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<p n="335"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65206_geo299">City and Liberty of <lb></lb>
Westminster</rs>
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in the<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65206_geo300">County of Middlesex</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Informantions taken this Twenty first day<lb></lb>
of February 1766 at the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65206_geo301">Parish of George Hanover<lb></lb>
Square</rs>
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within the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65206_geo302">Liberty of Westminster</rs>
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in<lb></lb>
the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65206_geo303">County of Middlesex</rs>
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on an Inquisition<lb></lb>
touching the Death of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n335-1">John Benson</rs>
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lying Dead<lb></lb>
in the said Parish Liberty and County.</p>
<p n="336"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n336-1">Ann Gibbs</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65206_occ107">Widow</rs>
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, at Mr. <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n336-2">John Barlow</rs>
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in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65206_geo304">Farm Street</rs>
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in<lb></lb>
the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65206_geo305">Parish of St. George</rs>
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on her Oath saith, that<lb></lb>
the Deced has lodged with Mr. Barlow about Eight Years last past,<lb></lb>
Says that she has not seen the Deced lately go out or come<lb></lb>
in, but that he used to come in late and much in Liquor,<lb></lb>
Says that yesterday Morning about Nine o'Clock she this Dept., together with<lb></lb>
Mr. Baker (who lodges on the Second Floor adjoyning to Daced<lb></lb>
<del>and</del>
not hearing any thing of the Deced, for some days,<lb></lb>
went to Deced's Room, and with a Key which Mr. Barlow<lb></lb>
had opened the Door, and Dept. went into the Room, Says<lb></lb>
that in one Corner of the Room she discovered the Deced lying<lb></lb>
on the Floor upon his Face inclining to the left side, Says<lb></lb>
that his Cloaths were on, Says that the Deced was Dead<lb></lb>
but Dept. did not touch him, and Dept. observed no Marks<lb></lb>
of Violence on the Deced. Says that she afterwards saw<lb></lb>
the Deced's Cloaths taken off, and Observed some drops of<lb></lb>
Blood upon the Deced's shirt as she believes.</p>
<p n="337"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n337-1">Ann Gibbs</rs>
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<p n="338"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n338-1">John Lawrence</rs>
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a <rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65206_occ108">Lodger</rs>
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at Mr. Murray in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65206_geo307">Grosvenors<lb></lb>
Mews</rs>
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on his Oath saith that yesterday Morning a Woman<lb></lb>
whom Dept. did not know, came to Dept. and informed him<lb></lb>
that Mr. Benson was Dead, and asked Dept. if he knew where<lb></lb>
the Deced's Daughter lived, Says that he found the Deced's<lb></lb>
Daughter's Husband who went with Dept. to Deced's Room<lb></lb>
and in one Corner found the Deced lying on the Floor on his<lb></lb>
Face inclining to the leftside, Says that the Deced was Dead<lb></lb>
but flexible, and that he had vomitted<del>upon the Floor</del>
into a Sauaeparo in the Room<lb></lb>
Says that he afterwards laid the Deced's out and observed<lb></lb>
no Marks of Violence upon the Deced, Says that he found<lb></lb>
the Key of Deced's Door under a Book upon the Table in Deced<lb></lb>
Room.</p>
<p n="339">Severally Sworn the Day Year<lb></lb>
and Place abovementioned<lb></lb>
before me<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n339-1">Thos Prickard</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65206_occ109">Coroner</rs>
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.</p>
<p n="340"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65206_n340-1">John Lawrence</rs>
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