City and Liberty
of Westminster
in the County of
Middlesex
.}
to wit.
An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
King at Nerots Hotel
in King Street
Parish of St. James
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church
of St. Peter, Westminster
, in the County of Middlesex
, the second day of July
in the
in the thirty fifth 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
Alexander Montgomery Cunningham< no role >
then and there
lying dead
, upon the Oath of the several Jurors whose Names are here under written, 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 Alexander Montgomery Cunningham came to his Death, do upon
their Oath say that the said Alexander Montgomery Cunningham not being of
sound Mind Memory and understanding but lunatic
and distracted on the first
day of July in the year aforesaid a certain Pistol charged with Gun powder and
a leaden Bullet which He the said Alexander Montgomery Cunningham then
and that had and held in his right Hand to and within the Mouth of
him the said Alexander Montgomery Cunningham did then and there shoot
off and discharge, by means whereof he the said Alexander Montgomery
Cunningham did then and there give unto himself with the leaden Bullet
aforesaid, so discharged and shot out of the Pistol aforesaid by the Force
of the Gunpowder aforesaid within the Mouth of him the said Alexander
Montgomery Cunningham to and against thick Bones of the Palate and
Skull of him the said Alexander Montgomery Cunningham one Mortal
Wound of which said Mortal wound he the said Alexander Montgomery
Cunningham then and there instantly died. And so the Jurors
aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid, do say, that the said Alexander
Montgomery Cunningham not being of sound Mind Memory and
understanding but lunatic and distracted in manner and by the
Means aforesaid, did Kill himself
IN WITNESS whereof, as well the said Coroner
as the said Jurors, have to this Inquisition
set their Hands and Seals the Day, Year, and Place first above written.
Anthy Gell< no role >
Coroner
}
Thos. Wallis< no role >
Foreman
Jacob Flipp< no role >
Jno Walden< no role >
Richd Hopkins< no role >
Jas Billen< no role >
Wm Bligh< no role >
Thos. Nicholson< no role >
James Stevens< no role >
Rice Guy< no role >
John Elyas< no role >
John Emes< no role >
Wm. Mattes< no role >
James Forrest< no role >
W. White
Christian Thiele< no role >
Thos Collen< no role >
James Fidler< no role >
J Scott
Jno Heyman< no role >