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

Informations of Witnesses taken this
Eighth day of February 1765 at the Parish of
St. George Hanover Square within the Liberty
of Westmr. in the County of Middlesex on an
Inquisition taken on View of the Body of
Thomas Pepper< no role > lying Dead within the said
Parish Liberty and County.

James Martin< no role > of Upper Mount Street in the Parish
of St. George Hanover Square Fruiterer on his Oath
saith, that Thomas Pepper< no role > the Deced lodged with Dept. in
a Room on the Second Floor near half a Year last past, Says
that about twelve o Clock on Saturday Night Dept. was alarmed
with a Noise in his House upon the Stairs, when Deced's Wife
cryed out that she should be Murdered by the Deced and desired
Deponent to call in the Watch, Dept. says that he saw the Deced
standing at the top of the Stairs at that time with a Knife
in his hand, Says that he this Dept. and Mr. Singler a
Neighbour and Mr. Paterson went up into Deced's Room
and found him in the Bed, Says that he left Deced and his
Wife in the Room together and Dept. and the other Gentlemen
come down Stairs, Says that the Deced's Wife went from
the Dept. House last Sunday and got another Lodging leaving
the Deced there, Deponent says that on Wednesday Night
last Deced came to his House about twelve o'Clock, asked for
a Candle and went up Stairs into his own Room, as Dept. was
informed by his Maid Servant, and Dept. heard him go up
Stairs, Says that yesterday about Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon
Deced's Wife came to Depts. House and inquired if Deced was
there, and being Answered that Deced had not been seen that
Day, the Desired Dept. to go up Stairs to see if Deced was
in his Room, which Dept. accordingly did, Says that he
found the Door single locked (being a Spring Lock,) and the
Key on the outside of the Door in the Lock, Says that on
opening the Door Dept. went into the Room and saw Deced
hanging by a small Cord around the Deced's Neck, and
fastened to a Nail in the Wainscot, says that one of the
Deced's feet was upon the cross rail of a Chair and the toes
of the other feet upon the Chair to the left of Depts recollection Says that the Deced was