City & Liberty of Westmr
.
in the County of Midsex
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Informations taken this fifteenth day of April 1766
at the Parish of St. James
within the Liberty of Westmr. in the
County of Middlesex
on an Inquisition taken on View of
the Body of
John Whitehead< no role >
an Infant lying Dead in
the said Parish Liberty and County.
Mary the Wife of John Whitehead< no role >
of Kemps Court in the
Parish of St. James
Coachmaker
on her Oath saith, that she is Mother
to the Deced, and that on Sunday last about Six o'Clock in the
Afternoon Dept. was making her Bed in her inner Room on the
First Floor in the Dwelling House of Henry Jackson< no role >
with upon she loge Says that
the Deced was playing in the Adjoining Room, and no other
Person with him in that Roger Says, that Mrs. Morgan who lives on the
opposite side of the said Court sereamed out, upon which Dept.
looked round, and missing the Deced, ran down Stairs and
found the Deced lying upon the Ground in theGroundsaid Court
Speechless, Says that she took him up, and found him Bleeding
at his Month and Nose, Says that Mr. Williams an Apothecary
was called who Examined the Deced and said that his Skull
was fractured on the left side of his Head, which Dept believes
to be the cause of the Deced's Death, and says that the Deced
accidentally fell out of and thro' the Window of the Room
abovementioned and that Deced died about half an hour
after Eleven o'Clock on Sunday Night, the 13th day of this Instant
April.
Sworn the Day Year & Place
abovementioned, before me
Thos. Prickard< no role >
Coroner
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The Mark of
[mark]
Mary Whitehead< no role >
Mrs. Morgan
Mrs. Jackson