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<p n="310"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65012_geo312">Southwark</rs>
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Deposition of Witnesses taken at the Parish<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65012_geo313">Saint Olave within the Borough of Southwark</rs>
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<lb></lb>
in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65012_geo314">County of Surrey</rs>
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this 1st. day of March<lb></lb>
1799 on view of the body of <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65012_n310-1">Edward Virgan</rs>
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<lb></lb>
now here lying Dead.</p>
<p n="311"> <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65012_n311-1">William Berrymen</rs>
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of No. 50 Maze <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65012_geo315">Southwark</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMCLIC65012_occ96">Lighterman</rs>
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<lb></lb>
maketh Oath that the deced has been with him between<lb></lb>
four and five Months that he was on trial with Deponent<lb></lb>
in and to be bound to him as an Apprentice that the deced<lb></lb>
was put with Dept by his<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
the who lives in Stillwell<lb></lb>
Court in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65012_geo316">Maze</rs>
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aforesaid Dept keeps a Coal shed and<lb></lb>
about ¼ part three<obscured></obscured>
on Wednesday afternoon to a Dept<lb></lb>
helped the deced to put a Bushel of Coal on his back to take<lb></lb>
to a Customer of Depts. Taht about ¼ part five same after<lb></lb>
the deced being missing Dept. looked after him and on going<lb></lb>
into an Empty Left up two pair of Stairs behind Dept<lb></lb>
house he found the deced hanging his Dept fastened by a<lb></lb>
piece of Rope under his Chin and suspended from a <rs type="occupation" id="LMCLIC65012_occ97">Ladder</rs>
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<lb></lb>
in the coroner of the Left Dept cut him down that he was<lb></lb>
warm but appeared nearby or quite Dead that a<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMCLIC65012_occ98">Surgeon</rs>
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was called in who used means to recover the deced<lb></lb>
but without effect Dept. understood the deced was little<lb></lb>
more than fourteen Years of Age</p>
<p n="312">Sworn this 1st. day of March<lb></lb>
1799 before me}</p>
<p n="313"> <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65012_n313-1">Wm Berryman</rs>
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