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

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and saw the Deced Crossing the Street to this Dept. [..]
& her Mother, Says thatDeced was close to a Horse's
Head, a th [..]
a Coach drawn by two Horses was at that
time coming up the Street and that the Deced whan
Dept. first saw her was close to one of the Horses Head
and that she was forced down by that Horse, Says that
the Coachman then endeavoured to Stop the Horses and
that one of the Horses trod upon the Deced's Hand, That
both the Horses were Trampling at that time, but cannot
say that they Trod upon the Deced's Head or Body, Says that
the Fore Wheel on the Near side went over the Deced's Neck
and that the hinder wheel passed over the side of the
Deced's Head, as she lay on the Ground, after which the
Coachman drove the Horses away very fast, Says that
a Carriage had gone up the Street and was a little
way before the Coach when the Women was forced down
That it was light enough for the Coachman to see the
Deced, but she cannot say whether he saw her or not,
Says that she saw the Coach at some distance from
the Deced, but cannot say how he drove at the time
the Deced was forced down.

Eliz Thomas< no role > .

John Causer< no role > Pupil to Mr. Bromfield one of the Surgeons
of St. George's Hospital in the Parish of St. George Hanover
Square on his Oath saith That Margaret Taylor< no role > the Deced
was brought to said Hospital as an Accident last Saturday
Morning (May 12th.) hading a Fracture on the Frontal
Bone which extended so near the right Orbit as to make
it impossible to apply the Frotran with safety, and the
Collar Bone on the left side broken, says that proper
care was taken of the Deced in said Hospital but that
she died there on TuesdayMondayNight the 14th. Instant, and
Says that the Fracture abovementioned was the cause
of the Deced's death.

John Causer

Thomas Allanson< no role > of Swallow Street Tin Plate Worker
on his Oath saith, That on hearing a Noise in the Street last Friday Evening he
ran to his Door and saw a Coachman upon a Coach horse in the Street
pulling the Horses. Reins and endeavouring to stop his Coach
That the Horses did not stop, but went on by Depts. Door,
Says that he then saw the Deced lying down in the Street
bleeding from the Forehead, that there was a great deal of
Blood on the Ground where she lay, That he helped to lift
her up, and was informed that she reced the Hurt by
the Coach going over her.

Thos Allanson< no role >

Thomas Williams< no role > of Swallow Street St. James's Shoemaker
on his Oath saith that being in his Shop on Friday Evening
last about Eight o'Clock and hearing a Noise in the Street
he looked out of his Window and saw a Coachman upon
his Box about Ten or Fifteen Yards from his Window, appearing
to Dept. to pull in his Horses, Says that he was
immediately informed that a Woman was run over
by that Coach and he saw the Woman lye down in the
Street, very near the Place where the Horses were when
he first looked out. Says that the Coachman drove up
Swallow Street and that there was a Footman behind the
Coach.

Thos. Williams< no role >

Thomas Richardson< no role > of Swallow Street Cheesemonger
on his Oath saith That on Friday last about Eight o'Clock
in the Afternoon Dept. being at his own Door saw the
Deced crossing Swallow Street , and a Coachman driving
a Coach drawn by two Horses up said Street towards the
Deced, Says that he heard the Coachman call out, Hollo
when he was about Ten Yards from the Deced, That
the Horses were going on a full Trot, and that the
Coachman did not us he thinking attempt to stop the Horses, Says
that the Deced was forced down by the Near Horse, and
was afterwards Trod upon by the same Horse, and both
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