City of Westminster Coroners:
Coroners' Inquests into Suspicious Deaths
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5th January 1788 - 29th December 1788

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Image 697 of 8055th November 1788


Robert Bradford< no role > of Grafter Street in
the Parish of St. Ann Westmr. Apothecary and
Surgeon on his Oath saith That on Friday
last the thirty first day of October about
four o'Clock in the Afternoon Jedediah
Thomas
< no role > the Deced came to Depts. Door and
was Spitting Blood, there, upon which Dept
opened the Shop Door and Deced come into
the Shop Bleeding very much at the month
and desired Dept to do something for
him, when the Deced was Dropping down
and Dept. put him in a Chair in the Shop
where he expired in about four or five
minutes, and Dept. Says the Deced died
in consequence of a Ruptured vessel in
the Lungs, in a natural Way Says
that he this day saw the Body of the Deced
in a Shell in the House of Mr. Chettenden in
little St. Martins Lane , Says that the Deced
remained in Dept. House four or five hours
in Dept. Houseafter his Death before the
Body was removed, Says that he found
in Deced's Coat Pockets a Box with Pells
in it, a Letter for a Patient [..] the [..] Dispensary
in gerrard Street, and Six pence in Silver
and Seven pence in Copper

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

Rd Bradford< no role >




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