City of Westminster Coroners:
Coroners' Inquests into Suspicious Deaths
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5th January 1793 - 30th December 1793

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Image 58 of 80111th February 1793


City and Liberty
of Westminster }

Depositions taken on view of the Body
of a New Born Male Infant at the Poor
House of the Parish of Saint Margaret
in the City and Liberty aforesaid before
Anthony Gell< no role > Coroner for the said City
and Liberty

Francis Moseley< no role > Servant to Mr. Travers of Oxford
Street Surgeon being Room saith that he well knows
Mary Lewis< no role > who came to Lewe with Mr Travers
about Ten Weeks since as an Assistant untill
a Servant could be provided That she then appeared
to be with Child and she Informed Deponent that her
Husband had left her and she thought she had not
more than Eight weeks to go And Deponent then
asked her what she meant to do when she was
delivered and she answered she intended to Put out
the Child to Nurse and 10 procure herself a Situation
as a wet Nurse and Deponent says she always
on only declared she was pregnant and never
demed a endeavoured to Conceal the same That from
the time of her coming she staid about five weeks
and her mistress then having provided herself [..]
servant she was discharged.

his
Francis Moseley< no role >
Mark




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