City of Westminster Coroners:
Coroners' Inquests into Suspicious Deaths
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14th January 1785 - 26th December 1785

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George Wilson< no role > of Henrietta Street Covent
Garden Apothecary on his Oath saith That
last Night this Dept. was desired to come to
the Rainbow Coffee house , that he went
and found the Deced lying on his Back
in a Closet there Weltering in his Blood
being dead, Says that he saw a Wound
in the Deced's Throat on the rightside at least one Inch
in length the Carrded Artery being
Divided house Seraty which Dept. believes to be the
Cause of the Deced's death. After Searching
some time for the Instrument Dept. found
a Razor open and Bloody on the Floor
under. the Deced's left side, with which
he blinks the Wound in the Throat
might be given.

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

George Wilson< no role >




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