<div1 type="CW_ICpage" id="WACWIC65213IC652130722"> <xptr type="pageFacsimile" doc="WACWIC652130722"></xptr>
<p n="2376">The Tub by the back Door, having his Shirt Cap<lb></lb>
and Great Coat on, Says that she felt one of the Deced's Legs<lb></lb>
which was Cold and Dept. believes that the Deced was<lb></lb>
dead, Says that she then went to her Mistress and<lb></lb>
accquainted her with what had happened, at which<lb></lb>
she appeared to be much Surprized and Shocked<lb></lb>
Says that a LIttle after Eleven o'Clock last Night<lb></lb>
Dept. thinks that she heard Mrs. Stockman lock her<lb></lb>
Bedchamber Door on the Second Floor. but is not<lb></lb>
certain. Says that the Deced last Night looked<lb></lb>
as well and composed as he used to do. and think<lb></lb>
it very possible for him (being old and infirm)<lb></lb>
in coming into the Yard in the Dark to fall<lb></lb>
Accidentally into the Water Tub Where in the<lb></lb>
Deced was found drowned</p>
<p n="2377">The Mark of<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65213_n2377-1">Mary Edwards</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65213_n2377-1" type="given" value="Mary"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65213_n2377-1" type="surname" value="Edwards"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65213_n2377-1" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
.</p>
<p n="2378"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65213_n2378-1">John Stockman</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65213_n2378-1" type="given" value="John"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65213_n2378-1" type="surname" value="Stockman"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65213_n2378-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65213_occ581">Servant</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65213_occ581" type="occupation" value="Servant"></interp>
to the Deced on his<lb></lb>
Oath Saith That he has lived about fifteen Years with<lb></lb>
the Deced That he heard the Deced come home last<lb></lb>
Night between nine and ten o'Clock, That he staid a few<lb></lb>
minutes in the Parlour and then went up stairs to<lb></lb>
Bed as Dept. thought That he this Dept went to Bed a little<lb></lb>
before Eleven o'Clock and was awaked about<lb></lb>
Three o'Clock this Morning by <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65213_n2378-2">Mary Edwards</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65213_n2378-2" type="given" value="Mary"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65213_n2378-2" type="surname" value="Edwards"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65213_n2378-2" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
the<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65213_occ582">Maid Servant</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65213_occ582" type="occupation" value="Maid Servant"></interp>
who said the Dining room, Door is open<lb></lb>
and the Back Door, that she saw somebody's Legs<lb></lb>
out of the Tub in the Yard, and believed there had<lb></lb>
been Thieves in the House, upon which Dept. went<lb></lb>
down and when the Maid had Struck a light Dept<lb></lb>
saw the Deced Drowned in the latter Tub by the<lb></lb>
back door with his Head and part of his Body in<lb></lb>
the Water and his legs hearing down on the outside<lb></lb>
says that he felt the Deced's which was Cold</p>
<p n="2379">And Dept. believes that he was dead, says that<lb></lb>
he called in several of the Neighbours who took<lb></lb>
Deced out of the Tub, Says that the Deced used<lb></lb>
sometimes to go down into the Yard after he<lb></lb>
was gone to Bed, That the Deced had sometimes<lb></lb>
a Giddiness in his Head, and that Dept. supported<lb></lb>
him when he was falling down in one of the there first<lb></lb>
and frequently used to ask the same Question<lb></lb>
Several times, Says that the Deced was Seventy<lb></lb>
three or Seventy four Years of Age and at times<lb></lb>
very feeble and Dept. thinks it very possible<lb></lb>
that the Deced so infirm as the Deced. has might<lb></lb>
in going to the Yard in the Dark Accidentally fall<lb></lb>
into the Water Tub where deced was found<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
if the Deced happened to be seized with one of his<lb></lb>
<obscured></obscured>
</p>
<p n="2380"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65213_n2380-1">John Stockman</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65213_n2380-1" type="given" value="John"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65213_n2380-1" type="surname" value="Stockman"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65213_n2380-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
</p>
<p n="2381">Severally Sworn the Day Year &<lb></lb>
Place abovementioned before me</p>
<p n="2382"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65213_n2382-1">Tho. Prickard</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65213_n2382-1" type="given" value="Tho"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65213_n2382-1" type="surname" value="Prickard"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65213_n2382-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65213_occ583">Coroner</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65213_occ583" type="occupation" value="Coroner"></interp>
}</p>
</div1>

View as Text