City and Liberty
of Westminster ,
In the County of
Middlesex ,}
to wit,

An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
King at the House of William Hatchett< no role > the Sign of the Shakespear in Eaton Street pimilies Parish of St.
George Hanover Square within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church
of St. Peter, Westminster , in the County of Middlesex the eighteenth day of July 1796
in the thirty sixth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third,
by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, France, and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith,
and so forth, before Anthony Gell< no role > , Esq. Coroner of our said Lord the King for the said City
and Liberty, on View of the Body of Joseph Jacques< no role > then and there
lying dead, upon the Oath of the several Jurors whose Names are here under written, and
Seals affixed, good and lawful Men of the said Liberty, duly chosen, who being then and
there duly sworn and charged to enquire for our said Lord the King, when, how, and by
what Means the said Joseph Jacques< no role > came to h is Death, do upon
their Oath say that the said Joseph on the fifteenth day of July in the
Year aforesaid at the Parish and in the Liberty aforesaid To wit
in one of the Cuts leading out of the River Thames up to the Water Works
there going in to bathe himself. It so happened that accidentally
casually & by Misfortune he the said Joseph Jacques< no role > in the Waters
of the said River was then and there suffocated and drowned
Of which Suffocation and Drowning he the said Joseph
Jacques< no role > then and there instantly died. And so the Jurors
aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say that the said Joseph
Jacques< no role > in manner and by the Means accidentally casually
and by Misfortune came to his Death and not other wise
IN WITNESS whereof, as well the said Coroner as the said Jurors, have to this Inquisition
set their Hands and Seals the Day, Year, and Place first above written.

Anthy. Gell< no role >
Coroner }

Richd. Wardle< no role > Foreman
Abrm Burt< no role >
John Wood< no role >
Richard Allan< no role >
Wilm Carrel< no role >
James Edwards< no role >

James Dorney< no role >
Thos. Hornsey< no role >
Jno Ellsworth< no role >
Jno. Watt< no role >
Joseph Evans< no role >
Thos. Liddall< no role >
Wm Cray< no role >