City and Liberty of
Westminster in the County
of Middlesex }

Informations taken this Twenty fifth day
of January 1763 on an Inquisition of View of the
[..] a [..] Unknown [..] in the Parish
of St. George Hanover Square within the Liberty
of Westminster in the County of Middlesex .

William Clear< no role > at the Coach and Horses near Battle Bridge in
the Parish of St. George Hanover Square Victualler on his Oath
saith That on Sunday [..] st as he went to the Chapel he walker
by the Common [..] hand K [..] to the River
Thomas be observed a picea of Cloth in the Sewer near him
own House but did not then stop not suspecting anything
Say that after Dinner that day Deponent recollection that
a Hat had been bound in a Field adjoyning Some time before
Want to the [..] again and upon breaking the Ice he
discovered the deced there, who was then Dead, says that
with the Assistance of Wm. John Towers< no role > and Richard Burke< no role > [..]
he got deced out of the Tower and afterward carried him to
an Out house belonging to Deponent Says that he found in
deced's Pockets Eleven shillings in Silver four Pence an
a forthing, a Knife, a Key, two Stock Buckles one of the
Silver the other Bross, a pair of Knee Buckles, and as Iron B [..]
when he was taken or of the Tower and no more.

William Clear< no role > [..]

Richard Burchell< no role > of Chelsea Gardiner on his Oath saith Th [..]
on [..] daynight lastin the Afternoon he assisted William Clear< no role >
in getting out decad from the Common Sower leading from
[..] dge to the River Thomas says that he was then Dea [..]
and that he took out of deced Pockets the several Things of
which William Clear< no role > has given the above account.

Rd: Burkall< no role >

Severally Sworn the Day Year and
Place abovementioned, before me
Tho. Prickard< no role > Coroner .}