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

Informations taken this Nineteenth day
of June 1786 at the Parish of St. George
Hanover Square within the Liberty of Westmr.
in the County of Midsex upon an Inquisition
touching the Death of Lawrence Kennedy< no role >
lying dead in the said Parish Liberty
and County.

Joseph Booth< no role > of Broad Court Covent Garden
on his Oath saith That he has Known Lawrence
Kennedy< no role > the Deced about Eighteen Years and
Frequently saw the Deced, and Says that for
about three Months last past he thinks, that the
Deced was at times Disordered in his Mind

J. Booth

Henry Morris< no role > House Surgeon at St. George
Hospital in the Parish of St. George Hanover
Square on his Oath saith That on Wednesday
last the fourteenth Instant Lawrence [..]
the Deced was brought to said Hospital by
some Men out of Hyde Park towing taken
him out of the Serpentine River there into, which
[..] Gentleman same Deced throw himself
as they inforned Dept. Says that the man
said that they found a Pound in Deced [..] Thores
which bled when they brought Deced to the
Hospital, and they informed Dept.
that they found a Razor Bloody with
which they belived the Deced had given
himself the Wound in the Throat, Says that
the Wound was in length about three Breches
and Dept. thinks it might Beginer with [..]
Razer, Says that all proper care were taken
of the Deced in the Hospital, but he died the [..]
on Saturday the Seventeenth Instant in
Consequence of the Wound abovementioned.

Henry Main< no role >

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