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Westmr</rs>
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. in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65214_geo193">County<lb></lb>
of Middlesex</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Informations taken this <rs type="date" id="WACWIC65214_date40">Eighth day of<lb></lb>
February 1774</rs>
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at the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65214_geo194">Parish of St. James within<lb></lb>
the Liberty of Westmr</rs>
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. in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65214_geo195">County of Middlesex</rs>
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<lb></lb>
upon an Inquisition touching the death of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65214_n186-45">Edmond<lb></lb>
Baker</rs>
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lying dead in the said Parish Liberty<lb></lb>
and County.</p>
<p n="187"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65214_n187-1">Mary Thornton</rs>
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Chambermaid to Mr <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65214_n187-2">David Lyall</rs>
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at the<lb></lb>
Sign of the Black Bear in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65214_geo196">Piceadilly</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65214_geo197">Parish of St.<lb></lb>
James Westmr</rs>
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. on her Oath saith, That <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65214_n187-3">Edmund Baker</rs>
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the<lb></lb>
Deced came to Lodge at her Master's House on Friday Night<lb></lb>
last (Febry 4.) and has lodged there ever since, Says that<lb></lb>
the Deced got up Yesterday Morning, and not being well<lb></lb>
he went into Bed again between Nine and ten o'Clock<lb></lb>
and Deced warmed his Red Says that between Eleven and Twelve o'Clock she carried<lb></lb>
Deced some white wine Whey and son<obscured></obscured>
Foact When Deced bid her give it<lb></lb>
him, that he would wait upon himself as she had a great<lb></lb>
deal to do, Says that she left Deced in Bed, and went<lb></lb>
down Stairs, Says that between four and five o'Clock<lb></lb>
Dept. by her Mistrees's Order went up into Deced's Room<lb></lb>
to see it he wanted any thing, when she saw Deced<lb></lb>
Hanging by a Cord near the Window in his Room, Says<lb></lb>
that he was upright but Dept. cannot say whether his feet<lb></lb>
touched the Floor, but that they were very near it, Says<lb></lb>
that she was much frightened, immediately went down<lb></lb>
Stairs and called his Master, who went up to the<lb></lb>
Deced with several Others, Says that the Deced was<lb></lb>
Cold and appeared to have been dead sometime and<lb></lb>
Dept. belives that he Hauged himself</p>
<p n="188">The Mark<figure rend="mark"></figure>
of<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65214_n188-1">Mary Thornton</rs>
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