City of Westminster Coroners:
Coroners' Inquests into Suspicious Deaths
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9th January 1794 - 27th December 1794

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Image 337 of 78230th June 1794


Mary Jarvis< no role > Blue Anchor yard being Sworn
deponeth & saith that the hartined that
for about 12 Months past that the Deced
came who yesterday & acked her of the
could let her Lane her [..] room to
wch this Dept. replied she could not then
the Deced said that they should go & take
a large House in William Street This
Dept desired her to go home & finish
her pomatam she ment accordingly
this Deced returned two or three times
ofter this to this Deponent, & as she was
very trouble some, she refused to have
any further Conversation with he
this Dept believes that the Deced
her not been in her proper Senses
for she last 3 or 4 weeks the
carmot say un herf her been the
Course a Gent came to this Dept this House abt 10 or 11 week
morng & asked whether the old Lady
who mad'l Promation did not time
nearthere this Dept rephed ger this
gents lookg into the Room exclamined their
was a person apparenth in a fit this
Dept ment in the Gart: into the
room & found that the Deced was

hanging by a rope fastened round the
[..] d foot& this Dept had

the Mark of
Mary Jarvis

Verdict


That Elizabeth Merriott< no role >
was a lunatic & hung herself
on 4th July 1794

James Youell< no role >




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