City of Westminster Coroners:
Coroners' Inquests into Suspicious Deaths
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1st January 1781 - 29th December 1781

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Image 396 of 52528th August 1781


Phabe [..] Griffiths< no role > Servant to Gilbert Lawson< no role >
at the Chequers in Abingdon Street Westmr.
Victualler on he Oath saith That she has knows
the Deced between two and three Years, That
he came to the Chequers last Night between
Eight & Nine o'Clock and drank some Beer
with his Fellow Servant, and had some Words
with a Woman there, Says that Deced went [..] about twenty
Minutes after Nine and then said to Dept.
that he should not see her again, the Deced
being then very uneasy in his Mind,
and holding a Handkerchief to has face,
Says that some time after she carried some Bear
to Mrs. Hubert who informed her that the
Deced was gone down the Yard towards the
Thames, upon which Dept. went upon some of the
Barges upon the River Thames there, but did
not see the Deced nor hear any Body in
the Water, Says that the Deced at times
appeared uneasy and troubled in Mind.

The Mark of
[mark]
Phebe Griffiths< no role > .

William Sands< no role > Labourer on his Oath saith
That he has worked with the Deced at Mrs.
Hubert about a Year and at half, Says
that the Deced was upwards of a Year
past Disordered, in his Mind, and said
that he would go to drown himself and
that he immediately went towards the
River Thames but Dept. went after him
and stopped him at that time, Dept.
says that he has not seen [..] the Deced
in that way Since

The Mark
[mark]
of William Sands< no role > .

James Gould< no role > Servant to Mrs. Hubert on his
Oath saith, That being informed that the Deced,
was supposed to be Drown afternoon about three o'Clock the thisMorning
locked for the Deced, and in the James
a little below Parliament Stair found the
Deced drowned lying upon his for, Says
that he got the Deced into a most and brought
him to Mrs. Huberts Wharf, but that the
observed no Marks of Violence upon [..]
Deced.

The Mark of
[mark]
James Gould< no role >

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




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