John Hurst< no role > a Lodger at No. 21 in the Borough
Market in the Parish of Saint Saviour within Borough
of Tenth work and Watchhouse keeper of the said
Parish maketh Oath that about ½ part 5 O Clock in
the Morning of Wednesday last the deced was brot. to
the said Watchhouse by SamuelMr. Jones Chamberlain< no role > of
the Queenshead Inn St Margaret Mill in the said
Parish [..] being charged by the
said Samuel Jones< no role > with having bundle deep one pair [..] of Sheets
& a pillowcase with intent to take them away
the Dept Searched [..] deced to see if he had any Knife
or fire Arms about him which is usually done upon any
Person being brought to the Watch house charged with
any Offence-that Dept. then locked the deced up finding
no Knive or Fire arms about him in a little Room on one
side of the Watch houses for that usethat in about ½ an hour
afterwards [..] on Dept. returning to the Watch, house the
deced asked Dept. to got him a drink of Water or a Pint of
Water Dept. went & got a Pint of Porter which he delivered
to the deced who payed him for it Dept. asked Deced who
he was if he lived in the Neighbourhood but the deced would
not give any account of himselfthat about a quarter before
Six Dept. left the deced locked up in the Room before mentioned
that a little before nine Dept. in Company with Mrs.
Ellis the Lanlady of the Queens [..] head and one or two more persons
went to the Watchhousethat upon Dept. unlocking the
Room Door where in he had left the deced and going in he
found the deced lying upon his face with a great quantity
of blood around him that he was bleeding thenthat a
Surgeon was sent for who came that Dept. lifted the deced
up and discovered a Wound in his Throat-that he was
insensible that the Surgeon examined the deced and sayed
he thought he would recover-that the deced was immediately
taken to St. Thomas's Hospital -that he was taken into the