City of Westminster Coroners:
Coroners' Inquests into Suspicious Deaths
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1st January 1778 - 31st December 1778

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that her Troubles were so great that she
could not live, That she cryed very much
and appeared to be very uneasy and
disturbed, and Deced in her Afflictions
complained before to this Dept. And Says
that about two Months ago Deced told
Dept. that she had taken a bleding Draught [..]
but Dept. giving her some Tea, She Reached
much and got well. And Dept. believes
that the Deced was at times Disordered
in her Mind

Hannah Grant< no role >

James Alexander< no role > of Dartmouth Street
Apothecary on his Oath saith, That on
Saturday Night last a little before Eleven
o'Clock Mr. Life came to Dept. House
desired he would come as soon as possible
being apprehension that his Wife had taken
some thing to destroy herself, says that to
went immediately, and found the Deced
in the Agonies of Death as her thought
That the Deced was then Sensible and
told Dept. that he Troubles were great
and on Dept. asking the Deced what she
had taken, she Answered, that she had
taken three pennyworth of Mercury
about Nine o'Clock that Evening, which
she had bought on the Wednesday before,
says that he used such things as he thought
Proper, but Deced died about one o'Clock
the next Morning, and Dept,. believes
that

that the Deced died in Consequence of the
Mercury which she took. And Dept. Says
that the Deced appeared to him at times
to be uneasy and much disturbed in
her Mind.

James. Alexander< no role >

William Life< no role > of Mill Bank Street Westmr.
Stone Mason Husband to the Deced on her Oath Saith that the Deced
died on Saturday Night, and believes that
her Death was in Consequence of something
she had taken, and that the Deced was
at times Disordered in her Mind

William Life< no role >

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




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