City of London Coroners:
Coroners' Inquests into Suspicious Deaths
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5th January 1789 - 30th December 1789

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that she waited three or four minutes until she could walk to the
door & then she went to it & opened it and ran up to the maidsroom
says her room door was botted on the inside says she was in bed when
the leard the pistol [..] off & she believes it was between the hour of
one and two. the Leard house herts, she is sun the first was a pistol
but the letter was not so loud. That when she went from the back room
while front room she [..] Leard for brother either in his own room or
going to it and she called to him and sayed Mr. Eddislad been on the
Leads but was gone into his house, and he deceived her to go into her
room [..] her fathers room says that about two months ago something Led been thrown at
the Window and on Dept. looking thro. to see what it was she saw Mr.
Edis who live in the adjoining house standing on the leads and she says
several might afterwards he threw some this against her Window
and about three Weeks ago she informed her Father of it which she
believes was the reason he desired her to sleep in the front room
Says she told the Maids what She had Leard of the pistol [..] off,
and one of them went down stairs and afterwards the other Servant
were alarmed. Dept says the deced's coming on the leads was atlast
her privity or consent. That about a month ago the deced attempted
to get in at the Window of the back room when she was in bed
there & she prevented him by putting the Sash down.

Sworn the 13 July 1789
before me
Thos. Shelton< no role > Corr.

E Tyler




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