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<p n="1618"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65212_geo1372">City and Liberty<lb></lb>
of Westminster</rs>
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to wit</note>
<lb></lb>
Informations of Witnesses taken this <rs type="date" id="WACWIC65212_date304">25th,<lb></lb>
day of July 1772</rs>
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, in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65212_geo1373">Parish of St. George<lb></lb>
Hanover Square</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65212_geo1374">Liberty of Westminster</rs>
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<lb></lb>
at the Dwelling House of Mr. <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65212_n1618-77">John Skait</rs>
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<lb></lb>
the Sign of the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65212_geo1375">Marquis of Granby</rs>
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at Abery<lb></lb>
Farm near Chelsea Bridge. Before <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65212_n1618-1">Thomas<lb></lb>
Prickard</rs>
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Gentleman His Majesty's Coronor<lb></lb>
for the said City and Liberty, touching the<lb></lb>
Death of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65212_n1618-2">Benjamin Burch</rs>
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then and there<lb></lb>
lying Dead, as follow</p>
<p n="1619"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65212_n1619-1">Benjamin Grindall</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65212_geo1376">St. John Street</rs>
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on his Oath says that yesterday<lb></lb>
between 3 & 4 o'Clock in the Afternoon he went with the Deced and<lb></lb>
one Mr. <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65212_n1619-2">Charles Clutterbuck</rs>
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into the Creek of Water near the Flood Gates<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65212_geo1377">Chelsea</rs>
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, in Order to Bathe, the Deced kept rather near the Shore<lb></lb>
could swim a little, the Deponent and Mr. Clutterbuck in about to<lb></lb>
Minutes got out to refresh, and then saw the Deced had got near the<lb></lb>
Middle of the River by a Barge, Says he was then out of his Depth<lb></lb>
the observed Deced to fetch about 9 Strokes and then began Paddling<lb></lb>
the Deponent and Mr. Clutterbuck perceiving the Deced in danger of<lb></lb>
Drowning immediately went into the Water & Sworn to his Assistance<lb></lb>
but when they got to the place he was Sunk, says a Gentleman<lb></lb>
who<lb></lb>
was in the Water at the same time went to his Assistance<lb></lb>
and got hold of the Deced, but the Deced pulled so hard the Gentleman<lb></lb>
was obliged to quit his hold, the Deponent and Mr. Clutterbuck then<lb></lb>
went to the opposite Shore, and sent a Boy to a Man that lived near<lb></lb>
who immediately come stripped<del>do</del>
and went in, and after some time<lb></lb>
looking for the Deced but without effect the Deponent & Mr. Clutterbuck<lb></lb>
Dressed themselves and went to acquaint the Deceds Friends in Berge<lb></lb>
Yard Bucklebury,<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
says he has known the<lb></lb>
Deced about a Year, that he thinks he was perfectly<obscured></obscured>
ober when he<lb></lb>
went into the Water, and that to the best of his knowledge the<lb></lb>
Deced was perfectly free from any Wa<obscured></obscured>
d or Bruise in his Body<lb></lb>
at the time he went into the Water.</p>
<p n="1620"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65212_n1620-1">Benj Grindall</rs>
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<p n="1621"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65212_n1621-1">Jonas Hall</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65212_geo1378">the Five Fields</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65212_geo1379">Chelsea</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65212_occ445">Millwright</rs>
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or his Oath says<lb></lb>
that Yesterday between 4 & 5 o'Clock in the Afternoon one Sadler came<lb></lb>
to Deponent for a Boat to look for a Person who was Drowned, the<lb></lb>
Deponent and Sadler & some others went with a Hitcher or Boat hook,<lb></lb>
the Deponent laid hold of the Body several times with the<obscured></obscured>
itcher<lb></lb>
and endeavoured to drive him towards the Shore and when he was got<lb></lb>
out of the Water, says the Deced appeared to be very clear and free<lb></lb>
in</p>
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