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Informations of Witnesses taken this
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fifteenth day of September in the Year
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of our Lord 1794 at the Dwelling House of
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Soho on view of the Body of a new born female Child
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then & there lying dead as follow to wit
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Wm Hunt
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of No. 1 of
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being sworn deposeth & saith, that, she went yesterday morning
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to empty the Chamber Pot into the Vault of the said House
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as she was going she met Mrs Welsh who also lives in the same
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was fullThis Deponent therefore emptied the Pot on the Dust
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in the Court This Dept. went immediately
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after into the
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necessary & upon entering very easily perceived a Box on the
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top of the fifth in the said Vault. this Dept. immediately
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took with her hands the said Box out of the Vault (which
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she could very well do as the vault was quite full) she called
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immediately for a Knife
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& water
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which Mr Basket a lodger
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in the said House immediately brought & Mr Welsh brought
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some water. This Dept. out some while
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the Mark
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aforesaid being sworn
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deposeth & saith, that Mr. Boulton Surgeon examined the Dead
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Yesterday afternoon about 4 O' Clock & he was present nearly
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of the time the Surgeon was examining the Child & heard
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the Surgeon Declare that there were no Marks of Violence
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