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 Fourth day of June in the thirty second
Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of
Great-Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before Anthony
Gell< no role > , Esq. Coroner of our said Lord the King for the said City and Liberty, on
View of the Body of Daniel Sier< no role > then and there lying dead , upon
the Oath of John Adamson< no role > , Edward Lee< no role > , Thomas Hill< no role > , William Barton< no role > Willm
Hawkes< no role > , John Hollarday< no role > , Thomas Goubham< no role > , John Allen< no role > , John Barton< no role > ,
William, Wink field< no role > , Samuel Bryan< no role > , Thomas Brooks< no role > , and Robert
Hammond< 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 Daniel Sier came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say that the said Daniel Sier on the thirty first
day of May in the Year aforesaid, at the Parish of Saint Martin in the Fields
in the City and Liberty aforesaid, in the County aforesaid, being employed
to let down a Pipe of Wine into the Vault belonging to Mr. Ranson, the
Master of the Cannon Coffee House in Cockspur Street Charing Cross , it so
happened, that in letting down the said Pipe of Wine accidentally, casually and by Misfortune
for want of Judgement in him the said Daniel Sier in Property putting the Rope around the
head of the said Pipe containsely the Wine the said Pipe of Wine forceably rolled down the
Sledge in to the said Vault to and against the person of him the said Daniel Sier and the
the force and weight there of did then and there throw him the said Daniel Sier to the [..]
Ground and by Means thereof he the said Daniel Siers< no role > received divers Mortal Bruises
and Wounds on the Body of him the said Daniel Sier of Which said Mortal Bruises
and wounds he the said Daniel Sier on the said thirty first day of May in the Year
aforesaid at the Parish in the City & Liberty last Mentioned, and also at the Parish
of Saint George Hanover Square in the same City & Liberty to Wit in a certain
Hospital there called Saint George's Hospital did languish, languishing did live on which
said thirty first day of May, in the Year aforesaid in the Hospital aforesaid, in the said Parish
last mentioned, and City and Liberty aforesaid, he the said Daniel Sier< no role > of the mortal Bruises &
wounds aforesaid did die And so the Jurors aforesaid, upon their Oath aforesaid do say
that the said Daniel Siev< no role > in manner and by the Means aforesaid accidentally
casually, and by Misfortune came to his Death, and not otherwise And that the
said Pipe of Wine was the Cause of the Death of the said Daniel Sier, and is of the Value
of One Shilling and of the Property and in the Possession of the aforesaid Mr Ranson or
of his Assigns In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said John Adamson< no role >
Foreman of the said Jurors , on the behalf of himself and the rest of his said Fellows in-
their Presence, have to this Inquisition set their hands and Seals the Day Year, and Place
above mentioned.

Anthony Gell< no role > Coroner
John Adamson< no role > Forman