City & Liberty of
Westmr . in the
County of Midsex }

Informations taken this fifth day of
May 1784. at the Parish of St. George
Hanover Square within the Liberty of
Westminster in the County of Middlesex
upon an Inquisition touching the death
of Patrick Hogin< no role > lying dead in the said
Parish Liberty and County.

John May< no role > House Surgeon at St. George's Hospital
in the Parish of St. George Hanover Square
on his Oath saith That on the Eighth day of
April last in the Evening Patrick Hogin the Deced was
brought in a Coach as Dept was continued to St. George's Hospital being
in Liquor and having a Contusion on the
left side of his Head,which Deced said he had
received by a Blow from some Person in
Covent Garden and that a Black in Sailor's
Dress came with Deced saying that he had
been fighting in Covent Garden , and seeing
the Deced down there, he came with him to
the Hospital, and would go back to Covent
Garden again, Says that one of the Deced
Arms was Bruised, Says that the Deced
had a great deal of Fever,That all
proper care was taken of the Deced in
the Hospital, but Deced died on the first
of the Instant, in the Morning, Says that
Deced told this Dept. that he had been ill
a Year and an half ago in the West Indies
with acomplaintShortness of Breath
and that he had not been able to Work
since he came home, Says that they
did not latterly think the Contusion upon the Head
Dangerous, and for some time past attended
chiefly to the complaint of his Breath, and
Dept. thinks that the Deced did not die of
the Injury reced in his Head,

John May< no role >

Sworn the Day Year & Place
abovementioned before me
Tho. Prickard< no role > Coroner }