City of Westminster Coroners:
Coroners' Inquests into Suspicious Deaths
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14th January 1785 - 26th December 1785

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Jane Clements< no role > Widow on her Oath saith
That she has Nursed Mrs. Jurquet (Deceds
Wife) who has lain in, about three Weeks,
Says that the Deced was up Stairs Yesterday
Evening with his Wife and went to Bed
last Night, aboutTwelveTen o'Clock, Says that
she got up this Morning a little after
six o Clock, and soon after Sarah Treadaway< no role >
the Maid Screamed out, 'He lyes in Blood,
"or there is Blood in the Shop" (Dept. is not
sure which) upon which Dept. went out
and called Mr. Collier a Neighbour who
went to Deced, and afterwards said that
the Deced had cut his Throat, and Dept believes
that the Deced killled himself, And this
Dept. Says that she verily believes that the
Deced has been Disordered in his Senses
for three days last past and particularly
yesterday, and that she told Mr. Jurquet
so yesterday.

Jane Clements< no role >
[mark]
her Mark

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




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