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January 1794
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John Siville
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William Alcock
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Fore Street little
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make th Oath that about twelve
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OClock yesterday at Noon Dept. examined the deced
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that there are no Marks of violence whatever
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upon the deced-that the deced appeared to be an Old
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Man between Sixty and seventy Years of age-that
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Dept. is of opinion the deceds Death did not happen
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from any vierbernee but from a natural decay of
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nature and perhaps
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hartened by an irreguler
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way of Living-that he appeared he have been dead
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a very little while
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Sworn this 2nd. day of January
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1794 before me}
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W. Alcock
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James Felley
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London Porter to the White Horse and
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Buildings make th Oath that he path known the
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deced before on seventeen and eighteen years-that
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the deced was an anged Man and has a pisted as an
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under Hostler and helper in the Statbles belonging
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to the said John about at ever Months-that the
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deced used to give the Horses belonging to the Inn Corn
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every Morning above Six OClock-that yesterday Morng
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about seven OClock Dept. went into one of the Rathers
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belonging to the Inn and under a Manger or of one
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of the Stalls Dept saw the deced lying upon some
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where the deced had after Rept-that Dept
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spoke to the deced the deced sayed he was very
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well
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Dept. desired him to lay and he would seed the Horver
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which
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and go him some Pure-Dept. got some
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purl and took in the deced and lifted the deced
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up while he drank it that he shivered very much
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at the times and appeard very unwell-Dept
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covered him up and left about Nine Dept
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saw him again and asked him how he and
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he sayed he was very in well Dept then left
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himthat Dept saw the deced afterwards
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