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

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City and Liberty
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to wit


Informations of Witnesses taken upon
Oath this 16th. day of August 1791, at the
Dwelling House of MrAbraham Butler< no role >
Known by the Sign of the Maidenhead in
Hopkins Street in the Parrish of St James
in the Liberty of Westminster Before Thomas
Prickard
< no role > Gentleman His Majesty's Coroner
for the City and Liberty of Westminster
on view of the Body of Catherine Cotis< no role >
then and true lying dead , as follow to wit.

Christian Buther< no role > Wife of Mr. Abraham Buther< no role > abovementioned
on her Oath saith that Yesterday about Ten Minutes before
half after Twelve at Noon, one of the Lodgers named Mrs Barker
the next Door but one where the Deceased lived come and desired
her to come in for the thought the Deceased was Choaked
a Dying, Deponent went in and saw the Deceased in Bed
the Deceased jumped up and presently fell back and since
short time expired, but never spokeon Saturday or Sunday
last between twelve and one in the Morning she saw the
Deceased Sitting at Mrs.Crooks Door next Door to the Dopont.
House, and asked her how it happend she was sitting here
at that time of Night, she said she was turned out, and
she could not go in till he was it Asleep meaning her Husband




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