The Informacon of Mary Darling< no role > StInformacontaken befoe Robt.
Wright< no role > Esqr . Coroner for the County of Middx the 15th. day of April 174 [..]

Mary Darkin< no role > of the parish of Saint Pauls
Convent GardenMaketh oathSays that
the name of the deced is John Dawson< no role > &
has known deced abt. 4 yearsSays that
on the 12th. Instant abt. 9 at Night Deced
same into [..] Informants house which is a Coffee
House & asked for Mr. John Leverack< no role >
& soon after Leverick Came in& some
few word arising Leverick acknowledged
that he had sayd Deced did not behave
like a Gentleman to leave him 7 days
before at Browne Coffee House with
6 or 7 Men with their Swords drawn
then some other Words crose & Deced called
Leverack aSword & aRascall & a Scoundrell
& put his Sword in Leveracks hard & sayd
he shod. fight him them& that he wo'd
not fight in a Coffee house for that he
was a puppy & wod. not fight when he had a mind & threw the Sword out
of Doors;then other words arose &DawsonDeced
Struck Leverick with his hand which the
other returnedThen Dawson called Leverack
out where the staid for abts. three minutes
& both returned & seemed more revonciled