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

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Image 322 of 44120th October 1763


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

Informations taken this twentieth day of
October 1763 on an Inquisition taken on View
of the Body of Margaret Burgis< no role > This name instance is in set 3704. lying Dead
in the Parish of St. Clement Danes within the
said Liberty and County

Alexander Douglas< no role > of the Strand Apothecary on his
Oath saith That on Saturday last he visited the Deceased
and found a Bruise upon her Shoulderside,and another upon
the Nose of the deceased, which Deponent thought might
have been reced by a fall, the Deced being at that
time delireous, says that Deced had a Fever then, and
that the Deponent's Servant attended Deced all the last
Week and that he informed Deponent that Deced was
Feverish during all that time,

Alexr Douglas< no role >

Jane Baxter< no role > of Ship Yard One of the Searchers
belonging to the Parish of St. Clement Danes on her Oath
saith that on Tuesday last she viewed the Body of the
Deced and observed a Bruise on the side of the Deced
and her Private Parts Bloody, says there was likewise
a Bruise on her Nose, and Deponent thinks it
possible that the Death might be occasioned by those
Bruises.

The Mark of
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Jane Baxter< no role >

John Turner< no role > of Clements Lane on his Oath saith
That on Sunday Right the Ninth Instant a Deponent was
coming out of the Talbot, he saw Deced standing at
Mrs. Poole's Door (one of the Nurses belonging to the said Parish
says that the Deceds face was Bloody, and on being asked




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