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which he did, and some Solts were brought
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and a Glass of Brandy, with which his
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Temples were rubbed, but Deced could not
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drink and a Gentleman there said that the
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Deced was dead, They however drove Mr. Hooper to an
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Apothecary in the same Street who said
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that Deced was dead, and Dept. ordered the
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Coachman to drive to Deced's House in
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Bateman's Buildings, where the Deced
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was carried in being then dead, and
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Dept. thinks that the Deced died in a Fit
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and this Dept. Says that she saw the Deced
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faint in his Shop two or three times, at
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different times.
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Lucy the
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Wife of
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James Hopstrow
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St. Anne's
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Furrier
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on her Oath saith
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That she has Warked with Mr. Valli the Deced
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upwards of two Years last past That
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Elinor
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& this Dept. went together from the
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Deced's House about Nine o'Clock last Night
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and met the Deced in
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Queen Street
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at the
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End of Bateman's Buildings, Says that the
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Deced said something to her which Dept. Cannot
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recollect, and Dept. went towards home
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and before she got to her Apartment in
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Child called her saying that somebody were
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in her Room upon which She went up
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there, with a Twelfth Cake, which was Eaten
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by the Deced and them. That the Deced had
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likewise too Pots of Beer, and a Wife of
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Tobacco, of which he smoaked a little Says
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that about Ten o'Clock or a little after the Deced
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went away together, He
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said Newton being, in last to get home, and
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Dept. did not see either of them until she was
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informed about Twelve o'Clock that she Deced
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was dead. the Deced did not complain at
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Dept. Apartment last Night but looked very ill.
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Lucy Hopstraw
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Assistant Surgeon
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to Mr. Hodges
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in
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on his Oath Saith
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That about Eleven o'Clock last night a Person came
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to desire Mr. Hodges to come to Mr. Valli
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the Deced, Mr. Hodges being from home
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this Dept. went and found the Deced dead
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Says that he opened a Vein in Deced's
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right Ann, but Deced did not bleed at
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all, and Dept found it in vain to attempt
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any thing fair ther, Says that he found
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no Marks of violence upon the Deced
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and believes that he died in a Fit of
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Apoplesy.
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Severally Sworn the Day
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year & Place above
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mentioned before me
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