City and Liberty
of Westminster
in the County of
Middlesex }
to wit.

An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
King, at the Parish of Saint George Hanover Square
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the Twenty second day of February in the Nineteenth Year
of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain,
France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith and so forth, before Thomas Prickard< no role > , Gentleman,
Coroner of our said Lord the King for the said City and Liberty, on View of the Body of
Anthony Maccarto< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of Edward
Marsh< no role > , James Frost< no role > , Joseph Lane< no role > , Joseph Willis< no role > , Barnet Cooke< no role > , William
Adean< no role > , Jeffrey Crane< no role > , William Greenhaigh< no role > , Owen Scott< no role > , William Poland< no role >
James Martin< no role > and Joseph Flickers< no role > good and lawful Men of the said Liberty, duly
chosen, who being then and there duly sworn and charged to enquire for our said Lord the
King, when, how, and by what Means the said Anthony Maccarto< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Anthony Maccarto< no role >
on the Twenty first day of February in the Year aforesaid
being walking in Hyde Park in the Parish aforesaid within
the Liberty and County aforesaid, and that it so happened
that the said Anthony Maccarto then and there Accidentally
Casually and by Misfortune fell into a certain Sand Pit
and in the Water in the said Sand Pit, he the said
Anthony Maccarto< no role > was then and there Suffocated and
Drowned, of which said Suffocation and Drowning he the
said Anthony Maccarto< no role > then there died. And so the
Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say,
that the said Anthony Maccarto< no role > in Manner and by
the Means aforesaid Accidentally Casually and by
Misfortune came to his Death, and not otherwise.
In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner, as the said
Edward Marsh< no role > Foreman of the said Jurors on the behalf
of himself and the rest of his said Fellows, in their presence,
have to this Inquisition set their Hands, and Seals the
Day Year and Place first above written.

Tho. Prickard< no role > Coroner .

Edwd MarshForeman