Deponent went out again on Business and come house
between nine and ten o'Clock in the Evening and found the
Deced was not gone away, and desired her to go, upon
which Deced said that she was sick and had no place to go to, and that
she had lain in the Streets two or three Nights before
and desired she might be permitted to lye that Night before
the Fire in Depts. Room, which Dept. agreed to, and she lay
there all Night, and groaned very much, Deponent says
that in the Morning she did Deced go to the Overseers of the
Parish, to which Deced answered that she had been, and
that they refused to take her in, Says that Michael Reading< no role >
a Black who lodges on the same Floor came into the Room
and Dept. desired him to help Deced down Stairs, upon
which he took hold of Deced and she walked to the Room Door with
him, Dept. says that she came down Stairs immediately after
and saw the Deced lye in the Passage near the outer Door,
says that very soon after said Reading carried Deced out
and [..] set her down in the Court before the Door, where she
died in about two Minutes. Says that she did not see said
Reading or any other Person hurt the Deced, and Dept
believes that she Deced died a natural Death.

Elizabeth Stewart< no role >

Susanna Bencraft< no role > Widow a Lodger with Mrs. Stewart in
New Bedford Court on her Oath saith that the Deced came on
Tuesday last into Mrs. Stewarts Room where Dept. was about
Noon, and desired to stay there by the Fire saying that
she had lain in the Streets three Nights, says that she stard
there all day, and that Mrs. Stewart came home about ten
o'Clock in the Evening, and desired Deced to go away, but
upon Deced begging to continue there all Night and
prominig to go away in the Morning Mrs. Stewart agreed to it,
and Deced lay before the fire all Night upon the floor, Says
that in the Morning Mrs. Stewart again desired the Deced to
go away, to which she seemed unwilling, says that Mr. Rooding
was called and Mrs. Stewart desired him to take her down,
Says that Mr. Reading took hold of Deced, who was then willing
to go and walked with Mr. Reading to the Room Door, and Depts
did

did not see Deced afterwards until she was Dead in the Court,
Says that Deced told Dept. that she had been ill used by a
Person whose Name Deponent cannot recollect about three weeks since and complained
of a pain in the side of her Belly and said that she had not been welling says that Deced drank
a pennyworth of Purl about six o'Clock on Tuesday Evening
and that she had no other Liquor with Deponent.

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Susanna Reading< no role > the Wife of Michael Reading< no role > on her Oath
saith that the deced came to Mrs. Stewarts Room where Dept.
was on Tuesday last about Noon, and desired she might
warm herself by the fire, saying that she was almost
Starved with hunger, and said that she had laid in the
Streets for three Nights before, Says that when Mrs. Steward
came home in the Evening she desired the Deced to go away
says that the Deced begged to lye by the fire all Night, saying
that she had no place to go to, to which Mrs. Stewart agreed
and Deced lay upon the floor all night, says that the
next Morning Mrs. Stewart desired Deced to go to the
Overseers to be sent into the Workhouse , to which Deced
answered that she had been, and that they refused to take
her in, Says that Michael Reading< no role > took the Deced by the
hand to help her down Stairs, that she walked with him
to the Door and sat down upon the Stairs, says that said
Reading carried Deced down Stairs and set her down in
the Passage , and immediately after carried her out and
put her down before the Door upon the step, where Deced
died in a few Minutes. Says that Deced said in the hearing
of Dept. that she had not been well since the Man used her
ill.

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Susanna Reading< no role >