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Depositions of Witnesses taken at London
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that is to say at the Precinct of
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24th day of December 1794
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on view of the body of a Male Child now
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here laying Dead.
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living with his Father
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No. 45
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Water Lane London
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maketh Oath that between Eleven &
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twelve O'Clock Yesterday Morning Dept. & mother Boy were going
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that they stop to look over
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that
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whill looking over the other Boy sayed look there pointing his Finger to
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something that one
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then in a Boat
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(wich appeared to have come from
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with one of his Sculls upon looking more at it it
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appeared to Dept. to be a Child Dept. & the other Boy went down
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the Stairs on the East side of
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Stairs they found it to be a Child that it was wrapped up in a
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Cloth that the other Boy took it up & put it in his Apron and
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Dept. and he came up the Stairs when they got at the top of the
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Stairs the other Boy placed the Child on the Pavement at the
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top of the Stairs that several people then gathered round Dept.
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remained with the Child & the other Boy went and fetched the
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of
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Parish who sent Dept
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Precinct that the Child was
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afterwards taken to the Church Yard where Dept. left it.
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Sworn this 24th. day of December
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1794 before me}
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Edward Lloyd
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Esan Oakley
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Precinct maketh
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Oath that this Morning he washed & cleaned the Child brought
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by Mr. East the Beadle & the last Witness Lloyd that upon
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examining it turned out to be a Boy a full grown Child had
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a Cap & Shirt on & wrapped up in a piece of Cloth which
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appeared to be part of an old Gown which was pinned in one
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or two places that the Naval String of the Child is tied with
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Worsted no Marks of violence on it don't appear to have been
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long in the Water
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Sworn this 24th. day of Decr.
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1794 before me}
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Esan Oakley
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