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

Informations taken this Twenty first
day of March 1770 at the Parish of St. James within
the Liberty of Westmr . in the County of Midsex. upon
an Inquisition touching the Death of Jane Hall< no role > lying
dead in the said Parish Liberty and County.

John Nimmo< no role > of South Street in the Parish of St.
James westmr . Baker on his Oath saith That Jane Hall< no role > the
Deced and her Husband Timothy Hall< no role > Lodged in the fore room
one pair of Stairs in Dept. last House and were old and infirm
That about Eight o'Clock last Night a woman Servant to Mr.
Strong (a Lodger in the back room even with Deced) came down
Stirs and said that she believed Hall's Room was on Fire
upon which he went up into the Deced's room
and found it full of smoak, the Deced's Husband [..] ing
upon the Bed & unable to move, That he found the Deced's
sitting in an Elbow Chair near the Fire side with L [..] Cloath
on Fire, and having a Knife in her Hand Says that Mr.
Strong and Mr. Turpin, (who went in to the room with Dept.
endeavored to kill away the Deced's Hand kerchief and Choaths,
which were on Fire, when Dept, saw that the Deced was
burnt in the Shoulders and about her Head, That a pail
of water was fetched and thrown over the Deced, but Dept.
found that Deced was dead. Says that there was no other
Person in the room with Deced but her Husband, when
Dept. went in, and believes that the Deced's Linnen
accidentally took Fire by which the Deced was burnt.

Sworn the Day year & Place
abovementioned before me
Tho. Prickard< no role > Coroner .}

John Nimmo< no role >