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<p n="982">Swam to Deced but was not able to save him, Says that<lb></lb>
some People in a Boat about three hour after drawed the Deced to the Shore<lb></lb>
in the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65211_geo796">St. Margaret Westmr</rs>
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. but Deced was dead<lb></lb>
Says that a Gentleman who came there bled the Deced in<lb></lb>
the Arm, but he bled very little.</p>
<p n="983">Dunfar</p>
<p n="984"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65211_n984-1">Hammond Jupp</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65211_occ269">Servant</rs>
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to Mr. Corbett in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65211_geo797">Russel Court</rs>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65211_geo798">St. James</rs>
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on his Oath saith That being in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65211_geo799">Hyde Park</rs>
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yesterday Evening<lb></lb>
between Nine & Ten o'Clock, when he saw the Deced pulled<lb></lb>
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out of the Serpentine River Drowned, the<lb></lb>
Deced at the time having no Wound in his Throat<lb></lb>
Says that the Deced was held with his Head downwards<lb></lb>
when a great deal of Water come from him, that a<lb></lb>
Man bled the Deced in his Ann, and that another Man<lb></lb>
who came by in the Deced in the Throat as Dept.<lb></lb>
believes. but Deced was dead before</p>
<p n="985">Hammond: Jupp</p>
<p n="986">Severally Sworn the Day<lb></lb>
Year & Place abovementioned<lb></lb>
before me<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65211_n986-1">Tho. Prickard</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65211_occ270">Coroner</rs>
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.}</p>
<p n="987">Verdict That <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65211_n987-1">Samuel Davies</rs>
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was Accidentally<lb></lb>
Drowned in the Serpentive River in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65211_geo800">Hyde Park</rs>
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in <lb></lb>
the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65211_geo801">St. Margaret Westmr</rs>
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. on the <rs type="date" id="WACWIC65211_date196">14th. day of<lb></lb>
July 1771</rs>
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<p n="988"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65211_n988-1">Thos. Andrews</rs>
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