City of Westminster Coroners:
Coroners' Inquests into Suspicious Deaths
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4th January 1772 - 30th December 1772

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Elizabeth Marsh< no role > the Widow of Thomas Marsh< no role >
the Deced on her Oath saith That about six Years
ago the Deced's Skull was Fractured and that he
has at times been low Spirited ever since, Says that
he has been ill about a Week past, that on Wednesday
last the Deced who worked for Mr. Koare a Coal Merchant [..]
came home being unable to work, that he afterwards
grew worse and had a Fever, and was sometimes
Delirious, by the violence of the Disorder Says
that yesterday between three and four o'Clock in
the Afternoon Deced went out saying that he would
of to Mr. Hoare his Master, being then Disordered in
his Mind, and looked wild and Confused. Says that
she soon after heard that the Deced was Drowned
And this Dept. says that she believes the Deced near
Delirious yesterday. And says that he had neither
Shoe or Knee Buckles when he went out.

The Mark of
[mark]
Elizabeth Marsh< no role > .

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




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