City of Westminster Coroners:
Coroners' Inquests into Suspicious Deaths
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5th January 1789 - 29th December 1789

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City & Liberty of
Westmr in the County
of Middlesex }


Informations taken this Seventh
day of January 1789 at the Parish
of West in the County of Midsex
upon our Inquisition touching
the Death of Thomas Hamley< no role > lying
dead in the said Parish Liberty
and County

James [..] of [..] in the County
of Middlesex Tallow that [..] on his Oath hath
That on Saturday Evening the Third [..] last
this Dept. was at the House of Thomas Bouch< no role >
Victualler the Sign of the Coach and Hosses
in Carnaby Street , That about Twenty
Minutes after Ten o'Clock that Evening
Thomas Hamley< no role > the Deced Came into
the Parlour there and Drank within
Dept. Richard Spires< no role > and Thomas [..]
and Mr. Bands the Landford, [..]
they drank together about an hour or
other more, Says that the Deced dry
some half Pence which Deced had in his
Hands, and was stooking to pick them up
when he instantly dropped upon Dept.
Knee, and was unable to get up, Says
that he helped the Deced's bright but
he was Speechless Says [..] an
apothecary was fetched who att [..]
Bleed the Deced but he bled very Little
and he said that Deced was dead, and
he appeared to Dept. to be dead, Says
that the Deced was not Injury by any
Person whatever and believes that
the Deced died in a natural way:

James Spives< no role >




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