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now here lying Dead.
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of No. 11
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maketh
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oath that she hath known the
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a little Boy about five years of age
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about
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between two &
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three Years That between five & six in the Evening of
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Wednesday last Dept. saw a
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Dung
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stand
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loaded & drawn with me
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Horse standing in New street opposite the end of Fountain
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Court in which Court the deced
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lived with his Father &
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Mother
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lived That a Cart loaded with Dung passed by the other Cart
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that some alarm being made Dept. looked round & saw a Man
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with the deced in his Arms Dept. went to the Man &
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took the deced from him & carried it to its Mother
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Dept. delivered the deced to his Mother that he bled very
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much at his Nose Month & Eyes & every part of his Head
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That soon after a Doctor came & examined the deced That
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soon after the deced departed this Life
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Sworn this 9th. day of October
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1795 before me}
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Mary Colston
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lodging at No.10 New Street
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Maketh oath that between five & six in the Evening of Wednesday
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last Dept. having heard a Child cry out looked out of his Window & saw a little Boy (the deced)
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by on the Pavement at the end of Fountain Court in New
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aforesaid That a Cart loaded with Iron was standing
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opposite the Court & another Cart loaded with Dung was
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passing along at the same time & forced the Cart loaded with
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Iron against the
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Corner of the Court by which means
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Dept. supposes the deced was squeezed between the coroner of the
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Court & the tail of the Cart.
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Sworn this 9th. day of October
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1795 before me}
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his
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Thomas
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Carpenter
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Mark
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Three
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