City of Westminster Coroners:
Coroners' Inquests into Suspicious Deaths
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3rd January 1763 - 30th December 1763

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Image 23 of 44126th January 1763


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

Informations taken this 26th. Jan Joseph Lawrence< no role >
there lying dead.

Elizabeth Hawkins< no role > of Bedford Street Spinster and
Milliner on her Oath Saith that last Monday
about half an hour after four in the afternoon
Dept being in the Juside of her shop near the
Widow looking into Bedford Court saw the deced then being in the Court several times stagger and
leave as if he was in a Fit, and then to fall down
upon the Pavement says a Gentleman attended the
deced to help been in his Fifth, but the Gentleman
was a stanger to Dept. says the deced was immediate
brot. into Depts. House and was there blooded but
bled but very little, deft. says she verily believes
the deced was dead before he was brot. into her
Houses there being us Signs of Life. says the
deced was an define Stranger todecedDeponent
says he was conveyed away from Depts. House by
two Chairman in order to be carryed to the
Bone house as Dept. understood.

Elzh. Hawkins< no role >

James Nourse< no role > of Bedford Street Woolen Draper
and overseer of the parish of St. Paul Covent Garden on his Oath Saith that on Monday last in the
afternoon Mr. Edward Ingrow< no role > (a next Door Neighb [..]
to Elizabeth Hewkins< no role > ) came to Dept. House and
informed Dept. that the deced had fallen down
in a fit in Bedford Court , says he went there wth.
Mr. Ingram and found the deced upon the stept
supported by a stranger, A a Fit Foaming at the
Month. says Dept went to Mr Juliatt an Apotherary
and he come with Dept and the deced was brot. into
Mr Hawkins Shop and Mr. Juliatt their let him




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