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

Informations taken this
fourteenth day of July 1794 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 Richard Jones< no role >
lying dead in the said Parish Liberty
and County.

Samuel Walker< no role > a Lordger at Mr. Pugh in
Badmay's Mews Jerryn Sheet Carpentre on
his Oath said that he worked with Richard Jones< no role >
the Deced (who was likewise a Carpenter) last
Saturday the Twelfth Instant upon a House in
St. James's Street Says that atSevenSix o'Clock
they agreed to go to Bath in the Serpentine
River in Hydes Park, and went in first
side together when the Deced went in first
and Sworn across until the got about
three parts over, Says that the Deced called
out but Dept. can not say Sink and that
he did not rise afterwards, Says that the
was no Person in the River at that time
near the Deced, and Dept. believes that
the Deced was accidentally Drowned,
Says that this Dept. being undressed, immmediately
went into the River with other Men, and
Deced for some time but could not of [..]
the Deced, Says that he went to the River
side the next Morning when they got a
Boat and with the Boat Hack Thomas
Harp another Carpenter found the Deced
in the River Drowned Upon which Mr. Harp
Deced and brought up the Deced and in
the Boat brought the Deced to the Share
in the Parish of St. George Hanover Square
and that he saw no Marks of violence
upon the Deced.

Samuel Walker< no role >