City of Westminster Coroners:
Coroners' Inquests into Suspicious Deaths
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3rd January 1784 - 29th December 1784

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Joseph Smith< no role > on his Oath saith That
he was Passed from Twinham in Glocestersr.
to Aldgate London, Says that he went with
Several other Paupers into the Court yesterday
Morning at Stanwell Moor , and come
together to Stains where a Man his Wife
and two Children were left, Says that the
Deced at Staines drank three Penny worth
of Purl and Eat a half Penny Roll at Staines
and then come forward with the other People
in the Court through Kensington , when the
Woman saidthatdesired Deced not to pull
her otherwise that he would hurt her Legs
That in about five Minutes Dept. desired
the Driver to stop which he did immediatly
and the Woman felt the Deced's Breast
and said he was dead, it being then near
Ten o'Clock in the Evening, and being
opposite to the Watch Box No: 6. in Kinghts bridge
Says, that the Beadle was found and [..]
was carried into the Watch house there
Says that the Deced was Yesterday as usual
and did not complain, and Dept. believes
that the Deced died a Natural Death

Severally Sworn the Day
Year and Place above
mentioned before me
Tho. Prickard< no role > Coroner }

Joseph Smith< no role >




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