City & Liberty of
Westmr in the County
of Middlesex }

Informations taken this Sixth
day of November 1776 at the Parish
of St. George Hanover Square within the
Liberty of Westmr. in the County of Middlesex
upon on Inquisition touching the death
of Edward Sheers lying dead in the said
Parish Liberty and County.

Charles Stephens< no role > a Stable Man to Bright
Hemmings< no role > Stable Keeper in Charges Street in
the Parish of St. Georg. Hanover Square Westmr. on
his Oath saith, That Edward Sheers< no role > the Deced.
was likewise a Stable Man to Mr. Hemmings
and sometimes slept with this Dept. at a
Lodging in Mr. Hemmings's Yard, and often
slept in the Stable, Says that on Monday
Evening last (Novr. 4th.) about Seven o'Clock Dept.
saw the Deced at he Sign of the Red Lyon in Clarges
Street , the Corner of Mr. Hemmings's Yard, when
she Deced would have Dept. drink part of a Pot of
Beer & smoke a Pipe which Dept. described and
went to Bed, the Deced then appeared to have
been brinking but was not fuddled, Says that
the Deced did not come to Bed to Dept. that Night
That Dept. got up between three & four o'Clock the
next Morning, and after cleaning out his
Stable he called out Red, meaning the Deced
and soon after heared some body Groan in the
Stable of which the Deced had the care of upon
which Dept. went there and in one of the Stable
there he found the Deced lying on his [..] with some Str [..]
upon him which Dept. took of and moved the
Deced out of the reach of the Horse, in the
Stall which Horse appeared to be much
frightened, Says that the Deced's face and
Head were very Bloody and some Straw in
his Month Says that he did not observe any
Wounds