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

Informations taken this 29th
Day of November 1762 at the
parish of Saint James within the
Liberty of Westmr . on View of
the Body of Christopher Oliphant< no role >
there lying dead.

Ann Berry< no role > Widow Servant to Mr. William Ludbey< no role >
of Piccadilly Stone Mason on her Oath Saith that
for about two Months last past the deced was employ'd
in her Masters Service in Cleaning the Knives and
Clacking his Shoes says that on Saturday Morning
about Nine the deced came to her Mastors House and
cleaned the Knives & Clached the shoes in a Clacback
Cellar where he used to do them; says that her Fellow
Servant Mary Ann Bright< no role > went to the such by the
Cellar Door to Pour down Serve water, and directly
returned to Dept., and informed her that the Watchman
(meaning the deced) was in a very add posture and desired
Dept, to go and see, says she went into the Collar and
took held of the deced who was upon his Knees, and
Shook him, and asked him what was the matter, and
on his making no Answer she observed that he was
hanging by the neck, a Hankerchief being tyed
round his neck and about a Leaden Pipe which
carried the coater up to the waste house upon which
she took up a Knife and out the Hankerchief and be
fell against a Barrel ag in the Collar says he was
Motion less and Dept. believes he was then dead. that
she immediately acquainted her master and mistress
thereof and an Apothecary was Seat for andthe deced
was lot Blood in Dept. [..] he attempted to let
the deced Blood but to no purpose the deced being then
dead as the Apothecary declared

The Mark of
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Ann Berry< no role >

said Ann Berry< no role > says she has seen the Body of a
man in St. James's work house and that he is the
same person she cut down in her Master's Cellar.

The Mark of
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Ann Berry< no role >