City & Liberty
of
Westminster }

Informations of Witnesses taken
this 19th day of July 1797 in the Parish
of St. George [..] at the House
of John Tramfield< no role > the Sign of the
Trimphant Chariot in Piccadilly
before Anthony Gell< no role > his Majesty's
Coroner for the the said City and
Liberty touching the Death of
John Case< no role > then and there lying
dead as follow, to Wit

Andrew Matthias< no role > House Surgeon at St. Georges Hospital
being sworn deposeth that abot. 3 o' Clock on Monday
afternoon last (the 17th. Instant) the deceased was brot
to St. Georges Hospital and he was informed that he was
informed that he was drowned in bathing in the Serpentine
River Hyde Park and at when he was brought
to the said Hospital he appeared to be quite lifeless
and there appeared to be no Marks of Violence on his
Body, that notwithstanding every means was used
to recover him but without the desired Effect

Andrew Matthias< no role >

William Cook< no role > a Private in the Coldstream Regiment
of Foot Guards being sworn deposeth that on Monday
Evening last about 8 [..] o' Clock he went
by Westminster with the deceased to bath in the
Serpentine River and that the deceased was attempting
to swim in the said River and whilst he was swimming
he cryed out two or three times Master Master help me or
I shall be drowned and soon afterwards he sank
under the Water and a Person in a Boat immediately
came