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 St Paul Covent Garden
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Churhc of St Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex ,the thirteenth day of September in the twenty second 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
Margaret Darrell< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of David
Morris< no role > , John Buntin< no role > John Clarke< no role > , James Leonard< no role > , John
Redman< no role > , Thomas Weston< no role > William Beete< no role > , John Nash< no role >
William Massey< no role > , Thomas Martin< no role > James Cockran< no role > and
John Jones< 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 Margaret Darrell came to
h er Death, do upon their Oath say, that the said Margaret Darrell not being
of sound mind Memory and Understanding but lunatick
and distracted on the Eleventh day of September in the Year
aforesaid at the Parish aforesaid within the Liberty and County
aforesaid a Quantity of White Arseme being a deadly Poison into a certain
quantity of Beer did then and there put and mix, and the said White
Arsence so put and mixed as aforesaid she the said Margaret Darrell did
then and there take drink and swallow down, by Means whereof she the
said Margaret Darrell became then and there sick and distempered
in her Body, and of the Poison aforesaid and of the sickness and Distemper
thereby occasioned did then and there die, And so Jurors
aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say that the said
Margaret Darrell not being of sound Mind Memory and
Understanding but lunatick and distracted in Manner and
by the Means aforesaid did Poison and hill herself

In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the
said David Morris< no role > Foreman of the said Jurors, on the behalf
of himself and the rest of his Fellows, in their presence
have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals
the Day Year and Place above written

Tho Prickard< no role > [mark] Coroner
David Morris< no role >
Foreman [mark]