(Bells ringing (which did not exist, form which
Circumstances I think he was not popefied of
his right Mind
Matthew Baillie< no role >
Samuel Beale< no role >
Waterman
at Vaun Hall
being swon deposeth that Yesterday the 5th. of July
Instant as he was rowing up abry the Shear
on the Westminster
Side about 200 Yards
below Mr. Hodges the Distillers on Mill Bank
he observed the Body of Man drowned in the
River Thames
upon which he called & another
Waterman
to whist him who came to his Assistance
and they wit [..] Water [..] brought him to hoar and then this
Deponent with the other two Water men went
and acquainted the Parish Officers of St. Johns
to fetch him away which they did and examin
him to the Bane house in St. John's Burying
Ground, that upon [..] marking him this Deponent [..]
found upon hi [..] a History Book four Keys
tied together and about six penny worth of
half pence and nothing more ex [..] a pair of
Gloves
The [mark] Mark
of [..]
Samuel Beale< no role >
William Jones< no role >
of Fore Street
Lambeth
Waterman
being sworn deposeth as
follows that [..] Yesterday 5th. July Instant
when the before mentioned Samuel Beale< no role >
saw the Body of the deceased in the River Thames
he called for my Assistance upon which I
went and me hauled the deceased to Shear on
Mill bank
when the said Samuel Beale< no role >
in my Presence searched the Pockets of the
deceased and found a Book a Handkerchief
a Pair of Gloves and find Pence three farthing
in to his Pockets and no more, and then are
went and acquainted the Parish Officers
who fetched the Body away
The Mark [mark] of William Jones< no role >
The Verdict
deranged in his Mind and in a fit of Insanity
drowned himself
John Fenwick< no role >
Foreman