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<p n="933"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">London</note>
Informations of Witnesses taken at the parish of<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65009_geo897">Saint Mary Magdalen old Fish Street</rs>
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in the Ward of <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65009_geo898">Bread Street</rs>
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in London<lb></lb>
the 9th. day of July 1796 on view of the<lb></lb>
body of a female Child their lying dead.</p>
<p n="934">Thomas Prratt of Aldermary Church Yard London<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMCLIC65009_occ286">Surgeon</rs>
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maketh oath that last Thursday afternoon Mary<lb></lb>
Whitea servant to Mr. Boston of the Old Charge came<lb></lb>
to Depts. Shop and sayed she had been under medical pratmt.,<lb></lb>
that she taken some electuary which she had often taken before,<lb></lb>
that it had not the desired effect and desired Dept to juce her<lb></lb>
something to pass off the electuary she had taken which she sayed<lb></lb>
occasioned her pain in her bowlsDept from her general<lb></lb>
appearance was apprehensive she was pregnant and he gave<lb></lb>
her a gentle opening draft. Says that about an hour afterwds.<lb></lb>
Dept was sent for to attend her; he went and found her sitting<lb></lb>
in a Chair in the Kitchen of her masters house in a weak and<lb></lb>
Saint state, painting frequently. she sayed she had the piles,<lb></lb>
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She was afterwards taken<lb></lb>
up Stairs. Dept there sayed to her that from circumstances he<lb></lb>
had great reason to believe that she was pregnant and to<lb></lb>
ascertain it it was necessary to examine her. Mr. Dyson was<lb></lb>
present and sayed she ought to submit it, or words passed to<lb></lb>
the above effect. <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65009_n934-1">Mary White</rs>
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sayed nothing in answer, at this<lb></lb>
time she was lying upon a Bed. Dept says he attempted to make<lb></lb>
an examination but was not able to do it, because she sayed<lb></lb>
she wanted to use the Chamberpot and for went from the bed to<lb></lb>
it and sat upon it some time. a few hours afterwards Dept.<lb></lb>
remaining of opinion that the said. <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65009_n934-2">Mary White</rs>
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had been pregnant<lb></lb>
he searched the privy of Mr. Bostons house and where he found</p>
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