Liverpool & South West Lancashire FHS - Forum

Good morning
I hope everyone is keeping well.
I am transcribing a coroners report from the Pontefract area in 1870 and have come across what looks like an abbreviation. It seems to read sw and occurs after a new person's name and before their testimony is recorded. I am guessing it means something like "sworn statement" or "given under oath". Does anybody know more about this?
Thank you

I don't know for sure, could it be Sworn Witness?

If it doesn't relate to the deceased themselves, I would agree with sworn witness, does the narrative sound as if it was a description of the event?

Thank you for your suggestions. Here are just a couple of relevant sections as I have transcribed them -
Nancy Taylor of the George Inn Upper Denby
Widow sw says, Dec'd was my husband …
and
John Milner of Cawthorn Farm sw says
About noon on the 22nd

Sworn Witness seems to fit the scene.

Many thanks. Sworn Witness seems the likely option