London

Depositions of a Witness taken at London that
is to say at the Parish of Saint Ann Blackfriars
in the Ward of Farringdon within in London
aforesaid this 8th. day of October 1796 on view of
the body of James Parrott< no role > now here lying
dead.

George Jameson< no role > Clerk to Mr. Yarrow way of Earl Street
Blackfriars Timber Merchant maketh Oath & saith that yesterday
afternoon a little before five he & the deced who was footman
to Mr. Narroway left Mr. Narroways Counting house on the
top of Mr. Narroways Wharf near Earl Street Blackfriars
& went down to the end of the Wharf near the WatersieDept
left the deced standing on the Wharf & went on some Timber
that lay in the Water [..] at the end of the Wharfthat
one William Birchmore< no role > was standing near the deced that while
Dept. was on the timber Blackmore halloed out & sayed
Master [..] I Fancy I am (mary the deced) is over board
Dept. heard a Splashing in the water near some Craft that
lay at Mr. Heddingtons to loaf adjoining Mr. NYaroways
Dept. immediately went there & saw the deceds head just
above the Waterthat soon after the deced such under the
WaterThat in about twenty Minutes after the deced & appeared quite dead
was taken out of the Water near the Place & was taken to
the public house where he now lied

G Jameson