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

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Image 662 of 89922nd September 1798


upon the Ground when first of the Rick
Work [..] lled upon his Left Leg and
afterwards upon his Right leg and a
smath Ben [..] to be
broken and [..] others
on [..] to the Sign of
them [..] in Wheel in Kennington
where Mr. Thompson and Mr [..] uriman
Fragend & Apother [..] advised this
Deponent and others to carry the deced
to St. George [..] at [..]
Corner which they did [..] Hackney
loa [..] and further this Deponent
sayeth not [..] Bar [..]

Charles James Nisbitt< no role > Assistant Surgeon
to St Georges Hospital being sworn
deposeth that on Monday last between
7 and 8 o'Clock in the Evening the deced
was brought to the sd. Hospital by persons
who informed him that some Prickshed
fallen upon his Legs, and upon

Examining

examining him he found that the
Tibia or big Bone of his left ley was
laid bare poor the Ancle upwards
a considerable Way - the Fibula or other
Bone was broker into several Prices
and [..] into the Ancle Stone Joints which
expored it, the right the was also not
below the Ancle that not very mate
rially Mr. Hawkins the Surgeon
was sent for, who said it was necessary
to take off the Gift Leg as the deg [..]
before th [..] the Knie [..] being the [..] Mean to save his Life [..]
[..] about ten o'Clock the saind Evening
the [..] was to Son off and the next day a Fever came on
in Consequence of the Injury of the
Fall and Bruises which she had received
that on Tuesday Night, he was bled in Order to
abate the Fever which increased and
he became deliviases at times and [..]
between 6 and 7 o'Clock on Thursday
Morning last he expired, and this Depont.
is of Opinion that his Dicth was occasioned
by the Injury he rece'd by [..] Fall and the
Bricks falling on his Leys.

C.J. Nisbett




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