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

Informations taken this Eighth day of May 1766
at the Parish of St. Anne within the Liberty of Westmr. in
the County of Middlesex on an Inquisition touching the
Death of a New born Female Child lying Dead in the said
Parish Liberty and County.

Francis Ward< no role > of Milk Alloy in the Parish of St. Anne Westmr.
Grave digger to said Parish on his Oath saith, That yesterday
Morning about half on hour after six o'Clock He this Deponent
was in the Burying Ground adjoyning to the Parish Church of
St. Ann , and about six Yards from the Wall adjoining to
Princes Street , Deponent saw a Bundle lying in the said
Burying Ground, Says that he went it to be a Red Barse
Bag, and therein a Child wrapped in a piece of Linnen
Cloth, Says that the Child was then Dead but Dept did not
Examine the Child at the time, but carried it to the Vestry
Says that about a Quarter after Seven o'Clock the same
Morning Mr. Elcock the Sexton came there, when they
Examined the Child together and found it to be a Female
Child, and quite Cold, but Dept. observed no Marks of
violence upon the said Female Child, Says that helock [..] est
the said Child into the Watch box in the said Burying Ground
and locked the Door.

Francis Ward< no role >

John Obadiah Instamond< no role > of Frith Street and William Groote< no role > of
Nassau Street , Surgeons , on their Oath saverally say,
that they this day Examined the Female Child and f [..] d no
Marks of Violence thereon, That they tried the Experiment of
putting the Lungs into Water, and that they did not Sink therein,
but that they cannot say that the said Child was born alive,
the Child having been Dead about eight days, as there
Depts. believe, and in a State of Putrefaction.

[..] Instamond
W. Groote.