City and Liberty
of Westminster }
to wit

Informations of Witnesses taken this 22d
day of July 1773 at the Parish of St. George
Hanover Square in the said Liberty at the
Dwelling House of Mr. William Mansfield< no role >
the Sign of the Coach and Horses Before Thomas
Prickard< no role > Gentleman His Majesty's Coroner
for the said City and Liberty touching the Death
of Susannah Burton< no role > otherwise Nash< no role > then and there lying Dead
as Follow

Ann Sopp< no role > on her Oath says that she known the Deceased about
6 Years, that during the time she has known her she observed her
frequently to be in a little delirious moping melancholy way, but
within 5 Weeks past has observed her to be quite incapable of any Work
being entirely Melancholly, she saw the Deced on Saturday about Eleven
o' Clock in the Morning pass by her Door, Deponent spoke to her but she
did not Answer, Deponent saw her Yesterday and heard she was Drowned being Dead on a Dunghill at [..]
the Evening before in the Thames, [..] a Person that Lives on the
Bank told her she lent [..] a Man into thewho took for out of the
Water with her Garter to tye the Deced to a tree for fear of the Tides's taking
her away Deponent says she was a Lober Person, that she used
Frequently to Walk about the Streets but did not care for speaking
to any Body.

Ann Sopp< no role >