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
John Tranfield< no role >
the Sign of the Triumphant Chariot
in Piccadilly
in the Parish
of Saint 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 fifth day of October 1798
in the thirty eighth Year of the Regin 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
Robert Humphrey< 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
Robert Humphrey< no role >
came to h is Death, do upon
their Oath say that
Robert Humphrey< no role >
on or about the twenty fifth day of September
in the year aforesaid at the Parish and in the Liberty aforesaid water Carrier
To Wit at Little Chelsea
being then and there employed in Carrying of water in a
certain Tub It so happened that accidentally casually and by Misfortune
the said Water Tub(being of the Value of Six pence) then and there fell upon
of him the said
Robert Humphrey< no role >
then and there received a Compound Fracture
of which said Compound Fracture he the said
Robert Humphrey< no role >
at Saint George's
Hospital did languish and languishing did live untill the third day of October
September
at Saint Georges Hospital
of the said Compound Fracture he the said
Robert
Humphrey< no role >
, did die. And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid
do say that the said
Robert Humphrey< no role >
in manner and by the means
aforesaid accidentally casually and by Misfortune came to his
Death and not otherwise
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
}
Edwd Stephens< no role >
Richard Newell< no role >
Theophellis Dennis< no role >
Henry Gray< no role >
John Watt< no role >
,
Rows Clark
James Morris< no role >
Nathan Bennett< no role >
Robert Bishop< no role >
Jno Chillcott< no role >
Robt: Worrell< no role >
John Hays< no role >
George Dodd< no role >