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1781

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happened by the appearance of the Room and thisboth
Informant undressed the said Harris and put her into
bed. then [..] told her she this Informant was certain
that she had been delivered of a Child and insisted upon
knowing what she had done with it and after persisting
some little time the said Elizabeth Harris< no role > This name instance is in set 721. This set is in the group(s): MothersOBP . acknowledged
it was in a Box under the Bed which Box this Informant
found as described and upon opening it found there [..]
New Born Male Infant which appeared to this Informants Judgment to have been
born alive and upon Examining the Child found the throat
[..] was Cut from [..] to Ear and a Pair of Scissars
laying by its side very Bloody in the said Box this Informant
therefore suspects and veryly believes that the said Male
Infant was wilfully Murdered by the said Elizabeth
Harris
< no role > -

Severally Sworn before
Me the 14th day of May-
1781}

John Machin< no role >

Sarah Mc Donnall< no role >
Sarah Tryrral< no role >




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