City of Westminster Coroners:
Coroners' Inquests into Suspicious Deaths
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1st January 1791 - 31st December 1791

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City & Liberty
of Westmr in the
County of Midsex }


Informations taken this Twenty eighth
day of June 1791 at the Parish of St. George
Hanover Square within the Liberty of
Westmr in the County of Midsex upon an
Inquisition touching the death of Robert
Osman
< no role > lying dead in the said Parish
Liberty and County

William Reeves< no role > a Watchman in Spring Gardens
in the Parish of St Martin in the Fields Westmr
on his Oath Saith That Yesterday Morning about
three o'Clock Dept. was near spring Garden
Chapel at the End of new Street when he
heard something fall down in New Street
and on looking that way he saw the Deced
lying upon the Stone foot Pavement in his Shirt
having fallen from a Window two pair of
Stairs as Dept thinks the Window being then
open Says that the Deced bled from the Head
the Skull being Fractured says that the Deced
was not able to speak or move himself says
that he assisted to put the Deced into a cart
which carried him to St. George's Hospital
as Dept. was informed, but he did not go with the
Cart,

Wm Reeves< no role >

Thomas Walton< no role > Servant to Mrs.Chilwman
Drummond in Spring Garden in the Parish
of St. Maritn in the Fields on his Oath saith
That the Deced (who was servant to the Revd.
Mr. Joseph Holis< no role > who was with his Master
in that House) came home on Sunday night
last and he apprehends went to Bed but
did not see him go Says that about three




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