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

Informations taken this 27th. day of
September 1763 at the Parish of St. Martin
in the Fields within the Liberty of Westmr .
on an Inquisition taken on View of the
Body of William Rawlins< no role > lying Dead in
the said Parish and Liberty.

Edward Edmead< no role > Apprentice to Thomas Abbott< no role > of Hungerford
Market Waterman on his Oath saith, that Yesterday Afternoon
about four o Clock, Deponent was in his Master's Boat which
he usually worked in, at Hungerford Stairs in the Parish of St. Martin in the Fields where the
Deced also was, Says that upon seeing a Barge coming
in loaded with Flour and Bricks, and on the Man in the
Barge calling out and desiring the Deced to take care
of a Boat that was in the way and made fast, belonging
to Mr. Davies, which Deced endeavoured to do, and in
stepping over a lighter loaden, with Coals fastened there Head Floor his foot slipt, and Deced fell
into the Thomas, says that he did not see the Deced
for about twenty Minutes, when he was taken up
out of the said River at the same Stairs, and says
that Deced was then Dead. Deponent says that the
Number of the Lighter from which the Deced fell was. 79.
but cannot say who the same belonged to.

E Edmead

Ann Latimore< no role > of Charles Court, Strand Widow , on
her Oath Saith, that yesterday Afternoon about four
o' Clock Deced was standing at Black Lyon Stairs Hungerford
& saw a Barge coming in loaden with Flour, says that
a Man in the Barge called outdesiring the Deced
to take care of the Boats, several times, upon which
the Deced run out in order to save a New Boat lying
there, which she was informed, belonged to David Davies< no role >
and, in stepping over a Lighter loaden with Coals,