Deposition
of Witnesses taken at London, that is to
says at the parish of Saint Michael
Queenhite in the Ward of Queenshithe
in London aforesaid
Elizabeth Wife< no role >
of John Ward< no role >
a Sawyer
and a Lodger
at No.
2 Coffeehouse Alley Upper Thames Street
London
maketh Oath that about ½ part six O Clock in the Evening of
Tuesday last Dept. left the deced her Child a little Girl
about five years of Age in a Room in the Ground Floor of
the said House while Dept. went after her husband the
Father
of the deced [..] who being intoxicated with
Liquor had gone out that Dept. went on near to Mr. Bone a few
Doors off whereshe foundher husband was then standing that Dept. stopped
[..] about ten Minutes that when
Dept. went out she had left the decd sitting in a little them
near the fire that on her Return uponopeningDept going
into the Room she found the deced still sitting in the Chair
that her Cloaths were in a Blazethat Dept immediately
took the deced out of the Chair and got he Cloaths off an fast
as she could-that Dept. examined the deced that she was
very mind burnt [..] down the left side of her body and
was almost deadthat Dept. took the Shild to on Mr. Redfern
a Surgeon
in Old Fish Street
that he was not at Home that
by the time Dept. got there the Child was quite dead
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