City & Liberty
of Westmr . in the
County of Midsex }

Informations taken this Twenty
second day of August 1785 at the Parish
of St. Margaret within the Liberty of
Westmr . in the County of Midsex upon
an Inquisition touching the Death
of James Colter lying dead in the
said Parish Liberty and County

Charles Carey< no role > one of the Beadles of the Parish
of St. Margaret Westmr . on his Oath saith
That Yesterday about four o'Clock in the
Afternoon Dept saw James Colter< no role > the Deced
lying down on hid Back [..] in the Footway in Chapel Street
in the Parish of St. Margaret Westmr . very
much in Liquor, and had been in that Street
some time as Dept. was inforemed, Says that
a Gentle woman there gave two Soldiers
six pence and Dept. gave them another
six pence for carrying Deced home to his
Lodging in little Chapel Street which they
did, and Dept. went with Deced and saw
him laid down on his Bed in his Lodging
and left him there a Sleep, leaving the
Key with a Lodger in the House,
Says that he was informed this Morning
that the Deced was dead, in his Room
That he afterwards saw the Deced and
thinks that the Deced died in a natural
way.

Chas, Carey< no role >

John Welsh< no role > a Lodger at Mrs. Brown in
Ducks Lane on his Oath saith That this
Morning between Nine o'Clock Dept. lock
looked thro' the Window into Deced's Room
and saw the Deced lying upon the Bed, That
he opened the Room Door (which was not Lock
and the Key in the Lock on the outside
[..]