City and Liberty
of Westminster ,
in the County of
Middlesex }
to Wit.

An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
King at the House of William Carpmeal< no role > This name instance is in set 2428. Sign of the Coach & Horses in Mount Street parish of St. George Hanr. Square
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of middlesex , the nineteenth day of August 1794 in the Thirty fourth
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 Benjamin Baker< no role > then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of The Several Jurors whose Names are here under written and
And Seals Affixed
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 Benjamin Baker< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say, that the said Benjamin Baker< no role > on the eighteenth
day of August in the year aforesaid at the Parish and in the liberty aforesaid
to wit in Hyde Park , going into the Serpentine River there to ba the himself
It so happened that accidentally casually and by Misfortune he the
said Benjamin Baker< no role > was in the Water of the said River then and there
Suffocated and drowned of which said Suffocation and Drowning.
he the said Benjamin Baker< no role > then and there instantly died.
And so the Jurors aforesaid, upon Chair Oath aforesaid, do say, the
the said Benjamin Baker< no role > in manner and by the Means
aforesaid, accidentally casually and by misfortune can
to his Death and not otherwise. In Witness where of
as well the said Coroner in the said Jurors lane to
to this Inquisition set their hands and Seals the day
Year and place fait above written.

Anthy. Gell< no role >
Coroner }
[mark]

Mills Thomas< no role > [mark]
Foreman [mark]
W Massey [mark]
Jno. Tinwell< no role > [mark]
James Paxon< no role > [mark]

Thos Dean< no role > [mark]
Wm. Mortlock< no role > [mark]
John Baker< no role > [mark]
James Badger< no role > [mark]
Thomas Masters< no role > [mark]
George Bernard< no role > [mark]
Joseph Gulley< no role > [mark]

Jas Crew< no role > [mark]