City of Westminster Coroners:
Coroners' Inquests into Suspicious Deaths
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2nd January 1799 - 28th December 1799

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Image 37 of 85724th January 1799


to the Public Office in Row Street Court
Garden , who informed this Deponent that
the deceased had been wounded in attempting
to apprehend some Persons at a Public
House in Saint Giles's , that upon examining
the Body of the deceased (who at the time was
quite sensible) he discovered that he had
receiving three Wounds on the Head, one on
his left Shoulder & the Arm also broken, or
small Wound at the Corner hart of thesaid
left [..]
right Arm and another on the right Hand and a Wound also on
the right Leg, that Mr. Griffithes Surgeon
and this Deponent have attended the deceased
[..] and dressed the Wounds every day
and adminated Medicines Etc requisite on
this Occasion until the time of his decease
which happen'd on Tuesday last (the
twenty recevd Instant) about seven o'Clock
in the morning and this Deponent is of
Opinion that the Wounds which the deceased
had received was the Cause of his death

James Pitcarn< no role >

John Millar< no role > one of the Officers of the
Public Office ar Row Street Covent Garden
being sworn deposeth that on the twenty
sixth day of December last he received
a Warrant under the Hands and Seals
of Sir William Addington< no role > Knight and
John Floud< no role > Esqr . two of his Majesty's
Justices of the Peace for the County of
Middlesex to karch throughout the
Parish ofthe Saint Giles in the Fields
in the said County and particularly the
Kings Arms Ale house in Maynard
Street within the said Parish on that
Night for the finding and apprehending
of all Rogues and Vagabonds and
idle and disorderly Persons as upon
met Search he should find and appre
hend, and bring all such Personstt
before them the said Sir William Addington< no role >
and John Flond< no role > at the Public Office
in Bow Street Covent Garden at ten
o'Clock the ensuing Morning in
order for their Examination, as appeares
by the said Warrant this day produced
in Court




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