City of Westminster Coroners:
Coroners' Inquests into Suspicious Deaths
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5th January 1792 - 31st December 1792

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City and Liberty
of Westminster .}
to wit

Informations of the Witnesses taken upon
Oath this 18th. day of February 1792, at the
Dwelling House of Mr. John Sirmon< no role > , known
by the Sign of the Heathcock in the Strand
in the Parish of Saint Martin in the [..] lds
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 Francis Anthony
Rougement
< no role > , then and there lying dead
as follow (to wit).

Samuel Bate< no role > of his Hotel in the Adelphi in the Parish of
St. Martin in the Fields in the Liberty of Westminster , on his oath
Saith, that the Deceased came to his Hotel last Night the 17th.
of February Instant about Ten or a little after, and asked the
Deponent if he could have a Bed, Deponent pausing a little
Deceased said I should be very glad if you could let me have
a Bed, Deponent said Yes, Deceased then asked if he could
have some Supper, he should like something Hot, Deponent
said it was late and he did not think that he could but he
would send the Servant up to him the Servant came down
and said the Gentleman would have some Oysters, a Pint of
Porter and a Pint of Part Wineafter Supper one of the Servants
told




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