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<p n="1366"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65008_geo1302">Southwark</rs>
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Depositions of Witnesses taken at the Parish of<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65008_geo1303">Saint John Within the Borough of Southwark</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65008_geo1304">County of Surrey</rs>
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this <rs type="date" id="LMCLIC65008_date313">9th. day of October<lb></lb>
1795</rs>
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on view of the Body of <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65008_n1366-1">Edward Murphy</rs>
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<lb></lb>
now here lying Dead.</p>
<p n="1367"> <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65008_n1367-3">Mary </rs>
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Wife of <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65008_n1367-1">William Coulston</rs>
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of No. 11 <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65008_geo1305">New street</rs>
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in the Parish of saint John <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65008_geo1306">Southwark</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMCLIC65008_occ415">Carpenter</rs>
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maketh<lb></lb>
oath that she hath known the <rs type="occupation" id="LMCLIC65008_occ416">deced</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65008_n1367-2">Edward Murphy</rs>
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<lb></lb>
a little Boy about five years of age<del>about</del>
between two &<lb></lb>
three Years That between five & six in the Evening of<lb></lb>
Wednesday last Dept. saw a<del>Dung</del>
cart<del>stand</del>
loaded & drawn with me<lb></lb>
Horse standing in New street opposite the end of Fountain<lb></lb>
Court in which Court the deced<del>lived with his Father &</del>
Mother<lb></lb>
lived That a Cart loaded with Dung passed by the other Cart<lb></lb>
that some alarm being made Dept. looked round & saw a Man<lb></lb>
with the deced in his Arms Dept. went to the Man &<lb></lb>
took the deced from him & carried it to its Mother<lb></lb>
Dept. delivered the deced to his Mother that he bled very<lb></lb>
much at his Nose Month & Eyes & every part of his Head<lb></lb>
That soon after a Doctor came & examined the deced That<lb></lb>
soon after the deced departed this Life</p>
<p n="1368">Sworn this 9th. day of October<lb></lb>
1795 before me}</p>
<p n="1369"> <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65008_n1369-1">Mary Colston</rs>
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<p n="1370"> <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65008_n1370-1">Thomas Carpenter</rs>
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a <rs type="occupation" id="LMCLIC65008_occ417">Taylor</rs>
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lodging at No.10 New Street<lb></lb>
Maketh oath that between five & six in the Evening of Wednesday<lb></lb>
last Dept. having heard a Child cry out looked out of his Window & saw a little Boy (the deced)<lb></lb>
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by on the Pavement at the end of Fountain Court in New<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65008_geo1307">Street</rs>
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aforesaid That a Cart loaded with Iron was standing<lb></lb>
opposite the Court & another Cart loaded with Dung was<lb></lb>
passing along at the same time & forced the Cart loaded with<lb></lb>
Iron against the<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
Corner of the Court by which means<lb></lb>
Dept. supposes the deced was squeezed between the coroner of the<lb></lb>
Court & the tail of the Cart.</p>
<p n="1371"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Sworn this 9th. day of October<lb></lb>
1795 before me}</note>
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<p n="1372">his<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65008_n1372-1">Thomas<figure rend="mark"></figure>
Carpenter</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Mark</p>
<p n="1373">Three</p>
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