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

Informations taken this Twenty
first day of January 1779 at the
Parish of St. Anne within the Liberty
of Westmr in the County of Midsex upon
an Inquisition touching the death of
Samuel Hatton< no role > lying dead in the said
Parish Liberty and County

John Snidall< no role > Apprentice to Samuel Hatton< no role >
the Deced late of Rose Street in the Parish of
St. Ann Westmr. on his Oath saith That about
Eight o'Clock this Morning Dept. wanted a
Bag with some Work out of Deced's Bedchanker
(Deced being a Silver Bucklemaker) opened
the Deced's Room Door which was not fastened,
Says that on looking around he saw the Deced between
the Bed and the Wainscott standing upright
upon which Dept. ran down Stairs and
called up the Maid Servant who likewise
saw the Deced spoke to him that he called Mr. Mc. Laran
a Neighbour, and afterwards Mr. Hatton
the Deced's Sonwho cut the Cord by which
the Deced was HangingsSays that the Deced
has been Melancholy and low Spirited for
about six months and Particularly so
for the last Month or six weeks, And
Dept. believes that the Deced Hanged himself.

John Snidall< no role >

Edward Hatton< no role > Journey man to the Deced on
his Oath saith that John Snidall< no role > came to Dept. this
Morning a little after Eight o'Clock informing him
that the Deced was Hanging by the side of his Bed
upon which Dept. went into Deced's Room and
soon Discovered that he was Hanging by a Cord
which