Westminster
City and Liberty
in the County of Middlesex
}
to wit
An Inquisition Indented and taken at the Parish of St. George Hanover Square
within
the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter at Westminster
, the Twenty first day of May in
the thirty third Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and
Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so forth, and in the Year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and sixty
Before John Feary< no role >
Coroner for our Sovereign Lord the King for the City and Liberty of Westminster
aforesaid, Upon
a Veiw of the Body of William Robinson< no role >
then and there lying Dead by the Oaths of William Barlow< no role >
, Alexander Scollor< no role >
Thomas Sockwell< no role >
, Thomas French< no role >
, Joseph Kettle< no role >
, Peter Thomas< no role >
, Edward Hewet< no role >
, John Bunting< no role >
, Henry Russell< no role >
William Dickens< no role >
James Fisher< no role >
, William Cobbell< no role >
, William Kirby< no role >
, James Watkins< no role >
, Charles Smith< no role >
, John Sharewood< no role >
, and John Boyce< no role >
Good and Lawfull Men of the said
City and Liberty who being Sworn and Charged to Inquire for our Sovereign Lord the King, how when where did in what
manner the said William Robinson< no role >
came to his Death, Say upon their Oaths. That William Roberts< no role >
late of the Parish of
St. James
in the Liberty and County aforesaid Laborer [..]
[..] on the Seventh day of May in the thirty third Year of the Reign of our said Sovereign Lord George
the second King of Great Britain
and do forth with force and Arms at a certain place called Hounslow Heath
in the County
aforesaid in and upon the said William Robinson< no role >
in the Peace of God and our said Lord the King then and there being Feloniously
did make an Assault, and that the said William Roberts< no role >
with a certain Weapon or Hanger made of Iron and Steel of the
Value of Five Shillings which he the said William Roberts< no role >
in his right hand then and there had and held in and upon the
wrist of the right hand of the said William Robinson< no role >
then and there Feloniously did strike giving to the said William
Robinson< no role >
then and there with the hanger aforesaid in and upon the Wrist of the right hand of him the said William
[..]
[..] of which said Mortal Wound
the said William Robinson< no role >
from the aforesaid Seventh day of May
in the Year aforesaid untill the Eighteenth day of May
in the Year aforesaid at the Parish of St. George Hanover Square
within the Liberty aforesaid in the County aforesaid did
Languish and Languishing did Live on which said Eighteenth day of May
in the Year aforesaid at the Parish aforesaid
within the Liberty aforesaid in the County aforesaid the said William Robinson< no role >
of the Mortal Wound aforesaid Died. And
so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oaths aforesaid do say. That the said William Roberts< no role >
the said William Robinson< no role >
in
manner and form aforesaid Feloniously did Hill and Slay against the Peace of our said Lord the King his Crown and Dignity
what goods and Chattels Lands and Tenements the aforesaid William Roberts< no role >
had at the time of the Felony Committed or at
any time since the said Jurors know not. In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the Jurors aforesaid have
to this Inquisition put their hands and Seals the day Year and at the Place abovesaid
Wm Barlow< no role >
Foreman
Alex Scholar< no role >
Tho. Sockwell< no role >
Edwd. Hewitt< no role >
Willm Cobbett< no role >
William Dickins< no role >
James Fisher< no role >
Chas Smith< no role >
John Shearwood< no role >
John Boyce< no role >
Jno. Feary< no role >
Coroner