Shew'd it the other patients in the Ward, and
informed them he imagined that was the
Instrument with which the deced had cut his
Throat says that immediately after the House
Surgeon Mr Underwood came and as Dept believes did his Endeavour
to stop the wound - says that the deced lived for
six hours afterwards and in that Interval Spoke
at times. says by the porters desire (who was hard
of hearing) Dept. as hed deced whether he would
have any particular person fetcht to him, to
which the deced replyed he did not want to see
any person, Dept. was also desired to asked the
deced whether he was indebted to any persons, to
which deced answered to a great many, says
the deceds had been a patient a Month, was always
very pensive and melancholy and unwilling to
give an Answer to any Body.

Thos. Dover< no role >

Eleanor Brickwell< no role > Widow nurse belonging to
the said Ward on her Oath Saith that the deced
was a patient under Deptr. Inspection & Care for
near a Month and was under a Salivation, and last
Thursday desired Dept. to tell Mr. Bromfield that
he did not choose to be any longer in the Salivation
and friday Evening he was washed out says at ten
that night Dept. left him, in order for the night
nurse to attend him says he appeared to Dept. during
her Attendances to be Sensible says she saw no
more of him 'tell after the deced had cut his Throat.

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Eleanor Brickwell< no role >

William Mc. Gregor< no role > one of the porters belonging to
the said Hospital or his Oath Saith that he hath
known the deced about five Months says the deced
about Nine Weeks ago informed Dept. that he had
been afflicted with the Foul Distemper about
two years and that he had been thro' a Course of
Salivation in the Lock Hospital, and says Dept. came

to St. George's Hospital for a Complaint in his Head
and was a patient under Dr. Warren & Mr. Bromfield
and was order'd to go thro' a Salivation there, to which
he was very unwilling to agree, but consented at
last, says the reason he gave was that he dispaired
of a Cure; for which Dept. desired his reasons, to
which he replyed that he was disappointed of a
place which some Gentleman had Promised him
three or four Years ago.- says that about three
Weeks before the deced became an Inpatient Dept
not the deced, and Dept. asked him if he had been
at the Hospital that day, to which he answered
he had and did not expect a Cure; that he was
more ready to make away with himself then
any thing else, and appeared to Deponent to be
very Melancholy & dejected.

William Mc Grigor< no role >

Roderick Mc Rinnon< no role > Servant to Mr. Dampier
Apothecary belonging to the said Hospital on his
Oath Saith that about 8 o'Clock last Saturday
Morning as Dept was carrying Some Medicines to
the other patients the deced called to him by name,
and told Dept. that they (meaning as Dept. understood
the patients in the Ward) had frightened him that
Morning, that he thought to go to sleep, that they
told him Fielding was after him, and asked Dept
if he had seen him, to which Dept. replyed that he
had better think of his maker at that time, to
which he said that's had, God grant it. says the
deced was a sharger to Dept.

Roderick Mac Rinnon< no role >

Michael underwood< no role > House Surgeon of the said
Hospital on his Oath saith that about half an hour after five
last Saturday Morning he was fetched by the
night nurse to Richmond Ward to a patient who
had at his Throat there, says he went and found
Us deced in his Bed with his Throat cut and bleeding