Inquisition taken April 19th . and by Adjournment

Matthew Concanen< no role > Clerk to John Spennage< no role > Esqr. one of his Majesty's Justices of the
Peace of the City and Liberty of Westmr. on his Oath saith. That in Consequence of a
Warrant Mary Hyndes< no role > This name instance is in set 3537. was brought before Mr. Spinnage last Night, Says that in the Course
of her Examination said Mary Hyndes< no role > This name instance is in set 3537. did voluntarily confess That she did on Sunday
"Sovenight (April 17th.) Breakfast with Mr John Smith< no role > and his Wife in Green Street (meaning
"the Father & Mother of the Deced as Dept. understood) and that she had agreed to Done
"there upon Bacon and Greens, said Mary Hyndes being to find Bacon and Mr. Smith
"being to find Greens, and that the Deced brought in the Bacon, but that she the said
"Mary Hyndes did not stay to Dine there, That a Gentlewoman coming in for some
"Sallad, She having before asked Deced's Mother leave to take out the Deced, to buy
"him a Cheese cake which Mrs. Smith had refuced, but She took that Opportunity while
"Mrs. Smith was Serving the Sallad to take out the Deced, That said Mary Hyndes
"said that She had that Afternoon called at two or three places, and after it was
"dark that Evening took the Deced into Hyde Park at a Gate leading out of Piccadilly
"that she went along Hyde Park to a water, by a Bridge, on the lefthand of which,
"she threw the Deced into the Water, and then went away and did not return
"And on being asked what led her to several an Act, answered, that she wanted
"to die, and did it in order to suffer for it, That her Husband had used her ill,
"which made Life indifferent to her, and that she sought that Method of
"getting rid of it, as she thought that she should meet with little Compassion
"from a Jury" And this dept. saith that the said Mary Hyndes then appeared
to be perfectly Sensible, and that said Mary Hyndes told Dept. that she was
in her Senses at the time that she threw the Deced into the Water, Says that
said Mary Hyndes< no role > This name instance is in set 3537. was this day brought before Mr. Spinnage again, when she
again Confessed her Drowning the Deced, But said that she was sometimes out
of her Mind, but not at the time of committing the Act.

George Swetman< no role > , saith that he went to the Sign of the Hovel in upper Grosvenor
Street on Sunday (April 17th.) about two o'Clock where he saw Mary Hyndes sitting
in one of the Boxes having a little Boy with her, Says that while Mary Hyndes
was drinking a Pint of Beer, She told Dept. that her Husband has left her in the
Year 1758, that she had a great deal of Trouble since, and had been out of her
Mind, Says that said Mary Hyndes sometimes cryd, and soon after laughed,
but Dept. thought her be in Liquor.

Henry Lewer< no role > Saith that yesterday Morning (April 18.) after Breakfast Dept. was
coming downstairs, and through a Stair case Window backwards he saw two or three
Men appearing like Gentlemens Servants standing in Hyde Park , some by the foot of the
Old Bridge and others on the Bride and at the foot of the Bride he observed something
White, Says that he went towards the Place and found the Deced lying on the shore
in the Parish of St. George Hanover Square with the feet in the Water, within two foot
of the Bridge or thereabouts, Says that the Child was dead and its Clothes wet but
did not appear to have been long dead, and says that the saw no Marks of violence

upon the Deced, Says that the Men were gone from the Child before he first
come to him by the Water side.