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<p n="1799"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65213_geo1406">City & Liberty of<lb></lb>
Westmr</rs>
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. in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65213_geo1407">County<lb></lb>
of Middlesex</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Informations taken this <rs type="date" id="WACWIC65213_date361">Twenty eighth<lb></lb>
day of August 1773</rs>
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at the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65213_geo1408">St.<lb></lb>
Clement Danes</rs>
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within the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65213_geo1409">Liberty of<lb></lb>
Westmr</rs>
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. in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65213_geo1410">County of Middlesex</rs>
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upon<lb></lb>
an Inquisition touching the death of a new<lb></lb>
born Female Child lying dead in the said<lb></lb>
Parish Liberty and County.</p>
<p n="1800"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65213_n1800-17">Ann</rs>
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the <rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65213_occ422">Wife</rs>
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of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65213_n1800-1">John Crawford</rs>
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of Kings Anns Court<lb></lb>
Holliwell Street on her Oath saith That last Night<lb></lb>
between Eight and Nine o'Clock Dept. was going out of<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65213_geo1411">Lyon's Inn</rs>
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into <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65213_geo1412">wych Street</rs>
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in the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65213_geo1413">St.<lb></lb>
Clement Danes</rs>
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and in the Passage there saw something<lb></lb>
lying down on the Ground by the side of the Wall, and<lb></lb>
on touching it with her Finger found it to be a<lb></lb>
Flag Basket and heavy having something in it<lb></lb>
Says that a Woman came by,and afterwards<lb></lb>
a Man, and on a lighted Candle being fetched<lb></lb>
the Man opened the Basket, (which was Sewed<lb></lb>
up very close) in Depts. presence, upon which<lb></lb>
Dept. saw a Child therein which appeared to be<lb></lb>
dead, Says that when the Man was opening the<lb></lb>
piece of Checquered Linnen Cloth in which the Child<lb></lb>
was wrapped, Dept. fansy'd that something moved<lb></lb>
in the Basket, but is not sure of it, Says that<lb></lb>
she afterwards was told that it was a Female Child<lb></lb>
but that she did not touch it Says that the Childs<lb></lb>
Face and Right shoulder looked black, but that<lb></lb>
she observed no Marks of violence upon the Child</p>
<p n="1801">The Mark of<lb></lb>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65213_n1801-1">Ann Crawford</rs>
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