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 sixth day of March in the Thirty first
Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace and 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 John George< no role > then and there lying dead , upon
the Oath of Francis Lye< no role > , William Trouse< no role > This name instance is in set 2894. , Thomas Douglas< no role >
William Butterworth< no role > , Henry List< no role > , Edward Stevens< no role > , John Fitzpatrick< no role >
Thomas Millis< no role > , William Grant< no role > , James Wise< no role > , John Tolfer< no role >
and William Fenn< 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 John George< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That on the Twenty third day of March in the
year aforesaid the said, John George< no role > , and one Smith whose Christian Name is
not Known, had some Words and fought, in a certain Street called Union Street ,
in the said Parish of Saint George Hanover Square within the Liberty and County
aforesaid, and that the said John George< no role > then and there made a Stroke at the
said Smith, but mossing the said Smith, It so happened that the said John George< no role > fell
down with his Head against the Stone Pavement in the said Street by means whereof
the said John George< no role > then and there Casually and by Misfortune and against the
Will of him the said Smith, whose Christian Name in unknown, did receive
a Wound on the left part of his Forehead and a mortal Concussion in the
Brain of him the said John George< no role > , of which said Mortal Wound and Concussion
he the said John George< no role > from the Twenty third day of march in the Year aforesaid
until the Twenty fifth day of the same Month in the name year, at the Parish and
in the Liberty and County aforesaid did languish and live, on which said Twenty fifth
day of March in the year aforesaid at the Parish and in the Liberty and County aforesaid
he the said John George< no role > of the mortal Wound and Concussion aforesaid, did die. And
so the Jurors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid do say, that the said John George< no role > in manner
and by the Means aforesaid ususally and by Misfortune and against the Will of [..] the
said Smith, whose Christian Name is unknown, came to this Death and not otherwise
In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said Francis Lye< 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

Fras Lye< no role > [mark] Foreman