City of Westminster Coroners:
Coroners' Inquests into Suspicious Deaths
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14th January 1764 - 24th December 1764

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William Chapman< no role > Servant to Mr. Reeves Builder on his
Oath Saith, That he was yesterday between twelve and one
O' Clock in Oxford Road and was there informed by a Man
who is Servant to Mr. Ward a Carter in Queen Street
near Governor Square, that an Accident had happened
to one of Mr.Reeves's Carters, in the Road Says that he
thereupon want up the Road and found Mr.Reeves [..] Cart and Horses
which the and had drove on the South side of Oxford Road , the Horses being on the Bank
close to the foot way, Says that he was informed by a person
that stood by the Horses, that a Man was hurt in the Head
and that he was carried by two Men to St. George's Hospital
Say, that in the Afternoon Deponent came to the Workhouse
and obtained on Order for the Deced being reced into the
Pro [..] [..] believing to the Parish of St. George Hanover
Square , in order to be buried the Deced being there Dead,
Says that the Deced was wall yesterday Morning, and
Dept. believes that his Death was occasioned by the hurt
which he reced in Oxford Road , [..] Dept. cannot say how
the Deced reced his hurt

William Chapman< no role >

John Dagwell< no role > Servant to Mr. Reeves in the Capacity of
under Clerk, on his Oath saith That by Mr. Reeves's Order Dept.
sent the Deced and John Allen< no role > with two of Mr. Reeves's Carts
to fetch Bricks from Walham Green yesterday Morning Says
that John Allen< no role > returned with his Cart loaded with Bricks
between twelve & one O' Clock the same day, Says that he asked
said John Allen< no role > where the Deced was, to which he Answered
he could not tell, said Allen being very Drunk, Says that
William Chapman< no role > soon after informed Dept. that the Deced
was heart in oxford Road and Carried to the Hospital, Says that he was
going afterwards towards Walham Green , and passing by the
Workhouse belonging to St. George's Parish [..] found the Deced
in a Cart belonging to said Mr. Reeves before the in Mought Street Work house
says, that the Deced was then Dead and that he was carried
to the Bonehouse, says, that he did not then examine the
Deced, but that he saw the Deced in the Bonehouse this day
and found his Shall broke on the Right side, and a Bruice

on the left side of his Loins, which Dept. believes [..] the
occasion of Deced's Death, [..] Says, that he was informed
by Persons in Oxford Road that several Carriages were in
Oxford Road endeavouredg to drive one before another
at the time the Deced reced the hurt, and Deponent
believes that the Deced's Shall was broke by a Wheel of some
Carriage grazing he Head John Dagwell< no role >

Severally Sworn the Day
Year and Place above mentioned
before me
Tho. Prickard< no role > Coroner }




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