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

Informations taken this Twenty eighth
day of July 1788 at the Parish of St. George
Hanover Square within the Liberty of Westmr.
in the County of Midsex upon an Inquisition
touching the Boath of William Thomas< no role > an Infant
lying Dead in the said Parish Liberty & County

James Evans< no role > Servant to Mr. Benjamin Maybank< no role >
Etc at the White Lead and Surpentine Manufactory
on Mill Bank in the Parish of St. george Hanover
Square , Declares that on the Twenty sixth Instant
he was driving a Cart drawn by one Horse
and loaded, chiefly with Empty Barrels, along
the Road at Pimlico towards London That William
Thomas< no role > the Deced an Infant Aged three Years
and ten months desired to go with Mr. Evans
as he often had done, and Mr. Evans helped
him into the Cart, and made a convenient
Place for him, Says thatwhenhedrove the
Drove the Cart and had hold of the Reim
and near the End of Eaton Street he saw
some thing fall down out of the Cart on the
off side, Says that the Child lay upon his face
was not able to move himself and believes
that the off Wheel of the Cart passed over the
Deced's Back, Says that he picked up the
Child and carried it to a Surneon [..] who bled
the Deced that he bled a little at the right
Arm and died in about half a hour
and Says that the Childs death was merely
Accidental.

James Evans< no role >
[mark]
his Mark

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