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

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Image 450 of 52526th October 1781


and Dined at the Sign of the Broar's Head
& Magtrye in Board's Head Court Borough
drank four or five Pints of Beer and Staid
there about two hours Say that they then
went to the Denmark Head in Denmark.
Court Strand , where they Drank [..] Three
Pints of Beer more and Fear went down
the Deced following Dept. who was going
to a Club in the Borough , Says that the
Deced then did Dept. a good Night,hard
having before told Dept. that he was going
to see an Acquaintance in a Court
which Dept. cannot recollect Says that
the Deced did not appear to be drunk
and could walk without Assistance
Says that it was about Eight o'Clock
when they parted last Night, and Dept.
did not see him afterwards alive

William Warren< no role >

Lydia Basilico< no role > Wife of Andrew Basilico< no role >
on her Oath saith, That she has this day
seen the Body of the Deced in the Bone house
belonging to the Parish of St. Paul Covent
Garden , and that his Name is [..] George
[..] Orton
< no role > .

Lydia Basilico< no role >

Henry Hamblet< no role > of Holborn Hair Dresser
on his Oath saith That about three Years ago
the Deced was found Apprentice to him by
the name of George Orton< no role > , That he severed
two

two Years of his time but behaved so ill
that he could not keep him longer, Says
that he saw the Body this Day in the
Bome house and behaves it to be said
George Orton< no role >

Henry Hamblet< no role >

Severally Sworn the Day
Year & Place abovementioned
before me
Tho. Prickard< no role > Coroner .}




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