City of Westminster Coroners:
Coroners' Inquests into Suspicious Deaths
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4th January 1771 - 26th December 1771

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Image 62 of 64830th January 1771


Joseph East< no role > Servant to Mr. Swonten in
Dorset Court Westmr. on his Bath saith That he
was sent this Morning between Ten & Eleven o'Clock
to Dr. Wilbraham, and in the Park was informed
by two Boys that a Woman was Hanged in the
Wilderness there, Says that he went into the Wildness
and in a Wooden Shed there found the Deced dead who
was laid upon her Back, and some People standing
around her who said that she was Hanged in a
Corner of the shed.

Joseph East< no role >

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




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