was directed to Mr. William Betts< no role > Mews Coffee House
Duke's Court St. Martins Lane Westminster , upon which
Dept left the Deced on the Shore, the young Man that took
out the Deced and another Man being with him, and
this Dept. went to Duke's Court and Acquainted a Woman
in the Coffee house there, with what had happened, Says
that he returned immediately to Hyde Park and found
the Young Man which he had left with the Deced, still
by him, with several Others, Says that some time after
four Men come there with a Shell, that the Deced
was put into the Shell and carried away therein
Says that he saw the Deced this day in St. Martins
Work house and is sure that it is the same Person
that he assisted to take out of the Serpentine River
as abovementioned.

Thos. Parker< no role >

Thomas Manning< no role > a Lodger with Mr. Mc. Cartney at
the Rising Inn in Suffolk Street on his Oath saith, That
on Saturday last about a quarter before three o' Clock
in the Afternoon, Dept. was coming from Kensington to
London and walking along Hyde Park , a Man on Horse back
called to Dept. and asked him if he could Sworn, and upon
his saying that he could, the Man desired him to go into
the Water and fetch out a Man that was Drowned
upon which Dept. took of his Cloaths and went about
sixteen Yards into the Serpentine River, got hold of the
Deced (part of his Head being above the Water) and brought
him to the Shore, and Thomas Parker< no role > assisted, Says
that the Deceds hands were Cold and Dept. believes that
he had been some time Drowned, and says that no Works
of violence appeared on the Deced, Says that Thomas Parker< no role >
searched the Deced's Packets and in a Pocket Book found
some Papers and Letters, That said Parker went away
leaving this Dept. and another Man with the Deced, Says
that soon after a Surgeon came there who with a Lane at
out the Deced upon the Temple and on the Neck, and that
the Deced bled freely, but Dept. observed no Signs of Life in Deced
Says that soon after said Parker returned there, and
that between five and Six o'Clock a Shell was brought
there, and the Deced was carried away therein

Thos Manning< no role >

Margaret Fitzgerald< no role > Servant to William Betts< no role > the Deced
at the Mowse Coffee House in Duke's Court on her Oath
saith, That she has lived with the Deced between five
and six Years last past, that the Deced last Saturday
Morning about ten o'Clock went out of his House
saying that he would go to Market, to order a Leg of
Lamb and a Leg of Veal, Says that he did not return
and that between three and four o' Clock that Afternoon
a Man cause to the Coffee house and told Dept. that the
Deced was Drowned in Hyde Park , This Dept. says that
the Deced was naturally of a chearfull Disposition
but that he has appeared to be very uneasy and low Spirited for
about three Months last past, and was particularly
dull last Saturday Morning.

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Margaret Fitzgerald< no role >

Robert Coley< no role > of Church Court in the Parish of St.
Martin in the Fields Butcher on his Oath saith
That he served the Deced with Meat, and that the
Deced frequently came to order it himself, That the
Deced came to Depts. Shop last Saturday Morning between
ten and eleven o'Clock and ordered a Leg of Veal and
a hind Quarter of Lamb, Says that the Deced then
looked very wild and confused, and on Dept. asking
him how he was said he was not well, upon which
Dept. asked Deced if any of his Creditors were coming
upon