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<p n="1320">26th. June 1788</p>
<p n="1321">Examination of Witnesses taken at the Sign<lb></lb>
of the King and Queen in the Parish of<lb></lb>
Saint Matthew <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45034_geo773">Bethnall Green</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45034_geo774">County<lb></lb>
of Middlesex</rs>
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on View of the Body of a New<lb></lb>
Born Male Infant by <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45034_n1321-1">Edward Walter</rs>
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<interp inst="LMOBPS45034_n1321-1" type="surname" value="Walter"></interp>
<interp inst="LMOBPS45034_n1321-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
one<lb></lb>
of his Majesty's <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45034_occ289">Coroners</rs>
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for the said County</p>
<p n="1322"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45034_n1322-1">Edmund Goddard</rs>
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<interp inst="LMOBPS45034_n1322-1" type="surname" value="Goddard"></interp>
<interp inst="LMOBPS45034_n1322-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
of the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45034_geo775">Saint Mary White<lb></lb>
Chaple</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45034_occ290">Victualler</rs>
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being Sworn and Examined upon such<lb></lb>
his Examination said That as he the Examinant was<lb></lb>
Passing through a certain Field called <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45034_geo776">Scotts Field</rs>
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in the<lb></lb>
Parish and County afsd. on Monday the 23d instant<lb></lb>
having with him a Dog Accustomed to go into the Water<lb></lb>
he threw some what into such Pend for the Dog to fetch<lb></lb>
And to his Great Surprize he Dog brought out from<lb></lb>
the Pond a Coarse Cloth and upon Examinant<lb></lb>
opening Same He found it contained the Body if<lb></lb>
a New Born Male Child with the after Burther<lb></lb>
Etc as it came from the Mother But how or by whom<lb></lb>
such Child was placed there the Examinant knew<lb></lb>
not.</p>
<p n="1323"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45034_n1323-1">Mary Maddocks</rs>
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<interp inst="LMOBPS45034_n1323-1" type="surname" value="Maddocks"></interp>
<interp inst="LMOBPS45034_n1323-1" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
Wife of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45034_n1323-2">William Maddocks</rs>
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<interp inst="LMOBPS45034_n1323-2" type="surname" value="Maddocks"></interp>
<interp inst="LMOBPS45034_n1323-2" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<lb></lb>
of White Chaple <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45034_n1323-3">Road Mason</rs>
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<interp inst="LMOBPS45034_n1323-3" type="surname" value="Mason"></interp>
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being Sworn and<lb></lb>
Examined upon such her Examination Said That<lb></lb>
Passing through Scotts Field on the 23d. Instant</p>
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