City & Liberty
of
Westminster }

Informations of Witnesses taken [..]
14th. day of July 1796 in the Parish of [..]
Hanover Square at the Dwelling house [..]
John Stone< no role > the Sign of the Morgins [..]
Granby in South Audley Street [..]
Anthony Gell< no role > his Magisty's Coroner [..]
the said City & Liberty touching the [..]
death of Jane Davis< no role > then and there
lying had as follow
To Wit

George Rhodes< no role > of the first Ryimt. of Life G [..]
being sworn deporeth that between 11 & 22 of [..]
at Noon Yesterday (the 13th. Instant) as he was co [..]
by the Side of the Serpentine River in Hyde [..]
he saw the Quarter Master Whab by the Side of [..]
River who asked him if he could swim to [..]
he answered yes whereupon he bade him [..]
and go into the River as he thought he saw [..]
Body of a Person drowned in the said Ri [..]
upon he which he went into the River [..]
took hold of the him of the head of the [..]
and swam with her and brought her to Shore [..]
and a four as he brought her to Shore She bled
at the Mouth and apper'd in a Putrid
State. This Deponent then scarched her Pocket [..]
and found therein one Guinea in Gold half [..]
Crown in Silver in Keys a Knife and [..]
pence in halfpence and a bad Shilling [..]
said Money Knife & Keys his produced and