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<p n="1591">LondonDeposition of a Witness taken at London that<lb></lb>
is to say, at the Parish of Saint Mary Stayning<lb></lb>
in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65007_geo1693">Ward of Aldersgate</rs>
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within in London<lb></lb>
aforesaid this <rs type="date" id="LMCLIC65007_date368">28th. day of November 1794</rs>
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on <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65007_n1591-1">James Smith</rs>
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<interp inst="LMCLIC65007_n1591-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
now here lying Dead</p>
<p n="1592"> <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65007_n1592-1">Sarah Clark</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMCLIC65007_occ524">Servant</rs>
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to Hobbs of No.12 <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65007_geo1694">Noble Street</rs>
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London<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMCLIC65007_occ525">Apothecary</rs>
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maketh Oath that the <rs type="occupation" id="LMCLIC65007_occ526">deced</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65007_n1592-2">James Smith</rs>
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has rented<lb></lb>
two Rooms up two pair of Stairs in Mr. Hobbs house about five<lb></lb>
Months-that abut four OClock in the afternoon of last<lb></lb>
Monday Week the deced came Home<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
very much<lb></lb>
intoxicated with Liquor that he went up a few Stairs and<lb></lb>
then fell-upon which<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
Dept. assisted the deced in going<lb></lb>
up Stairs Dept. assisted him to the two pair of Stairs and<lb></lb>
left him at his Room Door-in a little time after Dept. being<lb></lb>
in her Mistress Dining Room one pair of Stair heard something<lb></lb>
fall Dept. look out of the Room draw the deced lying with his<lb></lb>
head downards againt the dining Room Door-That his Ear<lb></lb>
bled. Dept. untied the deced Neck Handkerchief Dept. asked<lb></lb>
the deced if he was hurst he sayed no-that the deced lay there<lb></lb>
until Mr. Smith the <rs type="occupation" id="LMCLIC65007_occ527">Wife</rs>
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<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
of the deced came Home<lb></lb>
which was about ½ an Hour after when Mr. Smith and her <rs type="occupation" id="LMCLIC65007_occ528">Daughter</rs>
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<lb></lb>
& Dept. led the deced upto his Room that he was put to Bed<lb></lb>
when Dept. left him in care of his <rs type="occupation" id="LMCLIC65007_occ529">Wife</rs>
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and <rs type="occupation" id="LMCLIC65007_occ530">Daughter</rs>
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<lb></lb>
that the deced continued ill from that time until<lb></lb>
Wednesday Morng: last when Redeparted this Life</p>
<p n="1593">Sworn this 28th. November 1794<lb></lb>
before me}</p>
<p n="1594">Sary Clark</p>
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