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

An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the
King, at the House of Mrs. Neve Sign of the Dog in St. James's Market Parish of St. James
within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster ,
in the County of Middlesex , the fifth day of February 1794 in the thirty fourth
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 Anthony
Gell< no role > , Esq . Coroner of our said Lord the King for the said City and Liberty, on
View of the Body of Alice Willis< no role > then and there lying dead, upon
the Oath of the several Jurors whose Names are here under written
and Seals affixed
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 Alice Willis came to
her Death, do upon their Oath say that the said Alice Willis on the Evening of Monday
the third day of February in the year aforesaid at the parish of Saint
Martin in the Fields in the Liberty aforesaid in endeavouring to gain
Admission into the Pitt of the Little Theatre in the Hay market It so
happened that accidentally casually and by Misfortune and by the
pressure of the Crowd of persons also endeavouring to gain Admission into
the said Pitt, She the said Alice Willis was then and there Suffocated
in the passage leading to the said Pitt Of which said Suffocation
she the said Alice Willis then and there instantly died.
And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their aforesaid do say that the said
Alice Willis in manner and by the means aforesaid accidentally
casually and by misfortune came to his Death & not otherwise
In Witness whereof as well the said Coroner as the said Jurors have
to this Inquisition set their hands and Seals the day Year
and place first above written.

Anthy Gell< no role >
Coroner }

James Blackledge< no role >
Foreman
John Bowkes< no role >
Tho Slaughter< no role >
Wm Strutton< no role >
Jno Ring< no role >
Joseph Wild< no role >
John Bristow< no role >
Hy Beale< no role >
James Savage< no role >
Francis Smith< no role >
Nichols Willshire< no role >
William Mayne< no role >