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

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Image 618 of 64823rd December 1771


City & Liberty
of Westrnr . in the
County of Midsex }


Informations taken this Twenty third
day of December 1771 at the Parish of St.
John the Evangelist within the Liberty of
Westminster in the County, of Middlesex
upon an Inquisition touching the Death
of George Harrison< no role > lying dead in the
said Parish Liberty and County.

Robert Brooks< no role > a Lodger at Mr. Miller at Cooper's
Bridge on his Oath saith That he Works with Mr. Nash
a Collin Printer at Morris's Causeway, where the
Deced has likewise Worked at him for the last four
Years, Says that he and the Deced worked there last
Friday and when they left off work they want
to drink at two several Publick Houses near
the Old Bar [..] where they Supped upon Sprat
and afterwards went into a [..] at the Old Ray
house, about a Man [..] out of it, Says
that they afterwards [..] Brat from the King
Arms. Stairs believe Westmr [..] and both went
into it intending by other desirer of the Deced, to
go to Bother Bridge, and the Deced rowed
to Lambeth Stairs [..] they went as [..] and
drank some Bars [..] there (it being
their about one o'Clock in [..] day Morning) Says
that they went to the Boat again and the Deced
Rowed up the River Thames a great Way, when
desired Dept. to [..] Row Says that he got up
in order to go to Row and that the Deced at the
some time got up and standing on one side of
the Boat they both fill over Boat into the
Thomas (both of their being much in Liguor.)




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