City of Westminster Coroners:
Coroners' Inquests into Suspicious Deaths
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1st January 1790 - 31st December 1790

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Image 384 of 7787th June 1790


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


Informations taken this Seventh day of
June 1790 at the Parish of St. Martin [..]
the Fields within the Liberty of Westmr.
in the County of Midsex upon an
Inquisition touching the death of Thomas
Hollis
< no role > lying dead in the said Parish
Liberty and County.

James Hollis< no role > of the Adelphi . Brother to Thomas
Hollis
< no role > an Infant Aged Eleven Years and upwards
on his Oath saith That on Saturday Evening last
the fifth Instant about half hour after Eight
the Deced was Eating his Supper at his Father
in the Adelphi Says that about a Quarter
before Nine o'Clock the same Evening this Dept.
went out leaving the Deced there, Says that
he returned home about half after Nine about
the Deced was gone out and Dept. never saw
him afterwards alive, Says that Yesterday
Morning the Sixth Instant about Nine
o'Clock on hearing a Person say they have
found him, Dept. went towards him, and saw
his Father and other Man pull the Deced
to the Shore out of the River Thames at the
Adelphi in the Parish of St. Martin in the
Fields where he was Accidentally Drowned
as Depts. believes No Marks of violence
appearing on the Body

James Hollis< no role >

James White< no role > of Heathcock Court Strand Lab
on his Oath saith That Yesterday Morning
about Nine o Clock Dept. was Searching for
Thomas Hollis< no role > the Deced and found him by the
side of a Boat in the River Thomas at the
Adelphi Says that with a Boat Hook be [..]
the Deced [..] the Shore, being Drowned and
Dept. believes that it was Accidental

James White< no role >
[mark]
his Mark

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




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