City & Liberty
of Westmr . in the
County of Midsex }

Informations taken this Fourth day
of Novr. 1773 at the Parish of St. George
Hanover Square within the Liberty of
Westmr . in the County of Midsex upon
an Inquisition touching the death of Eleanor
Dutton< no role > lying dead in the said Paris Liberty & County

Daniel Bulfield< no role > of North Andley Street in the
Parish of St. George Hanover Square Grocer on his Oath
Saith That Eleanor Dutton< no role > has lodged on the First Floor
in his House above twelve months last past, That on
Monday last a little after Twelve o'Clock Dept. was with
his Wife in his Shop, when the Deced opened the Door
of the Black Parlour out of the Passage and come in
with a large Wound in her Throat, which was Bleeding
and her Hands & Cloaths being very Bloody, Says that
he asked the Deced what induced her to commit that
Act, to which she made no Answer, Says that Mr.
Thompson a Surgeon was fetcher who Sewed up the
Wound in Deced's Neck, and Dressed it andDeptDeced
then said that she wished it might be her death
Says that upon a Table between the Windows in Deced's
Room he saw a Knife Bloody, with which he believes
the Deced gave herself the Wound in her Throat, and
that the Wound was the cause of her Death, Says
that the Deced complained of no being well for three
or four days before she gave herself the Wound, and
appeared to be low Spirited, Says that the Deced died
yesterday Morning the 3d. Instant. Says that
the Deced was asked on Monday Afternoon in Deptr. hearing
how she came to do that Act, and Deced as wered that
she did not know.

Danl Bulfield< no role >