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Informations taken this Fifteenth day of July
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1766 at the
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that she this Dept. was going yesterday in the Afternoon about
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five o'Clock along
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near to Temple Barr, the Street
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in that port being now paving, Says that she had the Deced in
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her Arms, Says that a piece of Wood
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fell down and know
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this Depodt. down, and the Deced, in the footway, Says that a
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Man (whom Dept. did not Know) fell down at the same time,
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Says that she observed that the Deced had reced a Hurt
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in the Head, but Dept. is not certain whether it was from
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the piece of Wood or by the fall on the Ground but thinks it was four the wood Says that
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the Deced was carried to an
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there who bled the
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that she continued to Bleed very much at the Nose
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Says that a Surgeon was fetched, who ordered a Pouthice
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to be put to the Deced's head, but the Deced died about
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Seven o'Clock yesterday Evening before the
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as abovementioned was the cause of her Death
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The Mark of
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on his Oath
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saith That yesterday between three and four o'Clock in
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the Afternoon (as Dept believes) he was in his House what
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the Deced was brought to him, Says that he Examined
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the Deced and found a Bruise on her left Temple and
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