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The Examination of
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Roger Moore
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the
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Westmr.
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This Examinant Saith that the deced has been
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in a bad State of Health for about four years
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on which Account he was carried to
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Bath
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and
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from thence to
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Bristol
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; and was all In patient in Saint
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Thomas's Hospital last Summer and after being
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sometime at home, was admitted an In patient in
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Guys Hospital and last Winter was an out patient
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there; that about a fortnight last post the deced
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was very ill and took to his Bed on Thursday the
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Twenty Seventh of May
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last, that for some short
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time a Woman that Worked for deced, attended him
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and that after robbing this Examinant she went
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every and this Examinant attended his Son himself
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and was at House with deced last Sunday, when he
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was very bad. that he gave the deced some Salts
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by the directions of Mr Shelborn a
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Chymist
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in
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Brewer's Street
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and that a the afternoon he had
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two Stools, that the deced was very helpless with
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respect to his Limbs. says that the deced dyed on
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Monday the 31st. of May last, about twelve o' Clock
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at night, this Examinant being then in Bed
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with the deced. that on that Monday between eleven
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and twelve in the Morning be came to a publick
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House, the
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, in
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Berwick Street
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and there staid about and hour and half and then
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went Home and found the deced in Bed as he left
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Ann, and deced being inclinable to Sleep desired
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Examinant to draw the Curtain, which he did and
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after Staying there about an hour and half Examt.
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went again to the same publick House and staid
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there till near five in the afternoon, when he went
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Home and discovered his son lying on the Floor at
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the Foot of the Bed between that and a Table and
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