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<p n="791">happened by the appearance of the Room and this<del>both</del>
<lb></lb>
Informant undressed the said Harris and put her into<lb></lb>
bed. then<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
told her she this Informant was certain<lb></lb>
that she had been delivered of a Child and insisted upon<lb></lb>
knowing what she had done with it and after persisting<lb></lb>
some little time the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45024_n791-1">Elizabeth Harris</rs>
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acknowledged<lb></lb>
it was in a Box under the Bed which Box this Informant<lb></lb>
found as described and upon opening it found there<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
New Born Male Infant which appeared to this Informants Judgment to have been<lb></lb>
born alive and upon Examining the Child found the throat<lb></lb>
<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
was Cut from<obscured></obscured>
to Ear and a Pair of Scissars<lb></lb>
laying by its side very Bloody in the said Box this Informant<lb></lb>
therefore suspects and veryly believes that the said Male<lb></lb>
Infant was wilfully Murdered by the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45024_n791-2">Elizabeth<lb></lb>
Harris</rs>
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-</p>
<p n="792">Severally Sworn before<lb></lb>
Me the 14th day of May-<lb></lb>
1781}</p>
<p n="793"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45024_n793-1">John Machin</rs>
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<p n="794"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45024_n794-1">Sarah Mc Donnall</rs>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45024_n794-2">Sarah Tryrral</rs>
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