Joseph Ferdinando Gillio< no role > Assistant Surgeon to the
Parish of St. George Hanover Square on his Oath saith
That on Wednesday (March 25th last) he was desired
by Lord Dudley, at the Board, to go to see a Man in
Leigh's Mews who was said to have cut his Throat,
Says that he went and found the Deced in a Garret there
having a large wound on the forepart of his Neck
and the windpipe hacked in three different places,
says that the Deced had lost a great Quantity of Blood Says
that the Deced was very low, and that Depont, sent him
to the Work house in a Chair, where he dressed the wound
Says that the Deced the same day complained in his side of a [..]
of a Cough & severe Spitting, which [..] Cough & Spitting he said wa [..] old
Complaints, Says thatwithinthree days a Blister
was applied to the Deced's side, that the pain continued,
and on wednesday Morning last he complained
of the Flux, that the purging continued until the time
of his death which happened yesterday Morning
(April 3d) Says that he Dressed the Wound in
the Workhouse, and took all proper care of the Deced
and Dept. believes as that the Deced's death was not
in Consequence of the wound, but to the other
Complaints abovementioned. And this Dept. says
that he saw two Rasors and a Penknife in the
Window Bloody in Deced's Garret, and that Deced
told Dept. that he did it as well as he could
meaning the wound in his Throat as Dept. understood

J Gillio

William Dixon< no role > Servant to Mr. Britten on his Oath
saith That he followed his Master to the Deced's Grant
on Wednesday (March 25th.) and saw the Deced there with
a Wound in his Throat and much blood upon his Shirt
& in the room, Says that some time after where the Deced
was able to speak, and was sensible Dept. asked him
how he came to do that Act, to which Deced answered
that being an old Man and out of work, he did it
for want.

William Dickson< no role >

Severally Sworn the Day
Year & Place abovementioned
before me
Tho. Prickard< no role > Coroner .}