Old Bailey Sessions:
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1788

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"I read over to Her, before She signed it, I Rid"
"I then administered an Oaths to Her as to the"
"Smith of this Examination, but not being quite certain, I went again"
"the next Day, and took the Examination with"
"Me, and asked Her whether She recollected"
"the Account, She had given to Me the Day"
"before, to which She answered twice in the"
"affirmative, I then administered the Oath"
"to Her as to the Truth of the Contents-which"
"She then took - She was perfectly sensible"
"at this time, tho' very langard and weak"
Edw Read< no role >

Thos: Ranby< no role > Reid of Chelsea Surgeon being
Sworn and Examined the Day and Year, and at
the Place first above written upon his Oath
Saith as follows (vizt)"I was called in about"
"six o'Clock last Tuesday Morning to the"
"Assistance of the deced, who was then at the"
"Work House at Chelsea - I examined Her- Her"
"Head was very Bloody, and several Wounds"
"in it- they appeared to have been made with"
"a Stick or Bludgeon-Her right Ear was off-"
"an Ear was given Me by Richard Glover< no role > a"
"Watchman, which I have comparedexaminedwith"
"the Head of the deced; and ans certain, it is"
"the Ear seperated from the Head of the deced"
"several Bones in the Face, were fractured"




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