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

Informations taken this Eighth
day of Decer.1789 at the Parish of St.
Margaret within the Liberty of West [..]
in the County of Middlesex upon and
Inquisition touching the death of
Richard Cooper< no role > lying dead in the said
Parish Liberty and County.

Thomas Skinner< no role > of Charges Street Pieced
Carpenter in his Oath saith that on Saturday
last the fifth Instant the Deced and this Dept.
were at Work upon the [..] atly, That
about six o'Clock they were going to leave
off Work, this Dept. being come up the
Steps from the Garden backwards into the
Hall, that the Deced was following
but not coming up Dept. called Deced
when he [..] in the Area, having
haker off the Slaps, Says that he [..]
to the Deced who bled born a Wound
on the [..] of his [..] Right [..] and was
not able to speak Sape that he believes
the Deced's fall to be merely Accidental
and that the Deced was carried to the
Westmr. Hospital .

Thomas Skinner< no role >

William Oaden< no role > House Surgeon at the
Westmr. Hospital on big Oath saith That
on the fifth Instant between six and
seven o'Clock Richard Cooper< no role > the Deced
was brought to said Hospital who had
fallen in an Area and bled at the
Nose, being insensible and unable to speak
Says that the Deced's was Fapharid on
Sunday Morning the Sixth, and every
proper