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 James
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church St. Pater Westminster
in the County of Middlesex , the Seventh day of November in the Thirtieth
Year of the Regin 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 City and Liberty, on
View of the Body of Henry Smith< no role > then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of John Alderson< no role > , John Postlewaite< no role > , Thomas Hannum< no role >
William Sadler< no role > , Daniel Mitchell< no role > , Richard Ryan< no role > , Benjamin Sodd< no role >
Frederick Richard< no role > , Samuel Westenington< no role > , John Brown< no role > , Thomas Crosts< no role >
John Micthell< no role > and Robert Shaw< 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 Henry Smitth came to
h is Death do upon their Oath say, That the said Henry Smith< no role > not being of sound
Mind Memory and Understanding, but Lunatick and distracted on the sixth
day of November in the Year aforesaid, at the said Parish of Saint James within the
Liberty and County aforesaid with a certain Razor made of Iron and Steel which he
the said Henry Smith< no role > had and held in this Hand, The Throat or Gullet of him
the said Henry Smith< no role > , did then and there strike stab and pemtrate, thereby
then and there giving into himself with the Razor aforesaid, in and upon the
Throat or Gullet of him the said Henry Smith< no role > one mortal Wound of the Length
of Three Inches, and of the Depth of one Inch, of which said mortal Wound
he the said Henry Smith< no role > then and there instanly Died. And so the
Jurors aforesaid, upon their Oath aforesaid so say, that the said Henry
Smith in manner and by the means aforesaid not being of sound Mind Memory
and understanding but Lunatick and distracted , did hill himself

In Witness whereof as well the said
Coroner , as the said John Alderson< 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 > [mark] Coroner

Jno. Alderson< no role > [mark] Foreman