City of Westminster Coroners:
Coroners' Inquests into Suspicious Deaths
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1st January 1770 - 26th December 1770

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December last, Says that he opened the Deced's [..]
this Morning, That on Dividing the Seals he found the
Perieramium Inflamed about the part where the Injury
was reced, That on opening the Sevll fre found that
the Fracture had penetrated both the Tables and extend
abot. two Inches & an half on the Inner Table towards the
Basis of the Sevll, The Dura Mater much Inflamed, & [..]
exhavasated Blood upon it, and on opening the [..]
Mater he found a great deal of Coagulated Blood in
the Surface of the Brain, Says that the Legdis [..]
agreat deal of Fetr'd Purulent matter, seemed
always tending to a Mortification, and when the
Deced was Dead, the whole Leg was Mortified
And that he believes that the Deced's Death
was occasioned by the Fractures abovementioned

John Cartwright< no role > Dicking

Severally Sworn the Day
Year & Place above
mentioned before me
Tho Prickard< no role > Coroner }




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