City of Westminster Coroners:
Coroners' Inquests into Suspicious Deaths
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4th January 1796 - 28th December 1796

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Image 420 of 77914th July 1796


Kitcher where he found some Bacon in a Pot
[..] an the Fire and the Fire almost out and
about half the Peas skulled in a Bason
upon the Dresser and never found or heard
of the deceased till about one o'Clock
Yesterday Afternoon (the 13th. Imst.) when he
was in formed she had been found drowned
in the Serpentine River and was then in the
Bone house belonging to St. Geory is work
house in South Audley Street.
this Deponent sayeth that he had heard
she had been unsuccessfull in the Lottery
and had never been easy and in her
might mind since, and her master often
told her not to be so unhappy as he wou'd
make matters cary to her, but he died
about about [..] a Month ago and
by that Evant she lost all hopes of
Friendly Assistance and her been very
much disturbed in her Mind ever since

Thos Cadman< no role >

The Verdict
That the deceasd was very unhappy
[..] ged in her mind and in Short State
[..] ned herself in the Serpentine River
[..] deporeth on or about the 8th. of July 1796

Henry Slack< no role > Foreman




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