City and Liberty
of Westminster
,
In the County of
Middlesex
}
to wit,
An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
King at the Dwelling House of
John Rogers< no role >
in whit Comb Street
, in the parish of St. Martins in the Fields
, Sign of the Highlander
.
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster
,
in the County of Middlesex
, the Ninth day of January 1793
in the Thirty third
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
Elizabeth Harris< no role >
, an Infant then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of
James Squire< no role >
,
John Byron< no role >
,
Thomas Stratton< no role >
,
John Hudson< no role >
,
John Gasley< no role >
,
George Betts< no role >
,
Joseph Hobbs< no role >
,
David Robison< no role >
,
Thomas Nichols< no role >
,
Thomas Duggan< no role >
,
Robert Bradfield< no role >
Charles
Fleming< no role >
,
Joseph Hamblin< no role >
,
Edward Skelton< no role >
,
Benjamin
Harper< no role >
,
William Allen< no role >
, and
Robert Waste< 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
Elizabeth Harris< no role >
came to
her Death, do upon their Oath Say That the said
Elizabeth Harris< no role >
, on the Seventh day of January
in the Year aforesaid, at the Parish and in the Liberty aforesaid being laid to sleep
in a certain turn-up Bed, then and there being in the Room of the Dwelling
House of
William Harris< no role >
the Father
of the said
Elizabeth Harris< no role >
the Infant
that the said
William Harris< no role >
not knowing that the said
Elizabeth Harris< no role >
was then and there lying asleep. It so happened that the said
William Harris< no role >
, accidentally, casually, and by Misfortune, then and there
innocently turned up the said Bed, by means whereof she the said
Elizabeth Harris< no role >
the Infant, in the Cloaths of the said Bed was then in
there suffocated and smothered: Of which said Suffocation & smothering
she the said
Elizabeth Harris< no role >
the Insant then and there instantly
died. And so the Jurors aforesaid, upon their Oath aforesaid, do
say, that the said
Elizabeth Harris< no role >
the Infant in manner and
by the Means aforesaid, accidentally casually & by Misfortune
came to her Death, and not otherwise. In Witness
whereof as well the said, Coroner, as the said Jurors leave
this Inquisition set their hands & Seals the Day Year and
Place above-written.
Anthy Gell< no role >
, Coroner
Jas. Squire< no role >
Four man
Jno. Byrnn< no role >
Thomas Stratton< no role >
John Hudson< no role >
John Gasley< no role >
George Bell< no role >
Joseph Hobby< no role >
David Robertson< no role >
Thos Nickels< no role >
Thos. Durgan< no role >
Robt Bradfield< no role >
Charles Tilivering< no role >
Josh. Humblin< no role >
Edwd. Skelton< no role >
[..] . Hurpen
William Allen< no role >
Robt-Waite< no role >