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Informations taken this Twenty
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second day of January 1779 at the
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of Midsex upon an Inquisition touching
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the death of
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lying dead
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Thomas Minton
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at the Sign of
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on his
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William Taylor
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the Deced on
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Sunday Night last (Jany. 17th.) came to Depts.
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House, and drank one Pint of Porter, Says
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that the Deced staid there about an hour
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or rather more and went away, towards
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home as Dept. thought a little before Ten o'Clock
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not appearing to be in Liquor Says that he
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wisted Deced a Good Night, and Dept. did
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not see him afterwards until about half
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hour after Eleven o'Clock that Night when
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Mary Baker
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the Deced's Daughter came
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to his House saying that her Father was
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lying dead in the Ditch, Says that his Servt.
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Giles Forty first went out, and Dept. soon
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followed and saw the Deced lying in a Ditch
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in the Parish of St. Margaret Westmr. Says
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that he lifted up the Deced who appeared
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to be dead Says that Mr. Jackson a
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was fetched immediately who said that the
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Deced was dead, and Deponent believes
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that the Deced reced no Injury, but did
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in a Natural Way, and by the Inclemency
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of the Weather.
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