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

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Image 285 of 55719th May 1770


Richard Hughes< no role > Apothecary in Knightsbridge
on his Oath saith that Yesterday Afternoon between
six and Seven o' Clock Dept. was fetched to g Gentleman
who had fallen from his Horse in Hyde Park , Says that
he went immediately and found the Deced lying on a
Bank by the side of the Road in Hyde Park without the
least appearance of Life in him, Says that he there
attempted to Bleed the Deced in three different places
in the right Arm but he bled very little, and Dept,. thought
him dead, and believes that he died in a Fit.

Richd. Hughes< no role >

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




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