City of Westminster Coroners:
Coroners' Inquests into Suspicious Deaths
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1st January 1777 - 30th December 1777

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And Slays that he saw Mr. Jarvis the Surgeon
Examine the said Male Child in the
Workhouse

Henry Brecon< no role >

Henry Jarvis< no role > of May's Buildings Surgeon
on his Oath saith, That on Saturday last he
was desired, by [..] Doers [..] to Examine at the Workhouse
a Child which was brought from Barylis Alley
Says that he ordered the Child to be washed
and then carefully Examined the Male Child
in the Dead House within the Workhouse
belonging to the Parish of St. Martin in the
Fields , and found no Marks of violence
thereupon, Says that the Child was Cold & appeared to
have been dead a day, That the Novel
String was not field That the Child was
come to Maturity and Dept. believes
that the Child was born alive.

Henry Jarvis< no role >

Severally Sworn the Day
Year & Place abovementioned
before me
Tho. Prickard< no role > Coroner }




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