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That she had a black Gown & Coal & begged that this Dept.
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would suffer her so die in them-the told this Deponent
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that the Devil had got hold of her, & asked this Dept
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of he thought, of she should get a Book & read it if
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God would forgive her the sd.
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Diana Parker
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look this Dept the same Evening
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into her Bed room & shared him her Box in which
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this Dept. saw Plenty of good Cloath Child Bed
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human Money-spoons & she told this Dept he
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Night see she wanted for nothing but that
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the Devil had get hold of her-that she was
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blaz unhappy surshed to die she said
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Diana
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told this Dept. that she had
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had or
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been
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delivered of a Child or the 21st. June 1794 at the House of Mrs. Diana
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in Weldanehagh Row & that she had immediately
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belonging to Mrs. Diana's House
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put it into assnvy - she believed it to have
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been born alive - the said
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Diana Parker
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told this Dept. where the privy was - By the
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Direction, of this Dept. a Child was taken out
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of the said Privy or Wednesday the 27th.
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August 1794. Mr. Walker told this Dept. that
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that
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the said
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Diana Parker
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for the
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she had lived with her - (being this last month)
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she
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had never done her
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Business for openly & was considered in fact to
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be saiths
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in her Mind His Dept.
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says that the
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said
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Diana Parker
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was always born a universal
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good Chandler - the said
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Diana Parker
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told
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voluntanly to this Dept. that she put her fenger
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done the Throat of her Child
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upon
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immediately of her
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Delivery
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George Sanders
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John Harris
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a Chelsea Inn Pensioner being sworn deposeth
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& saith that
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Diana Parker
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has been a
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particular acquaintance
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of his wife for upwards of seven yrs. last past that she
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has always been a very good Character. This Dept
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saw the
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said
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Diana Parker
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on Tuesday
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last the 26 Augst. 1794 She told him that she had been delivered
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of a Child & murdered it - she expressed a great
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wish to be taken it to Custody & begged this Dept
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to do it - she was there in great
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distress
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of King
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the said
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Diana Parker
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told this Dept she meant
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to destroy herself by taking Avenue & if that
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failed she meant to open a Vein & bleed to denth
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this Dept. save Information to
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George Sanders
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a
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Constable
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who took in to her Custody the said
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Diana Parker
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told this Dept that she had been
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delivered of the Child on the Chamber put & being
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in a great fright she took it immediately & sent
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it down the necessary. She said that she had puts
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her finger down the Throat of the Child. That the
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Child was to strong
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it had almost knocked the
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chamber hot down the said
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Diana Parker
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told this Dept
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that she had lived in her place about a week
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after her Delivery & after that she came to this
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responents House - This Dept. of her taxed the
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