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

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said he must he Dead or someting as he had been but
poorly Deponent went up but could make no Body
here, the Door was locked and the Key on the inside and
Something before the Key hole that prevented her [..] eing [..]
into the Room Deponent went up again with some other
Persons,onewho began to force the Door open and she
came down Stairs, and before she got down she heard one
of the Men Mr, Cadwell Say he's Hanging Deponent
believes the Decased must have hung himselfDeponent
has observed within a Week past that the Deceased was
low Spirited and Melancholly, and he used before to be in
good Spints, was a Sensible Mon in conversation, and
People in general were fond of his Company

Elizabeth Mottier< no role >

Richard Cadwell< no role > , Sawyer lodges at Mr Wests No, 8 Husband
Street St. James Westminster on his Oath Saith that Yesterday
about half after Six in the Evening he wascalledin Mr.
Mottiers' Tap Room, and his Shop Mateswerehad been up at the Door
of the Deceased Room and as they were going up again called himupto go with them He found the
Door locked and the Key on the inside, and he assisted in
forcing the Door open when the Door was got open, the

Deponent went in the Room with a Candle which the
Maid gave him, he saw the Deceased hanging by a Cord
fastened to an Iron Hook in the Ceiling of the Room, and
the Cord about his Neck Deponent immediately cut
him down, and he was quite Dead and Cold Depont,
Says that if he thought there had been any probability
of his being recovered he should have taken every method [..]
for that purpose.

Richard Cadwell< no role >

Thomas Charles Stephenson< no role > Clerk to Mr. Orrell of
Winsley Street Oxford Road Attorney , on his Oath sa [..]
that he has Known the Deceased about two Years and a ha [..]
and was frequently in his Company, Says that about
Two Months ago in a Walk with the Deceased at a Place [..]
Somers Town Deceased exprest himself as being Distressed
and that his recollection was gone from him Deponent
has several times lately given him some Relief according
to his Abilities that the Deceased has received it with
reluctanceDeponent has observed such alterations
in the Deceased's Manners as has Made him think
the




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