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 Second day of September 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
Joseph Johnson< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of John Coates< no role >
Avery Tyrrell< no role > Richards Cumber< no role > Thomas Brown< no role > , Joseph Higgs< no role > , William
Pattinson< no role > , John Stonhouse< no role > , John Johnson< no role > , John Watkins< no role > Richard Oaks< no role >
John Beaver< no role > and William Hardines< 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 Joseph Johnson< no role > came to
his Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Joseph Johnson< no role > on the
Thirty first day of August in the Year aforesaid being in the
Workshop of Thomas Bragg< no role > a Smith at the Parish of Isleworth in
the County aforesaid, and that a certain Pistol charged with Gun powders and a leaden
Bullets which the said Thomas (Bragg was then and there repairing Accidentally
casually and by Misfortune was then and there discharged and shot off,
(the said Thomas Bragg< no role > not knowing that the said Pistol was charged)
by reason whereof the said Joseph Johnson< no role > did then and there Accidentally
casually and by Misfortune receive one mortal Wound in and upon
his Belly near the Navel, of which said mortal Wound he the said
Joseph Johnson< no role > at the said Parish of Isleworth in the County aforesaid
and also at the said Parish of St George Hanover Square within the Liberty
and County aforesaid from the said thirty first day of August in the Year
aforesaid until the first day of September in the same year did languish
and languishing did live, on which said first day of September he the
said Joseph Johnson< no role > at the said parish of St. George Hanover Square of the
mortal Wound aforesaid did die. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon
their Oath aforesaid do say that the said Joseph Johnson< no role > in Manner and
by the Means aforesaid Accidentally Causally and by Misfortune
came to his Death and not otherwise In Witness shereof as well
the said Coroner as the said John Coates< 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

John Coater< no role >
Foreman}