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

Informations taken this Nineteenth
day of June 1789 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 Thomas Chalk< no role > lying dead
in the said Parish Liberty and County.

William Emerson< no role > of Gravel Lane Bankside Southwork
Laborer on his Oath saith That Yesterday Morning
about four o'Clock this Dept. was walking along
from Hyde Park Coroner towards St. James's park
in the Green Park , when a Gentleman called
to him saying that he Man was Drowned in
the Pond there, Says that he went to the Gentleman
and by the side of the Pond there by the Widderness
saw a Man's Hat Coat and Shoes, Says that
he then saw the Deced in the Psond. about
fifteen feetsaidor upwards from the Shore
in the Pond lying upon his face Says that
he went into the Pond got hold of the Deced
and pulled the Deced to the Deced's Throat, and
that the Gentleman told Dept. that there was
a Bloody Razer in Deced's Pocket, which
Dept. Afterwards saw, Says that the Deced
was dead but did not appear to have been
long Drowned.

William Emerson< no role >
[mark]
his Mark

Bell Chalk< no role > now the Widow of Thomas Chalk< no role >
the Deced on her Oath saith that the Deced went
out last Wednesday in order to fetch some
Linen for Mrs. Atkinson, but did not return
that Night, Says that about Six o'Clock Yesterday
Morning two Men and a Boy came to Dept. Lodging
and informed her that the Deced had Drowned
himself in the Park, Says that she was informed
that