City of Westminster Coroners:
Coroners' Inquests into Suspicious Deaths
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9th January 1797 - 29th December 1797

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Image 745 of 7924th December 1797


[..] fast clenched and from that he con
-cluded he was in a fit and he fetched
some Water and sprinkled it on his Face
when he fetched [..] Sigh two or three times
and by the time he received him from the
Door into the Shop found his hands
were open and quite cold and applied more
Water which had no Effect and he had no
Pulse and soon afterwards as he appeared
to be quite dead a Shell was soon brot.
from the Workhouse into which he was
put and conveyed thither.

Thos. Edkins< no role >

The Verdict
Sudden Death by the Visitation of God
to Wit of a fit




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