Thomas Burosse< no role > of Poland Street in the Parish of
St. James Surgeon on his Oath saith That he this day
Examined the Body of Louis Debain< no role > and found an
impression upon the Deced's Neck made by himself
or some other Persons but does not think that
impression sufficient to [..] cause the Deced's death
the To [..] se not being out Says that he observed no other Marks of violence
upon the Deced, and Dept. believes that the Deced
died in a Fit of some sort.

Thomas Burosse< no role > [..]

Thomas Williams< no role > of Broad Street in the Parish of St.
James Surgeon or his Oath saith That he this day
Examined the Body of the Deced and found a Turnour
upon his left Temple, a lived appearance about his Neck
particularly on the left side, as if he had been Strangled,
and Dept. believes that the Deced was Strangled,
and that the Tumour on the left Temple could not
occasion his Death, but might be conducive
and Says that the Right Elbow of the Deced and the
Muscular part of the left Arm were Bruicd.

Tho: Williams< no role >

John Fox< no role > Watchhouse keeper to the Parish of St. James
Westmr . on his Oath saith That about One o' Clock
yesterday Morning (Novr. 6.) the Deced was brought
in by some of the Watchmen of the Parish and soon
after two other Men were brought in to said Watchhouse Says that they
[..] staid there about or near an hour and drank a
Gallon of Beer together says that the two Men, whose
Names Dept. does not Know, then wanted to go out
and went towards the Door but Deced set his Back
against the Door saying they should not go, Says that
the Constable Mr. Spence took the Deced down to the bottom of the Starrs
into a [..] the Deced going very Quiet, and in
about two Minutes brought him up again, Says that
the two Men were soon after let out, and in a Few
Minutes

Minutes the Constable took the Deced (who was
Noisy and Troublesome on Account of the Other Men
being let out) down Stairs and put him into a Room
where he was locked up. Says that Mr. Spence went
out immediately and as he was going away he ordered
this Dept. to let the Deced come up Stairs, upon which
Dept. unlocked the Room Door and the Deced came up
with him, Says that there were nobody in the
Watchhouse at that time but Mr. Henton the Beadle ,
a Woman, two Men whose Names Dept. knows not,
and this Dept. Says that the Deced and Hinton
the Beadle began Quarrelling, in the Watchhouse
that upon Mr. Merchant knocking at the Door the
Deced struck Hinton a Quart Pester Pot Noices [..]
upon his Head and Hinton fell down upon a Bench
but Dept. did not see Hinton sticky the Deced Says that he opened the watchhouse Door and Mr.
Merchant came in with three other [..] Says that they
immediately pulled the Deced away from Hinton
and threw him down upon the [..] Floor, Says that
he [..] saw Hintons Head Bloody but did not
see the Wound Says that the Deced was then taken
down Stairs by several Men in the Watchhouse
the Deced Struggling and very unwilling to go. Says
that one of the Man come up for a pair of Handcuffs
which he took down Stairs, but Dept. did not go, nor
did he see the Deced afterwards until he was informed
that he was dead, when Dept. went down and saw
the Deced lying upon the Bench by the Windows, Says
that he was informed by the Men there that the Deced
had hanged himself and that he saw a piece of Corder
around the Iron Bar on the outside of the window
which had been Act

John Fox< no role >