7th, August 1773
.
Verdict of the Jury touching the Death of a Man name
unknown found Drowned in the River Thames
.
That the said Man unknown on the 6th. day of August 1773
was found Drowned and Suffocated in the River Thames
( to wit)
hear the Sign of the Spread Eagle
at the Neat Houses on Milbank
in the Parish of St. George Hanover Square
in the Liberty of Westmr
that the said Man unknown had no marks of Violence
appearing on his Body, but how or by what means he
became Drowned and Suffocated no Evidence thereof doth
appear to the Jurors. In Witness whereof the Foreman
on behalf of himself and the rest of the said Jurors has
her unto set his Hand this 7th. day of August 1773.
Robert Fawsett< no role >
foreman