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 Nineteenth day of April 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
Samuel Bastick< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of Benjamin
Feild< no role > , Robert Jones< no role > , Jacob Nelstrup< no role > , William Stronach< no role > John Marshall< no role > , Henry
Ewer< no role > , Joseph Hill< no role > Thomas wilson< no role > , Aaron Sylva< no role > , Robert Lelow< no role > , Thomas
Reynoldson< no role > and Edward Grove< 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 Samuel Bastick came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say , That the said Samuel Bastick, not
being of sound Mind Memory and understanding but lunatick
and distracted on the Seventeenth day of April in the Year aforesaid
at the Parish aforesaid within the Liberty and County aforesaid
a certain Towling Piece charged with Gunpowder and a
leaden Bullet to and against the Belly of him the said Samuel
Bastick did then and there discharge, by Means whereof he the
said Samuel Bastick did then and there give unto himself
with the leaden Bullet aforesaid so discharged and shot
out of the Pistol aforesaid by the force of the Gunpowder aforesaid
in and upon the Belly of him the said Samuel Bastick one
mortal Wound of the breadth of one Inch and of the Depth
of six Inches, of which said mortal Wound he the said
Samuel Bastick then and there instantly died. And so the
Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say that the
said Samuel Bastick not being of sound Mind Memory and
Understanding but lunatick and distracted, in Manner and
by the Means aforesaid, did kill himself. In Witness whereof
as well the said Coroner as the said Benjamin Feild< 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
abovementioned.

Tho. Prickard< no role > Coroner .

Benj Feild< no role > Foreman