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Informations of Witnesses taken this <rs type="date" id="WACWIC65208_date217">2d. day<lb></lb>
of August 1768</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65208_geo1089">Parish of St. James in the<lb></lb>
Liberty of Westminster</rs>
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at the Dwelling House of Mr.<lb></lb>
Knell the Sign of the Red Lyon in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65208_geo1090">Portland Street</rs>
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Before <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65208_n1141-1">Thomas Prickard</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65208_occ317">Coroner</rs>
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for the said City and<lb></lb>
Liberty touching the Death of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65208_n1141-2">William Cook</rs>
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in the<lb></lb>
said Parish then and there lying Dead as follow</p>
<p n="1142"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65208_n1142-1">Robert Simpson</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65208_geo1091">Charles Street</rs>
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in his<lb></lb>
Oath says that the Deceased was a <rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65208_occ319">Bricklayer</rs>
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and Yesterday being<lb></lb>
at Work with this Deponent and others at the Duke of Queensborough<lb></lb>
House in Vigo Lane in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65208_geo1093">Parish of St. James Westminster</rs>
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, and<lb></lb>
about 2 of the Clock in the Afternoon a Shower of Rain falling, the<lb></lb>
Deced and the rest of the Men went into the Garrets of the sd. House<lb></lb>
some in one and some in another, that when the Rain ceased the<lb></lb>
Men got all together and Agreed to go out to their Work, that the<lb></lb>
Deced went out of one of the Garrets Windows and got upon the<lb></lb>
Parapet Wall with on intention to light on the Coping to proceed on<lb></lb>
his Work, that when he was setting on the Wall some Bricks gave<lb></lb>
way and flung his feet over the Projection of the Coping by which<lb></lb>
means he accidentally fell from the sd. Parapet Wall into the Street, that<lb></lb>
the Deponent went down immediately, and found him Dead.</p>
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