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<p n="1758"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">London</note>
Depositions of Witnesses taken at London<lb></lb>
that is to say at the Precinct of <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65007_geo1843">Black Friars</rs>
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<lb></lb>
in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65007_geo1844">Ward of Farringdon</rs>
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within in London<lb></lb>
aforesaid this <rs type="date" id="LMCLIC65007_date403">24th day of December 1794</rs>
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<lb></lb>
on view of the body of a Male Child now<lb></lb>
here laying Dead.</p>
<p n="1759"> <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65007_n1759-1">Edward Lloyd</rs>
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living with his Father <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65007_n1759-2">Edward Lloyd</rs>
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No. 45<lb></lb>
Water Lane London <rs type="occupation" id="LMCLIC65007_occ576">Painter</rs>
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maketh Oath that between Eleven &<lb></lb>
twelve O'Clock Yesterday Morning Dept. & mother Boy were going<lb></lb>
over <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65007_geo1845">Black Friars Bridge</rs>
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that they stop to look over <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65007_geo1846">the Bridge</rs>
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that<lb></lb>
whill looking over the other Boy sayed look there pointing his Finger to<lb></lb>
something that one <rs type="occupation" id="LMCLIC65007_occ577">Waterman</rs>
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then in a Boat<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
(wich appeared to have come from<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65007_geo1847">London Bridge</rs>
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& was going thro <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65007_geo1848">Blackfriars Bridge</rs>
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) was pushing<lb></lb>
towards <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65007_geo1849">the Shore</rs>
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with one of his Sculls upon looking more at it it<lb></lb>
appeared to Dept. to be a Child Dept. & the other Boy went down<lb></lb>
the Stairs on the East side of <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65007_geo1850">Blackfriars Bridge</rs>
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upon going down the<lb></lb>
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Stairs they found it to be a Child that it was wrapped up in a<lb></lb>
Cloth that the other Boy took it up & put it in his Apron and<lb></lb>
Dept. and he came up the Stairs when they got at the top of the<lb></lb>
Stairs the other Boy placed the Child on the Pavement at the<lb></lb>
top of the Stairs that several people then gathered round Dept.<lb></lb>
remained with the Child & the other Boy went and fetched the<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMCLIC65007_occ578">Beadle</rs>
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of<del>the parish</del>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65007_geo1851">Christchurch</rs>
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Parish who sent Dept<lb></lb>
after the Beadle of <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65007_geo1852">Blackfriars</rs>
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Precinct that the Child was<lb></lb>
afterwards taken to the Church Yard where Dept. left it.</p>
<p n="1760">Sworn this 24th. day of December<lb></lb>
1794 before me}</p>
<p n="1761"> <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65007_n1761-1">Edward Lloyd</rs>
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<p n="1762"> <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65007_n1762-1">Esan Oakley</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65007_n1762-2">Grave Sigger</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65007_geo1853">Blackfryars</rs>
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Precinct maketh<lb></lb>
Oath that this Morning he washed & cleaned the Child brought<lb></lb>
by Mr. East the Beadle & the last Witness Lloyd that upon<lb></lb>
examining it turned out to be a Boy a full grown Child had<lb></lb>
a Cap & Shirt on & wrapped up in a piece of Cloth which<lb></lb>
appeared to be part of an old Gown which was pinned in one<lb></lb>
or two places that the Naval String of the Child is tied with<lb></lb>
Worsted no Marks of violence on it don't appear to have been<lb></lb>
long in the Water</p>
<p n="1763">Sworn this 24th. day of Decr.<lb></lb>
1794 before me}</p>
<p n="1764"> <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65007_n1764-1">Esan Oakley</rs>
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