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happened by the appearance of the Room and this
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Informant undressed the said Harris and put her into
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bed. then
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told her she this Informant was certain
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that she had been delivered of a Child and insisted upon
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knowing what she had done with it and after persisting
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some little time the said
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acknowledged
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it was in a Box under the Bed which Box this Informant
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found as described and upon opening it found there
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New Born Male Infant which appeared to this Informants Judgment to have been
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born alive and upon Examining the Child found the throat
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was Cut from
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to Ear and a Pair of Scissars
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laying by its side very Bloody in the said Box this Informant
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therefore suspects and veryly believes that the said Male
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Infant was wilfully Murdered by the said
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Severally Sworn before
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Me the 14th day of May-
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1781}
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John Machin
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Sarah Mc Donnall
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