City & Liberty
of
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Information of Witnesses taken this 7th. Day
of September 1793 in the Parish of St. George
Hanover Square at the Dwelling house of
Mr. Grant the Sign of the White Horse in
Knightsbridge before Anthony Gell< no role > his
Majesty's Coroner for the City & Liberty
aforesaid touching the Death of John Jay< no role >
then and there lying dead, as follow

Mathew Thompson< no role > Porter to St. Georges Hospital
being sworn deposeth and saith that the deceased
has been a Patient in the Hospital formerly the
Space of six weeks and during that time has vacted
frequently in the Cold Bath in the said Hospital
on Account of his Disorder and generally had a
Person to attend him when he but had that on Friday
but the 6th. Instant abot 11 o'Clock in Forenoon being the days that the [..]
visit the Patients this deponent was going as usual (it
being his duty) to attend them when he met the deceased
upon the Landing of the Stain who told him he was
going to bath whereupon this Deponent gave him
the Key of the Bath, and about 5 in the Evening
as this Deponent was going by the Bath he saw
the Key in the Door and upon touching it open to
saw they decand lying at the bottom of the Bath
upon which he immediately informed the house
apothecary who returned with him to the Ball
and when they came there they found that Wm. Masters< no role >
and