City of Westminster Coroners:
Coroners' Inquests into Suspicious Deaths
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1st January 1779 - 29th December 1779

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Samuel Harvey< no role > Laborer on his Oath saith
That on Monday last he was unloading
some Planks out of a Barge upon the
River Thames , into Mr. Joshua Smith< no role > 's Yard
That the Deced worked there and was
Carrying such a Plank, and walking upon
another Plank, Says that he believes
the Deced slipped off the Plank and fell down
into the Mud, and then reced a violent
Fracture upon his left Leg, and Dept.
says that it was merely Accidental
And says that the Deced was carried the
sameday in a Coach to the Westminster
Hospital .

Samuell Harvey< no role >

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




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