City and Liberty
of Westminster ,
in the County of
Middlesex .}
to wit.

An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
King at the Parish of Saint James
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the twenty seventh day of May in the twenty ninth
Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of
Great-Britain,France and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before Thomas
Prickard< no role > , Gentleman, Coroner of our said Lord the King for the said City and Liberty, on
View of the Body of Benjamin Johnson< no role > then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of John Hickinbottom< no role > , John Wilson< no role > , William Lawton< no role >
William Barker< no role > , Charles Purcell< no role > , John Hart< no role > , Peter Scott< no role > , George
Hutchinson< no role > , Thomas Sutherland< no role > , George Greathend< no role > , John Darbon< no role >
Charles Hazlegrove< no role > , Richard Young< no role > , George Greathead< no role > , Frederick
Miller< no role > , Price Powell< no role > , James Walker< no role > , Samuel French< no role > , Richard George< no role >
John Nicholl< no role > and Paul Grelliard< no role > good and lawful Men of the said Liberty, duly
chosen, who being then and there duly sworn and charged to enquire for our said Lord the
King, when, how, and by what Means the said Benjamin Johnson< no role > came to
h is Death, do upon their Oath say, That the said Benjamin Johnson< no role > not being
of sound Mind Memory and Understanding but Lunatick and distracted
on the said twenty seventh day of May in the Year aforesaid at the said
Parish of Saint James within the Liberty and County aforesaid
one End of a certain piece of Cord unto the top Rail of a certain Cart
Standing in Bull Yard in Swallow Street in the said Parish Liberty
and County and the other End thereof about this own Neck did fix tie
and fasten and therewith did then and there hang suffocate and
strangle himself of which said hanging suffocation and strangling
he the said Benjamin Johnson< no role > then and there died.

And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say that
the said Benjamin Johnson< no role > not being of sound Mind Memory and
Understanding but Lunatick and distracted in Manner and by the
Means aforesaid did kill himself

In Witness whereof as well the said
Coroner as the said John Hickinbottom< no role > Foreman of the said Jurors
on the behalf of himself and the rest of his Fellows in their presence
have to this Inquisition set their Hands and Seals the Day Year
and Place abovementioned.

Tho. Prickard< no role > [mark] Coroner

John Heskinston< no role > [mark] Foreman