go to Bed, (this Dept. lying on the same Floor as Deced)
Says that he oberved the Deced's Room Door open and on
asking her the Reason of th Door being open and having
no Answer he went into her Room, where he found the
Window likewise open, Says that he then went to the
Deced's Bedside and on seeing something coming out of
her Month Dept. thought that she was in a fit, immediately
left her and went back to the Crown Alehouse where he
had spent the Evening, and took Mrs. James the Landlady
and her Maid with him to the Deced, Says tht they, after
looking at Deced, adviced Dept. to fetch Mr. Brussins the
Apothecary to Bleed her, Says that he went for Mr. Brussins
who came with him, Examined the Deced, Said that she
was dead and did not Attempt to bleed the Deced, Says
that he saw Mr. Brussins take a Silk Handkerchief from
about the Deced's Neck but Dept. cannot say how it was
tied. Says that no Person could come into Dept. House
on Wednesday Evening While he was out, nor could the
Deced open the Street Door from within, the Street Door
being double Locked, Says that he believes that the Deced
being in Liquor Was Accidentally Strangled and Suffocated
as she lay in Bed, there being no other Marks of
Violence upon the Deced, Says that there was no Person
in his House but the Deced on Wednesday Evening when
he went out, and that no Personlay in his House at
that time but the Deced and this Deponent

John Robert< no role >

Robert Syrett< no role > Sarvant to Mr. Roberts on his Oath
saith That he has lived with Mr. Roberts about five weeks
and that the Deced lived there the greatest part of that time
Says that he did not in that time sea the Deced any way Intoxicated
with Liquor, but that she could always get of Liquor there
Says that the Deced came to Dept. in theshopStill House last
Friday and said that she was sure she should [..] out of her Mind
Says that on Wednesday last (May 15) Deced come again
to Dept. walked several times backwards and forwards in the
Still house, rung her hands, looked very pale and appeared
to be in great Agitation of Mind, but did not then speak to

Dept. Says that he always goes home to sleep at his
Lodings in Rad Lyon Street Holborn , and that he went
from Mrs. Roberts's House last Wednesday Evening a little
after Eight o'Clock leaving the Deced and Mr. Roberts only
in the House, and believes that no other Person used to
lye in Mr. Roberts's House

Robt. Syrett

Mary James< no role > the Wife of Edward James< no role > Victualler at
the Sign of the Crown the Cornor of High Street St. Giles , on her
Oath saith That on Wednesday last (May 15.) between Eight
and Nine o'Clock in the Evening, Mr. Roberts came into Dept [..]
and staid therewith Company until a little after Eleven o'Clock
when he went away, Says that in a Quarter of an hour at
Most Mr. Roberts came back to Depts. House, appeared to be
much frightened, Said that he believed his Maid was dead and
desired Dept. to go home with him, Says that she and her said
went with Mr. Roberts to his House and found the Deced
lying upon her Back in Bed, with her Kead inclining to
the rightside, Says that she felt the Deced's face which
was Cold, and Sweaty, and looked black, Says that she
appeared to Dept. to be dead, but that she advised Wm Robert [..] to fetch
Mr. Brussins the Apothecary to her who went accordingly
Says that she saw a Handkerchief around the Deceds Neek
but cannot say how it was died.

The Mark of
Mary James< no role >

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