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LondonDeposition of a Witness taken at London that
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28th. day of November 1794
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James Smith
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now here lying Dead
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Sarah Clark
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to Hobbs of No.12
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Apothecary
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maketh Oath that the
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James Smith
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has rented
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two Rooms up two pair of Stairs in Mr. Hobbs house about five
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Months-that abut four OClock in the afternoon of last
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Monday Week the deced came Home
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very much
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intoxicated with Liquor that he went up a few Stairs and
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then fell-upon which
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Dept. assisted the deced in going
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up Stairs Dept. assisted him to the two pair of Stairs and
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left him at his Room Door-in a little time after Dept. being
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in her Mistress Dining Room one pair of Stair heard something
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fall Dept. look out of the Room draw the deced lying with his
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head downards againt the dining Room Door-That his Ear
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bled. Dept. untied the deced Neck Handkerchief Dept. asked
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the deced if he was hurst he sayed no-that the deced lay there
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until Mr. Smith the
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of the deced came Home
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which was about ½ an Hour after when Mr. Smith and her
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& Dept. led the deced upto his Room that he was put to Bed
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when Dept. left him in care of his
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that the deced continued ill from that time until
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Wednesday Morng: last when Redeparted this Life
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Sworn this 28th. November 1794
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before me}
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Sary Clark
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