City of Westminster Coroners:
Coroners' Inquests into Suspicious Deaths
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2nd January 1795 - 28th December 1795

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then this deponent went and acquainted the
Park keeper of the Green Park with what he
had seen and that he observed there were two
scratches on the Forehead of the deceased wch.
he in asined had been occasioned by drawing
him [..] further this Deponent
knoweth and sayeth not John Sawder< no role >

Joseph Matthews< no role > on of the Constable
of Knightsbridge Ward being being 2 more
depo [..] th that about 11 o'Clock this day
(the 19th. Septr. Instant) he was directed by
the Bu [..] dh to fetch away the Body of the
deceased from the side of the I [..]
River Hyde Park wherein he had been
[..] drowned, which he did in a Carts
and conveyed the same in a [..] to the Watch house
[..] Knightsbridge

Joseph Mathews< no role >

The Verdict that David Miles< no role > was
found drowned in the Serpentine River Hyde Park in the [..]
of St. Margaret Westmr . in Saturday
the 19th. Septr. 1795 but how and
by what [..] he [..] to his
Death [..] did not come to the
Knowledge of the Jurors

Foreman Wm Ellis< no role >




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