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<p n="491">Addicted to Drinking and was<lb></lb>
sometimes Intoxiated with Liquor.</p>
<p n="492"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65229_n492-1">Wm Gaugh</rs>
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<p n="493"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65229_n493-1">Richard Barkley</rs>
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a <rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65229_occ173">Smith</rs>
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. Lodger to<lb></lb>
the Deced on his Oath saith, That about<lb></lb>
Ten o'Clock on Thursday Night Dept.<lb></lb>
came home and found Deced's Room<lb></lb>
Door looked, That he called several times<lb></lb>
& having no Answer he went to Mr. Nash<lb></lb>
who about Eleven o'Clock came home<lb></lb>
with him, and with her Key unlocked<lb></lb>
the Door but could not go in there<lb></lb>
being something against the Door Says that they<lb></lb>
went down and Mr. Gough went up with them<lb></lb>
but could not force open the Door. but<lb></lb>
ordered somebody to fetch a Doctor<lb></lb>
and Mrs. Nash and this Dept. went<lb></lb>
and brought a <rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65229_occ174">Gentleman</rs>
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there who<lb></lb>
went into the Room with Mr. Gough &<lb></lb>
Dept. followed when he saw the Deced<lb></lb>
lying upon the Floor with a Cord about<lb></lb>
his Neck, which Mr. Gough said he<lb></lb>
had cut, the Cord being Fast<obscured></obscured>
d a Nail to the<lb></lb>
top France of the Door, Says that the<lb></lb>
Doctor said the Deced had been dead<lb></lb>
three or four hours, and Dept. believes<lb></lb>
that the Deced Hanged himself, Says<lb></lb>
that the Deced on Thursday Morning<lb></lb>
last when Dept. saw him appeared to<lb></lb>
be low Spirited.</p>
<p n="494"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65229_n494-1">RIchard Barkley</rs>
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<lb></lb>
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<lb></lb>
his Mark</p>
<p n="495"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65229_n495-1">William Ellis</rs>
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. of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65229_geo461">Drury Lane</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65229_occ175">Apothecary</rs>
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<lb></lb>
on his Oath saith This Dept. on Thursday<lb></lb>
Night last was desired to go to Deced<lb></lb>
Says that he went and Saw Mr. Gough<lb></lb>
at the Room Door which was unlocked<lb></lb>
and Mr. Gough pushing the Door very<lb></lb>
hard they both went in and others<lb></lb>
followed, wh<obscured></obscured>
he saw the Deced upon<lb></lb>
the Floor with a Cord about his Neck<lb></lb>
which Mr. Gough said he had out, Says<lb></lb>
that he thinks the Deced had been dead<lb></lb>
three or four hours, and that he was<lb></lb>
Hanged.</p>
<p n="496"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65229_n496-1">Wm Ellis</rs>
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</p>
<p n="497">Severally Sworn the Day<lb></lb>
Year & Place above<lb></lb>
mentioned before me<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65229_n497-1">Tho. Prickard</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65229_occ176">Coroner</rs>
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