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

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open the Door which was Locked, Says that she
went into the Deceds Room with Mr. Morgan and
in the Closet there she saw the Deced Hanging Says that
Morgan & Dept. run down & Dept. took up a Candle
and Morgan a Knife with which he cut the Cord
which was fastened to an Iron Staple drove into the
Cerling and with a running Noose about the Deced's
Neck, his Toes touching the Ground. Says that the
Deced was dead and Cold, and believes that the
Deced Hanged himself Says that the Deced has
been at times very Melancholy and low Spirited
ever since his Wife was taken ill which is about
a fortnight That his looks were wild and different
from what they used to be and believes was
sometimes disturbed

Mary Thorn< no role >

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




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