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

Infromations taken this Twenty sixth
day of August 1778 at the Parish of St. James
within the Liberty of Westmr. in the County of
Midsex upon on Inquisition touching the
death of William Grant< no role > lying dead in the
said Parish Liberty and County.

Andrew Shaw< no role > at Mrs. Jane Mackey< no role > of Peter
Street in the Parish of St. James Westmr. Soap Boiler
on his Oath saith, That he has assisted Mrs. Mackey
in the Business some time, and that William
Grant< no role > the Deced was Servant to Mrs. Mackey
and constantly attended the Copper & Vatts, Says
that yesterday a little after four o'Clock in the
Afternoon Deced and this Dept. were by the
Copper, which was Boiling, That the Deced
went to a Publick House and drank a Glass
of Beer and returned in about six or seven
Minutes, when Dept. gave him the Shove
the Copper being then Boiling, and went out
to Mr. Young's Door opposite to Mrs. Mackeys;
Says that in three or four Minutes he saw
Mr. Aldwyn an Officer of Excise coming to
Mrs. Mackey's Door, and Dept. following him
into the House, Mr. Aldwyn very soon called
out that the Copper was Boiling over, and
Dept. immediately saw it Boil over but
could not see the Deced or the Shovel Says that he called
William Several times and having no Answer
the Dept. enquired about the Neighbourhood
and could not hear of Deced, upon which
Dept. suspected that he was fallen into the Copper
and borrowed a large Hook from Mr. Frenck
and the Deced was drawn with it out
of