London
Depositions of Witnesses taken at London
that is to say at the Parish of
in the Ward of Lime Street
in London
aforesaid this 10th: day of November 1792
on view of the Body of
Thomas Dunbar< no role >
now here lying Dead
John Houghton< no role >
of the Ball Inn Leaden hall
Street London< no role >
Victualler
maketh Oath that the deced
Thomas Dunbar< no role >
hath lodged in Depts. house since the
26th. day of September last-that about ½ part eleven OClock
on Wednesday Night lastDeptthe deced went up Stairs
for the purpose of going to Bed-that he spoke to Dept from the
Gallery and inquired after one of Depts. Servants who was
then waiting on some Company Dept. seeing the deced in the
Gallery in his Shirt desired him to go to Bed the deced
immediately quitted the Gallery and went into the Room
he usually slept in a two pair of Stairs front Room facing the
said Inn Yard that immediately after the deced had turned
into his Room Dept. heard the Report of five Arms Dept
immediately went up Stainer the purpose of going to the Room the deced slept in and [..]
going in the Roomfrom whence the Report of the Fire Arms
seemed to come andupon [..]
at the top of the two pair of Stairs the deced
came running out of his Room and caught hold ofthedeponent
round his Nick and sayed Mr. John Mr. John I have shot
myselfDept. carryed the deced into a lower Room and layed
that he appeared to have a wound in his left side from whence blood came
him on the Floor that when Dept had layed the deced on the Floor
the deced sayed "Men don't you see I have shot myself"
Dept went [..] for a Surgeonand on Dept. return he found a Mr.
Benson an Apothecary
with the deced-Dept. set up with
the deced that Night that the deced continued ill from
the Wound he had reced until Yesterday Morning when he
departed this Life-that the deced appeared to be sensible
a little some part of the time and used to [..] claim "the Lord
of Mercy on me"-that during the time the deced has lodged
with Dept. he used often to talk in [..] harently appeared very
dull and melancholy and also avoided any Company that
might be in Dept. house-that Dept. has considered the deced"
as deranged in Feir Senses during the whole time he has
lodgedwithin Depts. house that after Dept. had laid the deced
on the Floor a before mentioned he went to the Room where the
deced usually slept and found a Pistol lying on the Floor.
Sworn this 10th November 1792
before me}
John Haughton< no role >