City and Liberty
of Westminster ,
in the County of
Middlesex .}
to wit.

An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
King at The Parish of Saint George Hanover Square
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the twenty first day of September in the twenty ninth
Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of
Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before Thomas
Prickard< no role > , Gentleman, Coroner of our said Lord the King for the said City and Liberty, on
View of the Body of Anthony D Polier then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of David Wernham< no role > , William Hearn< no role > , John Price< no role >
Daniel Salmon< no role > , John Helm< no role > , Alexander Holliday< no role > , John
Cook< no role > Thomas Burgess< no role > , Henry Allison< no role > , Thomas Hudson< no role > John
Butler< no role > and William Storey< no role > good and lawful Men of the said Liberty, duly
chosen, who being then and there duly sworn and charged to enquire for our said Lord the
King, when, how, and by what Means the said Anthony D. Polier< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say That the said Anthony D'Polier< no role > not being
of sound Mind Memory and Understanding but Lunatic and distracted
on the Twentieth day of September in the Year aforesaid at the said
Parish of St. George Hanover Square within the Liberty and County
aforesaid a certain Pistol charged with Gun powder and a Leaden Bullet
which he the said Anthony D. Polier then and there had and held in his
right Hand to and against the Head of him the said Anthony D. Polier< no role >
Did then and there shoot off and discharge by means whereof he the said
Anthony D. Polier< no role > did then and there give unto himself with the leaden
Bullet aforesaid so discharged and shot out of the Pistol aforesaid, by the
Force of the Gunpowder aforesaid in and upon the Head of him the said
Anthony D. Polier One Mortal Wound and Fracture of which said
Mortal Wound and Fracture he the said Anthony D. Polier then and
there instantly died. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath
aforesaid do say that the said Anthony D. Polier not being of sound Mind
Memory and Understanding but Lunatick and distracted in manner and
by the means aforesaid did kill himself

In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as
the said David Wernham< no role > Foreman of the said Jurors on the behalf
of himself and the rest of his Fellows in their presence have to this
Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the Day Year and Place abovementioned

Tho. Prickard< no role > Coroner

David Wernham< no role > Foreman