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Informations taken this Seventh day of
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January 1765 at the Goal or Prison of
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in the Parish of St. Margaret within the City &
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Liberty of Westmr. in the
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on an Inquisition taken in the View of the Body
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Isabella Smith
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a Prisoner lying Dead in
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the said Parish City Liberty and County.
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Elizabeth Taylor
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on her Oath saith, That she has
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been a Prisoner at
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about two and twenty weeks
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That the Deced has likewise been a Prisoner there about
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three weeks last past, Says that Deced was in good Heath as
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Dept. believes when she was brought to said Prison and that
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she continued to until Thursday last, when she
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complained of her Head and Stomach, and was very
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ill, Says that Deced grew worse and died about four
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o Clock yesterday Morning, Says that Deced had her
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allowance from the
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Governor of the Prison
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of a
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pennyworth of Bread and two pence in Money every day until
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the time of her Death, and that Deced Eat her Bread
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and laid out her Money for Other Necessaries.
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Says that she has heard of no ill treatment reced
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by the Deced from the
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or his Servant
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her Fellow Prisoners, and Deponent believes that
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Deced died a natural Death
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Sworn the Day Year & Place
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Tho Prickard
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