the Name
of Bone down and upon that further Inquiry
I was then and still am perfectly satisfied the
Verdict was fit and proper I have ever found
the Prison Clean and perfect Orderly and never
during the whole time that I have attended heard
the least Complaint against the Governor Apothe-
cary or any of the Officers attending that Prison
I made it a Constant practice upon every
Inquisition I took to address myself to those of
the Jury who were Prisoners saying that they
had a better opportunity of knowing and observing
the Conduct of the above mentioned Persons and
pressing them to tell me what they knew and if
any thing improper had been done that I would
take Care to give them proper protection against
any ill usage they might receive in Consquence
of any Declaration which they might make
by an immediate Application to the Magistrates
to cause them to be removed and I never heard
any Complaint - I have never seen any
thing in the Plan or Treatment unnecessarily
severe in its Effects on the Prisoners On the