and had always a slow Fever he said
he was then going to bed and as he used
always to go out early in a Morning
and take the they of his Room door with
him [..] I concluded that Yesterday
morning (Friday the 5th.) he was gone out
as usual but about one o'Clock in the
Afternoon having not seen any thing of him
I knocked twice at his Room Door and
as nobody answered I tried the Door wch.
was not locked and the they within side
I open'd it I discovered that the deceased
was dead in his Bed, upon which I told
the People in the House what I had seen
who went in and found that he was quite
dead and as I lived in the next Room to
the deceased, and never heard him [..]
green or call for Assistance I have
reason to think he died of in a Fit in the
Night

Charlotte Appelman< no role >

The Verdict
Sudden Death by the Visitation of God to Wit
of a Fit

John Cox< no role > Foreman