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16th September 1755 - 10th December 1756

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Says he found a Shoemakers Knife in
[..] the Room where the deced was, which
Knife Dept. [..] produced to Lewis Alsop< no role > when
in Custodyinat the Watch House. That Lewis Alsop< no role >
sayd he threw that Knife at the deceased, on
Account that the deceased was then beating
of his Mather and threatened to destroy both
his Mother and him beforethe readMorning

Sworn the 6th. day of July
1756 before and}

Tho Beach< no role >
Coroner

Joesph Gamble< no role >

William San [..] ys of Beach Lane in the
Parish of St. Giles Cripplegate Londonmakethand
[..] one of Constables of the said Parish maketh
Oath that [..] he took the said Mary Alsop< no role >
upon suspicion of her having much deced the
decedinto Custodyand as [..] he saw as conveying
of her to the Woodstreet Compter Persons
passing by asked what was the matter and
for what the said Mary alsop was to be carried
to Goal for, who made Answer, to the
Persons in the Streets only for killing of
her Husband. Says as he was carrying her
to the Compter he perceived he Apron to be very
Bloody, & on Enquiring hav it came, she told
Dept. that her Husband struck her at Crowson's
(meaning a Publick House now kept by Mr-
Combs) to which Dept. make answer that if
her Husband had struck her she would have been
bloody about the Head or Neck before her Apron
would have been bloody, but Dept. saw no Blood
about her Head or Neck, though she pretended
that he had made her Nose bleed Say she went
into the Room where the deceased was about 12 o'Clock
at night where he found a Shoemaker's Knife upon
a Sent the deced used to work on of a smaller size then
[..] Knife before mentioned upon one [..] which there was a small
Quantity of Bloodcomingand on the other side a small

Quantity of Ga [..] matter like Gresen [..]
dozen it.

Wm. Sandys< no role >

Sworn the 6th. day of July
1756 before me}
Tho: Beach< no role >
Coroner




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