City & Liberty of
Westmr . in the
County of Midsex }

Informations taken this Fifth day of
March 1778 at the Parish of St. Clement Danes
within the Liberty of Westmr . in the County of
Midsex upon an Inquisition touching the
death of John Simpson< no role > lying dead in the
said Parish Liberty and County.

David Smith< no role > of Shiffield Street Clare Market
Carpenter on his Oath says, That he was at
work yesterday at the Shop of Edward Taylor< no role >
Carpenter in Yeates's Court in the parish of
St. Clement Danes within the Liberty of Westmr.
That John Simpson< no role > the Deced a Carpenter was at work
in the same Shop, at a different Bench,
Says that the Deced was working upon a
Drawer and cutting with a small Chissell towards his
Body, That the Deced turned around to Depots
clapped his Hand upon his Breast, saying,
God bless me, I have killed myself, and walk
to Dept. upon which Dept. opened the Deced
Waistcoat, and then saw a Wound in Deced's
Breast on the leftside, which bled, Says
that he feast his Handkerchief to the wound
in order to stop the Blood, and Deced said
I am Sick, I am Sick, Sunk down and
fainted away, upon which Dept. went to
acquaint Mr. Squrres there with who sent for
a Surgeon, who came verysoon, and on
his feeling the Deced's Pulse, said he feared
that he was dead, as he had no Pulse, Says
that the Deced was moved to the Sign of the
Taylor's Arms in Clements Lane and died
immediately, and Dept. believes that the Deced
accidentally gave himself the wound in the Breast
with the Chisset, which coved his Death, Says that
the