City and Liberty
of Westminster }

Informations of Witnesses taken this 15th. day of
October 1774 , at the Dwelling House of Mr. George Smith< no role >
known by the Sign of the Crown in Rupert Street in the
Parish of St. James in the Liberty of Westminster , Before
Thomas Prickard< no role > Gentleman His Majesty's Coroner for
the said City and Liberty of Westminster , on view of the
Body of Sarah Dwyer< no role > then and there lying Dead, as follows

Sarah Smith< no role > Wife of George Smith< no role > of Rupert Street St. James's Victualler
on her Oath saith that yesterday about 6 o'Clock in the Evening she and her
Husband was in the Tap Room by themselves and on a sudden they heard a
Rattling Noiseandas if some Body had fell down Stairs and she immediately
went and found the Deced with her Head Laying on the Floor of the Cellar
and her legs laying up three or four of the Stairs, the Deponents Husband
lifted her up and brought her up Stairs, the Decad was Speechless and in
about three Minutes expired, one Mr. Pain an Apothecary was sent for who
Came and Bled her but said he thought she was Deced, says there was
a Pail by her with some water in it and some water inatthe Cellar, the
Deponent Says the Deced was a Washerwomen, says she was an Old and
Weak Woman and supposes she was coming from the Yard with a Pail of
Water with an intent to go up Stairs and that her hands shipped in catching
the Rail of the Stairs which occasioned her to fall down the Stairs

Sarah Smith< no role >