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<p n="1687"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65212_geo1414">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_date323">30th,<lb></lb>
day of July 1772</rs>
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in the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65212_geo1415">St. Margaret<lb></lb>
in the City of Westminster</rs>
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at the Dwelling<lb></lb>
House of Mr. <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65212_n1687-1">Thomas Cooper</rs>
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the Sign of the<lb></lb>
Starr in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65212_geo1416">King Street</rs>
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. Before <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65212_n1687-2">Thomas Prickard</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65212_occ461">Coronor</rs>
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for our Sovereign Lord the King for the<lb></lb>
City and Liberty of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65212_geo1417">Westminster</rs>
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touching the<lb></lb>
Death of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65212_n1687-3">Hannah Hayward</rs>
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than and there<lb></lb>
lying Dead, as follow</p>
<p n="1688"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65212_n1688-1">William Laxham</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65212_occ462">Apprentice</rs>
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to Mr. <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65212_n1688-2">John Burgess</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65212_geo1418">Charles Street</rs>
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Westmr. Glazier on his Oath says that on Monday night last about<lb></lb>
8 o'Clock he was standing at his Master's Door, with one <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65212_n1688-3">Edwd, Burdon</rs>
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and the Deced came up to them and ask'd Burdon if she would give<lb></lb>
her a Glass of Gin, he replied he would give her a couple if she<lb></lb>
would Drink it, the<del>Deponent</del>
Deced then went into Mr. Wetten halls'<lb></lb>
Wine Vaults in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65212_geo1419">Charles Street</rs>
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and the Deponent and Burn followed<lb></lb>
her in, two Glasses of Gin were called for and she took the Glasses<lb></lb>
one after the other and drank the Gin Volentary and the Deceased<lb></lb>
went out of the House for about 5 Minutes and then returned in<lb></lb>
again, and called herself for another Glass, and Deponent and Burn,</p>
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