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 John the Evangelist
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the third day of September in the twenty third
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 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 George Smith< no role > then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of Thomas Collier< no role > , William Watson< no role > , Abraham
Finch< no role > , Simon Johnson< no role > Enos Whitely< no role > , Alexander Taylor< no role > ,
Charles Humphreys< no role > , John Burns< no role > , William White< no role > , Richard
Barker< no role > , Isaac Hawkins< no role > , John Barrett< no role > , Robert Drake< no role > ,
William Peters< no role > and John Forty< 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 George Smith< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say,
That the said George Smith< no role >
on the said Third day of September in the Year aforesaid
was found Drowned and Suffocated in the River
Thames upon Mill Bank in the Parish aforesaid
within the Liberty and County aforesaid, That
no Marks of Violence appeared on the Body, but how
or by what Means the said George Smith< no role > became
Drowned, no Evidence thereof doth appear to the
Jurors. In Witness whereof as well the said
Coroner as the said Thomas Collier< 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 abovementioned

Tho. Prickard< no role > Coroner

Thos. CollierForeman