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 John Woolbridge< no role > the sign of the three Compasses in Mount Street Parish
of St. George Hanover Square within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church
of St. Peter, Westminster , in the County of Middlesex , the thirteenth day of August 1795
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 James Upcraft< 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 James Upcroft< no role > came to his Death, do upon
their Oath say that the said James Apcraft< no role > on the Seventh day of
August in the year aforesaid at the Parish and in the
Liberty aforesaid to Wit in the Serpentine River in Hyde
Park there giving in to bathe himself It so happened
that accidentally casually and by Misfortune he the
said James Upcraft< no role > in the Water of the said River
was then and there suffocated and drowned Of which
said Suffocation and drowning he the Said James
Upcroft< no role > then and that instantly did And so
the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid
do say that the said James upcroft in manner
and by the Means aforesaid accidentally casually
and by Misfortune came to his Death and not
otherwise
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 Gel< no role >
Coroner

Thos. Ballard< no role > foreman
James Kingman< no role >
Saml Burgay< no role >
Lawrence Mitchell< no role >

George Barr< no role >
thos Dixon< no role >
Thos wood< no role >
Evan Roberts< no role >
Thos Robson< no role >
[..] Cheeseman

Thos. Doswell< no role >
James Billin< no role >