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Information taken this
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an Inquisition touching the Death of
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John Robinson
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lying dead in the said Parish Liberty & County.
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William Thompson
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Parkkeeper and Deer keeper, at the
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Gate on the top of
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Constitution Hill
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on
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his Oath saith, That he was going along, between five and
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Six o' Clock yesterday Morning by the side of a Pond on
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Reservoir
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at the upper end of the Green Park near the Gate
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leading into
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Piccadilly
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he saw the Body of the Deced floating upon the water
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in the Reservoir with the face downwards about six
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Yards from the Shore, Says that he could not then reach
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the Body, but went home for a Pole with a Hook to it,
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and soon returned with a Hook, and found
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Thomas
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Hemmel
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, who turns on the Water there, being the Deced
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to the Shore, and with Depts. Assistance laid the Deced on
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the Bank by the side of the Reservoir, Says that one of
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the Deced's Breeches Pockets was turned inside out
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but they observed no Marks of violence upon the Deced
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who did not appear to have been long drowned, Says
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that they Searched the Deced's Pockets but found no
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Money on things of Value therein, Says that he left
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the Body by the side of the Reservoir, in the
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, Says that three Women were
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walking on the opposite side of the Reservoir when Dept.
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found the Deced, and that one of them picked up
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Sworn the Day Year & Place
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abovementioned before me}
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