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<p n="1311"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45031_geo1307">Middlesex</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Informations of Witnesses taken at the Dwelling Work house<del>House</del>
of<lb></lb>
The <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45031_geo1308">Parish of Harmondsworth</rs>
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and afterwards by Adjournment at the Dwelling House of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45031_n1311-1">John Mead</rs>
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the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45031_geo1309">Sign of the Magpye</rs>
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<lb></lb>
in the Parish aforesaidin the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45031_geo1310">County of<lb></lb>
Middlesex</rs>
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on Thursdaythe <rs type="date" id="LMOBPS45031_date217">Second dayday of<lb></lb>
March1786</rs>
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Before <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45031_n1311-29">Edwards Umfrewille</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45031_occ539">Esquire</rs>
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<lb></lb>
one of his Majesty's <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45031_occ540">Coroners</rs>
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for the said County touching the<lb></lb>
Death of a Man Unknownthen and there<lb></lb>
lying Dead as follow.</p>
<p n="1312"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45031_n1312-1">John Toop</rs>
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belonging to the Prime of Water<del>Troop</del>
The ginnent of<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45031_occ541">Light Dragoons</rs>
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upon his Oath Saith That on Sunday<lb></lb>
last the twenty sixth day of February last past he was on<lb></lb>
his Return from <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45031_geo1311">Cole brook</rs>
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about four in the Afternoon<lb></lb>
to <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45031_geo1312">the Magpye</rs>
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aforesaid where he is quartened and<lb></lb>
observed several Men who appeared to be a Recruiting Party for the East India Company going before him and<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
Saw<lb></lb>
one of the Men strike another (whom this Examinant since knows to<lb></lb>
have been the de<obscured></obscured>
ed) several times with a Stick & who appeared<lb></lb>
to this Deponent<del>supposed were</del>
to be in Liquor as he Waltred<lb></lb>
very ill and when this Deponent returned to his<lb></lb>
Quarters aforesaid he was told by his Conrade that a<lb></lb>
Man had been tumbling about the Read drunk and<lb></lb>
was then in one of the Stables belonging to the said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45031_n1312-2">John Mead</rs>
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<lb></lb>
and Saith that between Sevan and eight o Clock on<lb></lb>
Monday Morning he was told the said Man who is<lb></lb>
the deceased was dead.</p>
<p n="1313">The Mark of<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45031_n1313-1">John<figure rend="mark"></figure>
Toop</rs>
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</p>
<p n="1314"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45031_n1314-1">Andrew Mc. Farlan</rs>
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another <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45031_occ542">Soldier</rs>
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of the same Regiment<lb></lb>
on his Oath Saith That about Six o Clock on Sunday<lb></lb>
Evening last Same Children came to the House of the<lb></lb>
said <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45031_n1314-2">John Mead</rs>
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where this Deponent is quartened<lb></lb>
saying there was a drun<obscured></obscured>
Man in the Road whereupon</p>
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