City & Liberty of
Westminster in
the County of Midsex }

Informations taken this fourth
day of April 1789 at the Parish of
St. Martin in the Fields within the
Liberty of Westmr in the County of
Midsex upon an Inquisition touching
the death of Walham Hodday< no role > lying dead
in the said Parish Liberty & County

James Morton< no role > Foreman to Mr. Samuel
Collins< no role > Nightman an his Oath saith That
on Thursday Night last the Second Instant
this Dept. was with William Hoddey< no role > the
Deced and other Men Emplying the
Necessary House or Privy of William Burn< no role >
in Badford bury on the Parish of St
Martin in the Fields , Says that the Deced
was at the top drowing up the Sail out of the
Privey, that William Flood< no role > went down
in order to clear the bottom of the Privey
and immediately, wished to be drawn up
which they did almost to the top but Flood
last his hold of the Rope and dropped
into the Soil upon which the Deced
immediately want down and did
not afterwards move, Says that
Johnson another May went down and
fix [..] day [..] Rope endeavoured so but could not around the Deced's Leg
by whichhas he was drawn up but
Dept. perceived no Life in run, Says
that he then went down and fixed a Rope
around Floods ShoulderLegand he was pulled
up alive and this Dept. says that
the Deced was Accidentally Suffocated
toin theNecessaryBoghole

James Norton< no role >
[mark]
his Mark

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