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 Margaret
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the fourteenth day of January in the twenty sixth
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, Corner of our said Lord the King for the said City and Liberty, on
View of the Body of George Harris< no role > then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of Nathaniel Hall< no role > , John Noble< no role > , William Birrell< no role > ,
John Fanson< no role > , John Caunt< no role > ; Thomas Whitehead< no role > , William King< no role > ,
James Edzard< no role > This name instance is in a workspace. , John Dunford< no role > , John Elston< no role > , Henry Bowles< no role >
and Mathew Temple< 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 Harris< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said George Harris< no role > not being
of sound Mind Memory and Understanding but lunatick and
distracted on the Thirteenth day of January in the Year aforesaid
from and out of a certain one pair of Stairs Window, then and there
being in the Chamber or Apartment of him the said George Harris< no role > ,
in the dwelling House of Jane Woolley situate in Parliament Street in
the Parish aforesaid, within the Liberty and County aforesaid, did violently
cast and throw himself to the Ground to and against the Stone Pavement
of the Yard belonging to the said Dwelling House. by Means of which said Casting
and throwing he the said George Harris< no role > did then and there receive a wound
over the Right Temple and a mortal Fracture on the Forepart of the Head of him
the said George Harris< no role > , of which said mortal Wound and Fracture, he the said George Harris< no role >
from the said thirteenth day of January in the Year aforesaid untill the said fourteenth day of the
same, Month and Year at the said Parish of Saint Margaret within the Liberty and County aforesaid,
did languish and languishing did live on which said fourteenth day of January in the Year aforesaid,
he the said George Harris< no role > of the mortal Wound and Fracture aforesaid at the Parish and in the Liberty
and County aforesaid, did die, And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say, that the said
George Harris< no role > not being of sound Mind Memory and understanding, but lunatick and distracted in manner and
by the means aforesaid, did kill himself In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner, as the
said Nathaniel Hall< 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, but their Hands
and Seals the Day Year and Place abovementioned

Tho. Prickard< no role > [mark] Coroner

Nathl. Hall< no role > [mark] Foreman