City of Westminster Coroners:
Coroners' Inquests into Suspicious Deaths
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3rd January 1774 - 20th December 1774

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John Turner< no role > Messenger at the Westmr. Hospital
on his Oath Saith That on Tuesday last (Novr. 29.)
between two and three o'Clock the Deced was brought
in a Coach to Said Hospital and the People who
came with Deced told Dept. that the Wheel of
his Majesty's State Coach went over Deced's Head
in Palace yard That the Deced bled from a Wound
on the Right side of his Head, and his left Arm being
broke. Says that the Deced was carried to the
Ward, that he said something which Dept. could not
understand, and that Dept. was immediately sent to
felch some of the Surgeons and when he returned
he was informed that the Deced died in a few
Minutes after he went out and Dept. believes
that the Deced's death was occasioned by the hurt he
reced as abovementioned.

John Turner< no role >

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




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