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

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Image 491 of 80116th July 1793


House partly open induced this Deponent
to past the Door quite open & he entered immediately
& found the Deced hangingbyby a [..] Ribbon
round her Neck & tied to an hankerchief
& which handkerchief was fastened to
on open quarter pastition which divided
the passage from the Parlour
this Dept. immediately went at
for assistance & wet with two of his
own patrole & a Watchman who together
with his Dept. cut the Deced down when
she appeared to be stiff & cold-they lift
the Deced in the said House & fastened the Landlord
Door & then acquainted Mr Jones therewith

John Liddel< no role >

Mary Deuce< no role > lives at Mr Hitchfold
his belgrave place being sworn
saith that shethesaw the Deced
onsundaysaturday noon/between 8 & 9 o'Clock
Setting on the ground opposite to the said House
the Dept. went to he & asked her of the

was ill-but did not at first make any
reply-she appd. to this Dept. to be very low &
me lane holly & in a great deal of trouble this Dept. gave to her some
Ten but refused to take any foodtheir
Dept.Deced said she lived at Twickenham
& had walked during the last three
days to & from thence three [..] times
this Dept. did not speak to be after
this time, but observed she remained in
this place till about 11 o'Clock [..] this
& but did not see her afterwards

The [mark] Mark of
Mary Deuce< no role >

Verdict
That the woman unknown
was a lunatic & did Tray [..]
hereself [..]

William Young< no role > Foreman




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