City and Liberty of
Westmr. in the County
of Middlesex }

Informations of Witnesses taken this Eighth
day of February 1764. at the Parish of St. George
Hanover Square within the Liberty of Westmr.
in the County of Middlesex on an Inquisition
taken on View of the Body of Evan Jones< no role > lying Dead
in the said Parish Liberty and County.

James Frith< no role > of May Fair (Son of James Frith< no role > Chandler )
on his Oath saith, that he was taking a Walk [..]
[..] in Hyde Park in the Parish of St. George Hanover
Square within the Liberty to Westmr. on Sunday last
in the Afternoon between two and three O' Clock, Says
that he heard a Noise, which he took to be the Report
of a Pistol, and on looking round Deponent saw a
Manfulldrop down on his right side and immediately
after turned upon his back on the Ground in the Wilderness
in Hyde Park aforesaid, at about twenty or thirty Yards
distance from Deponent, says that there was another
Man standing at about twelve or fourteen yards distance
from the Man that fell down, at the time he dropt, Says
that he immediately went to the Person that lay on
the Ground, and, the otherpassedMan ran by Deponent, having
three Pistols and two Swords in his hands, and said, that
he was going for a Surgeon , Says thaton going to
another Person (whose Name Deponent knows not came to Deced
about the same time as he Did, Says that they lifted up
the Deced on his backside, and the Deced then did spit
much Blood, Says that he asked Deced if he was Wounded
to which Deced replied that the was Wounded under the
right Arm, but that there had been no foul Play shewn,
Deponent says that be beleives the Wound was reced
by a Bull discharged from a Pistol, by the other
Man that went away (whose name Deponent knows not)
but says that Deced did not mention his Name, Deponent
says that he after wards found three Pistols and two
Swords in a hallow tree in Hyde Park , about one
hundred and fifty Yards distance from that Place, says that the
Persons that come to the Deced first with him, took up
another Pistol that lay on the Ground near the Deced,