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

Informations taken this Seventh
day of November 1789 at the Parish
of St. James with in the Liberty of Westmr.
in the County of Midsex upon an
Inquisition touching the death of
Henry Smith< no role > lying dead in the said
Parish Liberty and County.

Jane Robinson< no role > a Lodger to Mrs. Catherine Smith< no role >
in Portland Street in the Parish of St. James
Westmr on her Oath saith That she has known
the Deced Henry Smith< no role > about Nine Years
and that he some times Sept a Month with Dept.
That he slept with her on Thursday Night
last and went away Yesterday Morning
about Ten o'Clock when the Deced appeared
low Sprited and said That perhaps he might
come again at Night says that about Nine
o'Clock last Night some Prison knocked at
the Street [..] one of the Maids of and
the Door and Deced came of the Maids into
the Deer to ur where Dept lodged, and said
give one a Night I Want to go Jackward
upon which Dept gave Deced a Lighted Candle
and he went into the Yard says that she
staird in the Parlin about a Quarter of are
hour, and the Deced not returning, this
Dept. went into the Yard to if he was in
the Privy, and saw some thing lye upon
the Ground before th Privy Door, upon which
she returned into the Parlour and acquianted
the two Woman therewith that were there
says that they were frightned and would not
go by themselves to the Deced and that one
of them went out and brought two Man
who went to the Deced and returned
immediately and several of Mr. Justice
Read's Men were fatch who went to
the Deced and a Surgeon was likewise fetched, who said