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

Informations taken this Tenth day of July
1773 at the Parish of St. James within the Liberty
of Westmr . in the County of Middlesex upon an Inquisn.
touching the death of a new born Male child lying
dead in the said Parish Liberty and County

Margaret Murray< no role > the Wife of John Murray< no role > a Lodger
at Mr. Martin's How Situate in Smith's Yard Air Street
in the the Parish of St. James Westmr . on her Oath Saith, That
on Thursday night last (July 8th.) a little before Ten
o'Clock Dept. had occassion to go to the Vault or Necessary
House at the bottom of the said Yard and adjoining to
the House in which Dept. lodges, and having a lighted
Candle in her Hand she observed a small new Deal
Box lying upon the Soil in the Vault, upon which
she called Mr. Chamberlayne, a Lodger in the same House,
who came there and saw the Box in the Vault & turned
it over, and saw some Blood come out of the Box,
but the Box was not taken out that Night, Says,
that the next Morning the Box was taken out
of the Vault, in Dept. presence,a dn on opening the
Box Dept. saw therein a Male Child which appeared
to have been dead some days, Says that she observed
no Marks of Violence upon the Child nor can she
say whither it was born alive or not,

Margaret

Murray

Thomas Williams< no role > of Broad Street in the Parish
of St. James Surgeon on his Oath saith That he has
this day Examined the Body of a new born Male Child
and found no Marks of Violence theroom,That the Child