City of Westminster Coroners:
Coroners' Inquests into Suspicious Deaths
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3rd January 1798 - 31st December 1798

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be laid upon the Bed. that she was quite Speechless
and did not live above ten minutes and that his
death was occasioned by the Wounds in his Throat

Leigh Thomas< no role >

Thomas Mitchell< no role > of the Haymarkett Taylor being
sworn deposeth he has known the deceased for
Many Young and that at times he was very lent
Spirited and Melancholly and more so of late andsaidthought he
should not live long

Thomas Mitchell< no role >

Samuel Beckwith< no role > of St. Martins Lane Upholder
being sworn deposeth that he has known the
deceased for many Years, that of late he has been
very much dejected and more so for several day
last past and looked very wild at times that [..]
parted with the deceased last Night abot. Eleven
o'Clock when he appeared to be very low

Saml Beckwith< no role >

The Verdict
That the deceased was deranged in her Mind and in
a fit of insanity stabled himself in his Throat with
a Penknife which was the Cause of his death
That the Penknife the Cause thereof a Forfeiture
Value six pence

Jas. Keith< no role > Foreman




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