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

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at the bottom of the Stairs on the Second
Floor, appearing to be dead, Says that
she Called the Man & the boy and then
her Master who carried the Deced into
bad Says that the Deced was warm and
that they were in hopes, that might to
himself but he did not recover

Margaret James< no role >
[mark]
Her Mark

William Cley< no role > Porter to Mr. Richards on
his Oath Saith That he saw William Richards< no role >
in two Fets on Saturday last in one of
which he fall by the side of the Fender in
the Ketchin and in the other he fell upon
the Ketchin Gate and bled from his nose
or Month, and Bled from a Cut upon his
Head, Says that Deced took a Vomit and
went to Bed between Twelve and our o Clock
That Dept and a Boy went to another
Bed in the Same Garret before one 'Clock
the Deced being setting up in Bed Spoke
to Dept. saying that the wished his Ungle
would take him a Lodging at Kensington
that he might walk there at Night and
to Town in the Morning, which he thought
would do him good, Says that he ment
to sleep and did not hear the Deced
after wards says that between seven &
Eight o'Clock Yesterday Morning Margaret
the Maid Servant called Dept every and
said That william was dead, upon, which
he went down and saw Deced lying on
his face upon the Floor, at the
Garret Stairs, appearing to be dead says
that Mr. Richards and this Dept. put the
Deced

Deced into Bed. Says that Mr. Blakford
the apothecary attempted to bled the Deced
and the him put into a hot both: but
the Deced did not recover.

William Aley< no role >
[mark]
the Mark

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




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