City & Liberty of
Westmr . in the County
of Middlesex }

Informations taken this Twentieth day of May
1773 at the Parish of St. James within the Liberty of
Westmr . in the County of Middlesex upon an Inquisition
touching the death of John King< no role > lying dead in the said
Parish Liberty and County.

Pennel Cole< no role > House Surgeon at St. George's Hospital in the
Parish of St. George Hanover Square within the Liberty of Westmr
on his Oath saith, That on Sunday Night last (May 16th ) about
twelve o'Clock John King< no role > the Deced was brought to said
Hospital being insensible and comiting, from which
Dept. thought that the Brain was Inquired, but there
being no wound externally. Dept. could not tell in who
part, Says that he was sensible on Monday for a
short time, That he was afterwards seized with
Convulsions in which he continued until very near
his death which happened abut Eight o'Clock on
Tuesday Morning the 18th. Instant, Says that he
opened the Deced's Head after his Death and found
a small Fracture behind his left Ear, Some of the
Blood Vessels in the Head were ruptured and a great deal of
[..] travasated Blood between the Skull and the
dura mater, which was the came of the Deced's
Death.

Pennell Cole< no role >

James Curtis< no role > a Lodger at Mr. Thompson in Gibsons Court
in the Parish of St. James on his Oath saith, That John
King< no role > the Deced lodged in the same Room with Dept. and
that they worked together in their Room all Saturday last
until about Ten o'Clock that Evening, when Dept. went
to Mr. Young his Master in Cranbone Alley to receive his
Wages and afterwards to the Sign of the Princess Dowager
of Wales Arms in Cranbone Alley , and Deced came to him there
about half hour after Eleven, Says that they drank at a