City & Liberty
of
Westminster
}
Informations of Witnesses taken this
14th. day of Septr. 1795 in the Parish of St. James
Westminster
at the Dwelling house of
Joseph Shaw< no role >
the Sign of the 3 blue Posts
in Berwick Street
before
Anthony Gell< no role >
his Majesty's Coroner
for the said City & Liberty touching the death
of
Anne Wade< no role >
then and there lying dead
as follow to Wit
Mary Edwards< no role >
of Duke Lane
Berwick Street
being
sworn deposeth That Yesterday (Sunday 13th. September)
about 2 part 3 in the afternoon he came to this Deponent
house and as she was coming up Stairs, she told this
Deponent that she was very ill and was just come for
Drury Lane
where she had dined atNo 11 Feetwith her
Nephew, whereupon this Deponent prevailed upon her
to sit down upon the Bed and told her she would go &
get a smelling bottle and she went immediately to for
one to Mr. Shaw Victualler it the 3 blue Posts in
Berwick Street
which was ever at hard and when she
returned immediately with it the said Anne Wade< no role >
appeared to be dead, whereupon the sent directly to me
Mrs. Parsons in Carnaby Market
a Relation of the
deced who came immediately and sent for an
Apothecary
who came and said that [..] must
here been Stagnated by the time she got to this Deponent
house and there she was quite dead & therefore it was
in vain to try very means for the Recovery.
Henry Edward< no role >