City of Westminster Coroners:
Coroners' Inquests into Suspicious Deaths
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3rd January 1774 - 20th December 1774

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and got the Mornpile man to come and assist and then
they went and opened the Door of the Necessary and the
Deced appeared to be standing and a great Quantby of Blood
on the Floor, Says there was a Knife lying under the Deced
says the Sorgen of the Hospital was sent for, but he Died in
the Space of about five membs.

W: Clement

Richard English< no role > who keeps the whets [..] of at Pimlico on his
Oath saith that the Deced lay at his House on Saturday sughs
last and got up next Morning about 8 o' Clock & called for a
Slass of Water, and the Deponent asked him what troubled
him, he said he was troubled and had no sleep last night
says he looked very Melanchelly, Says he talkd very much
to People as passed by, and in a very old and incoherent
manner, the Deponent is of opinion that the Deced was
insane and out of his mind.Rectdly [..] glash

Joseph Street< no role > Waiter at the Wheatsheaf on his Oath
Says that he went by order of his Master Yesterday to
the necessary to lee for the Deced, [..] the Door of the necessary was
kept from opesing by the Deced holding his hand against
it and saw a themse in his right hand, and the Depont,
then pusshed the Door and opened it and saw the Deced
standing, and saw the Blood nursing for his Moral, the
Deced made a Nobse of Gugging; he then went and
acg his master & some others in the House & went to the
Hospital for the Surgeons and two came with son, and
they looked at the Deced, and said he was gone, says
for two days before he thought the Deced was mad or
Crazy, that he talked to way Body that come into the
House whelther to know then or not, says on Saturday
might he heard the Deced say when he was in a Box in
the Tap Room talking to himself. I shall do as the Lord
directnes,andDeponent has known the Dead several
Years, but stanly he was very much altered from what he
used to be in his Behaviour and manner of tally

Joseph Strett< no role >




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