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in the County of Midsex.}
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Informations taken this Sixth day of February
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1766 at the Parish of
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an Inquisition touching the Death of a Woman
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unknown lying Dead in the said Parish Liberty and
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on his Oath saith
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that yesterday between twelve and one o'Clock at noon,
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he this Deponent was informed by
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John Kingman
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another
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that Woman by drowned at
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upon which Dept. went down and on the lower side of the
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Cornway there within about twelve Yards of the Co
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way,
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Dept. saw the Deced lying on her back in the Mud and covered
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with Water in the River Thomas in the Parish of St. Margaret
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in the Fields, the Tide Ebbling at that time Says that he drew the Deced to the Sho
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Says that he
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does not know the Deced, that she had no Shoes on when he saw her but was
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otherwise well dressed, Says that She was then Dead, and
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that he observed no Marks of Violence on the Deced
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The Mark of
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Thomas Elmner
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on his Oath saith that he was yesterday about noon
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, and that he saw a little below the
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couceway there, the Cloaths which the Deced had on floating
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on the water in the
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, Says that he soon after
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but that he die
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not go to her, Says that he acquainted Thomas Ellmer
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another
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with what he had seen and immediately
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went to acquaint the Coroner therewith, Says that he
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returned soon, and found the Deced drawn to the Shore
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of Violence on the Deced.
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Severally Sworn the Day Year & Place
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abovementioned, before me
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