at the request of his Royal Highness the
Prince of Wales in whose househould the
Decessed was a servent ) the Body was opened
at which operation this Deponent assisted
and upon Examination nothing unnatural
appeared that could have been the Cause of
his Death and on Enquiry it was found that
the Deceased was in a state of Intoxication and
therefore it is [..] the Opinion of this Deponent
as also of Dr. Blancy and other Gentlemen of the
Faculty who had likewise been consultedon the session
that his Death must have been accidentently
occasioned by falling down the stairs

W. Humley

Elizabeth Hendy< no role > of No.9 Market Lane Chandler being
sworn deposeth that on Saturday Evening left about half
past ten the Deceased who appeared them to be intoxicated
come into her passage and one of the Lodgers desired this
Depondent not to let him go up stairs but upon their
taking a Candle and finding him to be decently dressed
they asked him who he wanted and he answer'd Brett
who keeps the house and lives in the 2 Pr. of this Rooms
whereupon they let him [..] and this Deponent & the other
Ledger come down from the First Landing to this Deponents Room

Room which is on the Ground Floor and the other
Lodger staid at this Deponents Room about the
Minutes and the said she must go upstairs to
to prepare her Husbands supper, and on party
up stair she found the deceased on the Landg
place with Legs upon the stairs and his Head
plan against her Door which prevented her from
getting into her room upon which she called to
this Deponent. who went up and then they called
to Mrs. Brett an another Lodgers who assisted
in raising him up when he appeared to be
dead whereupon they sprinkled his Face will
with water and sent for an apothecary who
came and tryed to bleed him but very little blood
issued and the apothecary said he was certainly
dead. Their Deponent says that seen after she
left him on the stairs and was returned with
the other Ledger into her Room she heard
a noise above and in assumingto be [..] charge
whether athe then fell down that caused
that Noise.

Eliz Hendy< no role >

The Verdict

Natural Accidental Death through Intoxication
James Savage< no role > Junr Foreman