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

Informations taken this Second day
of August 1788 at the Parish of St. George
Hanover Square within the Liberty of
Westminster in the County of Midsex
upon Inquistion touching the
death of James Grant< no role > This name instance is in set 2456. lying dead in
the said Parish Liberty and County.

Robert Haymes< no role > of New Bond Street in the
Parish of St. George Hanover Square Victualar
on his Oath saith That on the Thirtieth
day of June last James Grant< no role > This name instance is in set 2456. the Deced and
this Dept. went to see same Wild Beasts
that were Shewn in Nag's Head Yard in
Oxford Street in thesaid Parish of St. James George
Hanover Square Westminster Says that the Man who
shewed the Breasts took hold of a Chain and
pulled out a Porcupine Boar which was
very quiet and suffered the Man that Should
to stroke him upon the Back and Head,
whether the Man desired the Deced not to go
too near the Boar or not Dept. cannot Says
Says that the Deced put his Head down upon a
Board where there were some Monkies, and
they Seratched the Deced's Head, and the Deced
went out to buy some Cherries for the Monkies
and brought same in a Handkerchief,
and was going to give them to the Monkies,
when the Boar came out again (being
Chained) and took hold of the Deced's left
Leg, and held him fast until this Dept.
Struck the Boar with a Stuk upon his Head
which made him let go his Hold, the Deced
having Deced a large Wound upon his left
Leg which bled verly much, Says that the
Keeper of, then Boar [..] then said, Did not I
tell you to take care, what a Fool you
must be not to take care, Says that the Deced
walked to Mr. Sherrard a Surgeon in Wells
Street, and Joseph Millington< no role > a Surgeon
there Dressed the Wound, Says that the Deced
was in Liquor and did not then mind the
Wound.

Robert Haynes< no role >