Middlesex
to wit}
Informations of Witnesses Taken and Acknowledged
the 16th. day of July in the Year of Our Lord 1774
at the House of
Thomas Miller< no role >
known by the Sign
of the City of Bristol
in the Precinct of Saint Catherine
in the County of Middlesex
before
Thomas Phillips< no role >
One of the Coroners for the said County on view of the
Body of
Thomas Brown< no role >
then and there lying Dead
as follow (to wit)
Thomas Miller< no role >
of Saint Catherine
Victualler
Saith That
Yesterday Morning between Seven and Eight he was going out
of his House Mr. Jones the Wharfinger Called to him and told
him to Come back and make some Milk Punch
That there were with Jones Two Wardours of the Tower
a Serjeant and Brown the DeceasedThat they
[..] imediately went up Stairs to the Shuffle Board Room
That the Serjeant Said he would Play and body for
Twelve Pennyworth of PunchThat then some one of
them said they were going to have Battle (Who said so
Informant does not know) That Informant
Answerd they had better Fight over the Table
That they Answer'd No They would have another Room
That they went into another Room And the Serjeant and
the Deceased (who is a Black Man) had a Spar together
Then theSerjeantBlack Ask'd. the Serjeants Parden