City of Westminster Coroners:
Coroners' Inquests into Suspicious Deaths
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9th January 1797 - 29th December 1797

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Image 38 of 79219th January 1797


Wm. Morris< no role > Suyen of St. James Parish been
sworn Deposeth & saith that he has
examined the Body of the sd. Child on which
there appeared not the least outward
Marks of Violence externally & upon
opening & examining the Body he found
the Lungs had never been inflated
& concequently the Child never
could have breathed but was
Stll born though a full grown
Child.

Willm. Morris< no role >

Verdict

That the said Child was still
born but how it came in the
Church Yard no Evidence thereof
doth appear to the Jurors

James Savage< no role > senr




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