City & Liberty of
Westmr
, in the County
of Middlesex
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Informations taken this Twenty ninth
day of January 1768
at the Parish of St Martin
in the Fields
within the liberty of Westmr
in
the county of Middlesex
on an Inquisition
touching the Death of a Woman unknown lying
dead in the said Parish Liberty and County.
Thomas Carver< no role >
of Vine Street
in the Parish of St John the
Evangelist
Westmr. Labourer
on hid Oath saith, That he was
at work Yesterday Morning between ten and Eleven o'clock
at Northernberland Wharf
in the Parish of St Martin in the
Fields
, carrying Coals out of a Lighter, says that Henry
Ball< no role >
another Labourer
called out saying there Lyes old
Gillet Drowned upon which he looked and in the river
Thomas there at the Stern of a Berge Dept saw the Deced lying
in the said parish of St Martin in the fields
, says that
the Deced was lifted by this Dept and other persons in
a Barge there, says that she was dead but Dept observed
no Marks of violence upon the Deced. Says that he
found in her Pocket a shilling, a six pence, and four
pence in Copperin copper anda Snuff box
The Mark of
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Thomas Carver< no role >
Sworn the Day Year & Place
above mentioned before me
Tho Prickard< no role >
Coroner
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