<div1 type="CW_ICpage" id="WACWIC65239IC652390008"> <xptr type="pageFacsimile" doc="WACWIC652390008"></xptr>
<p n="21"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65239_geo22">City & Liberty<lb></lb>
of<lb></lb>
Westmr</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65239_geo22" type="placeName" value="City & LibertyofWestmr"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65239_geo22" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
.}</note>
<lb></lb>
Informations of Witnesses<lb></lb>
taken this <rs type="date" id="WACWIC65239_date7">2d day of Jany 1799</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65239_date7" type="date" value="17990102"></interp>
<lb></lb>
in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65239_geo23">Parish of St. Anne Soho</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65239_geo23" type="placeName" value="Parish of St. Anne Soho"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65239_geo23" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
<lb></lb>
at the House of the C<obscured></obscured>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65239_n21-1">John<lb></lb>
James Rosslett</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65239_n21-1" type="given" value="John James"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65239_n21-1" type="surname" value="Rosslett"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65239_n21-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
the Sign of<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65239_geo24">the Golden Lion</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65239_geo24" type="placeName" value="the Golden Lion"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65239_geo24" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65239_geo25">Deen Street</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65239_geo25" type="placeName" value="Deen Street"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65239_geo25" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65239_geo26">Soho</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65239_geo26" type="placeName" value="Soho"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65239_geo26" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
before <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65239_n21-2">Anthony Gell</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65239_n21-2" type="given" value="Anthony"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65239_n21-2" type="surname" value="Gell"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65239_n21-2" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<lb></lb>
his Majesty's <rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65239_occ8">Coroner</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65239_occ8" type="occupation" value="Coroner"></interp>
for the<lb></lb>
said City and Liberty touching<lb></lb>
the Death of the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65239_n21-3">John<lb></lb>
James Rosslett</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65239_n21-3" type="given" value="John James"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65239_n21-3" type="surname" value="Rosslett"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65239_n21-3" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
then and<lb></lb>
there lying dead.</p>
<p n="22"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65239_n22-1">Elizabeth Smith</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65239_n22-1" type="given" value="Elizabeth"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65239_n22-1" type="surname" value="Smith"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65239_n22-1" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65239_occ9">Servant</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65239_occ9" type="occupation" value="Servant"></interp>
to the De<obscured></obscured>
ned being<lb></lb>
sworn deposeth, that about half part Eight this<lb></lb>
Morning as she went into the Cellar to fetch<lb></lb>
same Wood to light the Fire in comming back<lb></lb>
she observed the deceased in the Cellar (appearing to<lb></lb>
her to be on his Korees and imagining that<obscured></obscured>
he had<lb></lb>
been drunk and asleep best immediately she prcein<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
him hanging by his Neck by a Rope the other End<lb></lb>
thereof fastened or tied round a large Nail which<lb></lb>
had been drove into an up right price of Tuiber<lb></lb>
never the Stairs there, being terrified she ran up<lb></lb>
Stairs and told two<del>Per<obscured></obscured>
ent</del>
Men who were in the Tap<lb></lb>
Room what she had seen and they immediately<lb></lb>
went over the Way to Mr. Lucas an Apothecary<lb></lb>
who returned with the sd. two Man in a fee<lb></lb>
Minutes</p>
</div1>

View as Text