City and Liberty of Westminster
in the County of Middlesex }
to wit}

An Inquisition Indented taken for Our Sovereign
Lord the King at the Parish of St. Martin in the Fields within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the
Collegiate Church of St. Peter Westminster in the County of Middlesex , the Second day of
Januaryin the Seventh year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Thirty [..]
by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and So forth
before Thomas Prickard< no role > Gentleman Coroner of our said Lord the King for the said City and Liberty
On View of the Body of Stephen Auskins< no role > then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of James Bright< no role >
Matthew Etteridge< no role > , William Wood< no role > , William Wagstaff< no role > , John Herman< no role > , Thomas Bedford< no role > , William
Prosser< no role > , Thomas Dickson< no role > , Richard Packer< no role > , John Cowic, James Kay< no role > , William Forster< no role >
John Debush< no role > , and John Hinchcock< no role > good and lawfull Man of the said Liberty
duly Chosen, who being then and there duly Sworn and Charged to inquire for Our said Lord the King
when, how, and by what Means the said Stephen Auskinscame to his Death, do upon their
Oath say, That the said Stephen Auskins on the Thirtieth day of December in the Year of our Lord
one thousand seven hundred and Sixty six, being in a certain Street or Lane called, St. Martins
Lane in the Parish aforesaid within the Liberty and County aforesaid, and being Intoxicated
and in Liquor, It so happened that the said Stephen Anskins Accidentally Casually and
by Misfortune did then and there fall down upon the Pavement in the footway, by
Means whereof the said Stephen Auskins did then and there Accidentally Casually and by
Misfortune receive one mortal Wound and one mortal Fracture in and upon the back part of his
Head, of which said mortal Wound and Fracture, he the said Stephen Auskins on the said Thirtieth
day of December in the Year aforesaid, at the Parish Liberty and County aforesaid, did Die
And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid, do say, that the said Stephen Auskins
Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune, in manner and by the Means aforesaid, came to his
Death, and not otherwise. In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner, as the said James
Bright< no role > Foreman of the said Jurors, on the behalf of himself and the rest of his said Fellows,
in their presence, have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals, the Day Year and Place first
above written

Tho. Prickard< no role > Coroner .

James Bright< no role > Foreman