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23rd January 1786 - 18th December 1786

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Image 122 of 6817th June 1786


Anty Betty. Oh Anty Betty And looking
through a Window in the Partits or the [..]
divided the Shop from the back Room
Saw no person in the Chair where she
had left the deceased whom She then
Supposed had geneap to her Sister Hughes
whose Room was up One pair of
Pairs ever the Shop which She frequent
did for some Weeks past But Deponent
finding the Child still crying the endeavoured
to open the Door which She found fast
is not positive Whether she shut the Door
or not that She then called for the
deceased to come down Stairs but not
receiving an Answer she knocked at the
Street Door in Order to induce her to come
Which was usually done when they
were up Stairs that she then edeavoured
to break a Parmnel out of the back room
Door but could notthat Mr. Morgan
then came in and pushed the Door open
And found the deceased [..] lying on the Floor
close to the Door whist she supposed
prevented it from openingthat she got
her up further unto the Stitcher and then
discovered her throat was cut that the




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