London
Depositions of Witnesses taken at London
that is to say, at the Parish of Christ Church
in
the Ward of Farringdon
within in London aforesaid
the 26th. day of August 1790
on view of the Body
of
Peter Shelley< no role >
then and there lying dead
Thomas Brown< no role >
a Prisoner
in His Majesty's Gaol of Newgate
maketh Oath and saith that he hath known the deced
Peter Shelley< no role >
between six & seven Months that he was also a Prisoner in the said Gaol
that he hath been in the Sick Ward where Deponent attends since the
20th. day of July last very ill in a decline that he continued to waste away
dailey until Tuesday Afternoon last the 24th: instant when he departed
this Life that he was attended by the Surgeon of the said Gaol
and Deponent has no doubt the aforesaid disorder occasioned the
deceds death.
Sworn the 26th. day of August 1790
before me}
T:Shelton Corr.
Thomas Brown< no role >