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

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Image 142 of 7921st March 1797


until she this Jane Richardson< no role > made Enquiry about her
that between 12 and one o'Clock this Deponent
and the said Jane Richardson< no role > went to breakfast
in the Kitchen when she told this Deponent
she was very unhappy and asked her for the
Child Which this Deponent refused to give
to how [..] her she would Keep it lockd
up until her Master and Mistress came to
town on the Tuesday following (the 28th. Instt.)
She then told this Deponent that she had
miscarried on the Wednesday Preceding
(Namely the 22d Instant and had brought
forth a dead Child That Yesterday Noon
Mr. and Mr. Cator came to Town and
this Deponent [..] and House Keeper
acquainted them with the Affair upon
which Mr. Cator went to the Police
Office in Bow Street and informed the
Magistrates of what had happen'd This Depont
is of Opinion that the Child is not more than Eight months old

The [mark] Mark
of Frances Richards< no role >

The Verdict That Jane Richardson< no role > was delivered
of a Still born Child

George Moon< no role > Foreman




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