City of Westminster Coroners:
Coroners' Inquests into Suspicious Deaths
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10th January 1780 - 30th December 1780

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Her and she in Play threw some [..] upon
Deced, but had no Quarrel with him says that
in about a Quarter of an hour after Deced went
into the yard, a little Girl called Ann Cornwell< no role >
aged about Eleven years, being another apprentice
of Mr. Blakes, at the top of the Stairs called Torn
(the Deced) upon which Deced turned about (her
Back being towards the Kitchin Door) and
then Dept. saw the Deced Hanging by a ford which
was fastened to the Iron little of the Kitchen
Door and about the Deced's Neck, says that she
was much frightened and took up a Knife and
cut the cord by which the Deced was Hanging, &
Deced fell down upon the floor, Name of Cordwall
being then coming down Stairs to Deced, says
that the Deced appeared to be dead, and Dept.
believes that the Deced Hanged himself, tho she
did not see or hear the Deced hang himself, nor
did any other Person come into the Kitchen to
Dept. Knowledge from the time the Deced went into
the yard to the time she found him Hanging.

The Mark of
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Martha Warden< no role >

Susanna< no role > the wife of Thomas Blake< no role > at the Juny [..]
Coffee house in Pall Mall on her Oath saith That she
sent Thomas Painter< no role > the Deced, down stairs to fetch
some Coals yesterday about a Quarter before Six
o'Clock in the afternoon, says that Martha Warden< no role >
was then in the Kitchen washing, & that no other
Person was there, says that the Deced did not
being the Coals up so soon as she expected, & Dept.
sent Ronny Cornwall< no role > to call him, that she returned
and said that he was coming says that the Deced
not coming this Dept. sent Corn call again in about
ten Minutes to call Deced, that she returned
immediately saying that she behind the Boy
was dead, that she that left his stomach and that
he did not draw Brand Says, that Mr. Duncan
(who was with Dept. in the Barr) immediately
went down Stairs, and said he believed the
Boy was dead & desired somebody might be
called to his assistance, and that there was aford
about the Deced's Neck, Says that Mr. Heys [..] &
Mr. Walker a Surgeon come to Deced, and that
the Deced was bled in the Arm, but Deced bled
very little, and Mr. Walker said that he was
dead. says that Mr. Dunbar said that he had
cut the Cord about the Deced's Neck and that it
was so tight that he could hardly get his
Persent between, and Dept. believes that
the Deced Hanged himself this Dept. having been
in her Barr from the time the Deced went down
for the Coals until he was found dead, and believes
that




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