City and
Liberty
of Westmr. in
the County of
Middx
}
Informations taken this first Day of May
1762
on an Inquisition upon the Body of
Elizabeth< no role >
the Wife
of
James [..] Beck< no role >
[..] lying
dead at the parish of Saint John the Evangelist
in the City
Libertyof Westminster
in the County of
Middx
Mary< no role >
the Wife
of Arthur percival< no role >
of Duck
Lane
in the said parish Old cloaths man on her
Oath saith that Yesterday about half an hour
after twelve in the afternoon Mrs. Elizabeth pescod< no role >
came our to Dept. and informed Dept, that she
had been up to deced's apartment (the deced lodging
at Sd pesced's House in Duck Lane
) and could
not make her hear upon which Dept. went over
and on endeavouring to break open the Door of the
deceds apartment, forced the Key which was in the
Lock of the Door into the Middle of the Room
Where upon Mrs. Pescod pulled out a Key which
fitted the Lock and opened the Door and Dept.
went in by Mrs. Pescods desire, and discovered the
deced kneeling at the Head of the Bed close by
the Wall, her Knees being on the Bedstead as if at
prayers but on some person by crying out oh Lord
she has hanged herself she observed the deced
hanging by a Cord round the neck fastened to a
Hold fast in the Wall. says Dept. cut her down
and she fell flat upon her Face on the Bed, says
she is certain the deced was then dead. says that
directly after cutting the dec ed down Dept. went home.
Mary
Pearearge< no role >
Elizabeth< no role >
the Wife
of William peascod< no role >
of Duck
Lane
Drummer on her Oath Saith that the
deced has lodged at Depts. House five Weeks
last Wednesday says upon Some Suspicion that
the deced had rubbed her Lodgings she last Wednesday