City and
Liberty of Westmr. in the County
of Middlesex
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Informations of Witnesses taken the 6 day of July 1762
in the
Parish of St. George Hanover Square
in the saidCountyLiberty before Thomas
Prickard< no role >
Coroner
, on view of the Body of John Webb< no role >
then and there
lying Dead.
Richard Bunce< no role >
Gate keeper of Grosvenor Gate in the said Parish
of St. George
, on his Oath saith, that the deced had been with him for
about a Month last past, about said Gate, says that Deced was told he
must not continue longer there, on Account of his being a Offensive
and stunk very much having no Cloaths or Linnen to she himself says that he saw decedwasin Hyde Park
about
one o'Clock on Saturday last, says that a Gentleman's Servant out told him
on Sunday Night about eight oClock, that a Person was drowned in
a Pond near the Cheese Cake house in Hyde Park
and that he had pulled
him out, says that he never saw deced since until he saw him now
in the Bone house belonging to the said Parish, says that deced was
very, poor, and had no visible way of subsistance, says that Deced was
for some time troubled with a Lethargic Disorder
Richad Bunce< no role >
Sworn before me the Day Year
and Place abovementioned.
Tho Prickard< no role >
Coroner
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