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
Thomas Davies< no role >
the Sign of the Sun in Heddon Street
Swallow Street
in the Parish of Saint 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 Fourth day of July 1798
in the thirty eighth 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
William Weller< no role >
an Infant
aged three Years and an half 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
William Weller< no role >
came to h is Death, do upon
their Oath say that the said
William Weller< no role >
on the third day of July in the
Year aforesaid at the Parish aforesaid in the Liberty & County aforesaid being
at one of the Parlour Windows of his Mothers Dwelling House No. 4
situate in Heddon Street
, Swallow Street
and fronting Heddon Street
aforesaid It so happened that he the said
William Weller< no role >
accidentally casually and by Misfortune did then and there
fallout of the said Window upon the Stone Pavement in
the Area of the said Dwelling House and by Means thereof
did then and there receive by the Fall aforesaid one
mortal Bruise and Contusion on the Crown of his Head
of which said mortal Bruise and Contusion, he the said
William
Weller< no role >
from the said third day of the said Month of July in the
Year aforesaid until the fourth day of the same Month in the
Year at the Parish aforesaid in the County aforesaid did languish
and languishing did live on which said fourth day of July in
the Year aforesaid at the said Parish and in the County aforesaid
he the said
William Weller< no role >
, of the mortal Bruise and Contusion
aforesaid did die; And so the Jurors aforesaid
upon their Oath aforesaid do say that the said
William
Weller< no role >
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 Inqusition
set their, Hands and Seals the Day, Year, and Place first above written.
Anthy. Gell< no role >
Coroner
}
Richard Taylor< no role >
Buchard Joshua< no role >
John Anderson< no role >
Geo. Watts< no role >
[..]
Thos Davies< no role >
Thos. Sutherland< no role >
Thomas Mavers< no role >
Thomas Berry< no role >
John Buckingham< no role >
John Burde< no role >
John Johnson< no role >
Wm Boxall< no role >