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<p n="1770"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> City and Liberty<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65238_geo1651">Westminster</rs>
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,<lb></lb>
In the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65238_geo1652">County of<lb></lb>
Middlesex</rs>
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to wit,</note>
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An Inquisition Indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the<lb></lb>
King at the Dwelling House of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65238_n1770-89">James Joveys</rs>
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the sign of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65238_geo1653">the Feathers</rs>
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in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65238_geo1654">Dean Street</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65238_geo1655">Parish of<lb></lb>
Saint Margaret</rs>
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within the Liberty of the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65238_geo1656">St. Peter, Westminster</rs>
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, in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65238_geo1657">County of Middlesex</rs>
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, the twenty seventh day of July 1798<lb></lb>
in the thirty eight Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third,<lb></lb>
by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, France, and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith,<lb></lb>
and so forth, before <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65238_n1770-1">Anthony Gell</rs>
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, <rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65238_occ915">Esq</rs>
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. <rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65238_occ916">Coroner</rs>
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of our said Lord the King for the said City<lb></lb>
and Liberty, on View of the Body of a new born female Infant Child then and there<lb></lb>
lying dead, upon the Oath of the Several Jurors whose Names are here under written, and<lb></lb>
Seals affixed, good and lawful Men of the said Liberty, duly chosen, who being then and<lb></lb>
there duly sworn and charged to enquire for our said Lord the King, when, how, and by<lb></lb>
what Means the said female Infant Child came to h er Death, do upon<lb></lb>
their Oath say that some Person or Persons unknown not having the fear of God before<lb></lb>
his, her, or their Eyes but moved an reduced by the Instigation of the Devil out he twenty<lb></lb>
sixth day of July in the year aforesaid, with force and Arms at the Parish and in the Liberty<lb></lb>
aforesaid in and upon the said female Infant Child then and there being in the peace of<lb></lb>
God and of our said Lord the King, Feloniously wilfully and of his her or their Malice<lb></lb>
Forethought, did make on Assault. And that the said Person or Persons unknown<lb></lb>
feloniously wilfully and of his her or their Malice forethought did neglect, at the Birth<lb></lb>
of the said female Infant Child, to tye the Navel-String of the said female Infant Child<lb></lb>
And that they the said Persons unknown on the said twenty saith day of July in the<lb></lb>
year aforesaid did wrap up the said female Infant Child in a piece of chequed Cloth an<lb></lb>
in a Flag. Basket and did deposit and leave the same in the said female Infant Child so wrapped up as aforesaid in the Church Yard of the<lb></lb>
Parish of Saint Margaret aforesaid within the Liberty aforesaid by reason of which<lb></lb>
wilful Neglect as aforesaid the same female Infant Child came to her death<lb></lb>
And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid, do say that<lb></lb>
the said Person or Persons unknown her the said Infant Female<lb></lb>
Child in manner and by the means aforesaid feloniously wilfully and<lb></lb>
of his her or their Malice forethought did Kill and murder against the peace<lb></lb>
afour said Lord the King his Crown and Dignity And that the said Persons or<lb></lb>
Persons unknown after committing the Felony and Murder aforesaid<lb></lb>
withdrew and fled for the same.</p>
<p n="1771"> IN WITNESS whereof, as well the said Coroner as the said Jurors, have to this Inquisition<lb></lb>
set their Hands and Seals the Day, Year, and Place first above written.</p>
<p n="1772"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65238_n1772-1">Anthy. Gell</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65238_occ917">Coroner</rs>
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<p n="1773"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65238_n1773-1">John Jackson</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65238_n1773-2">John Bathgate</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65238_n1773-293">Wm Charouneau</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65238_n1773-392">George Trichetts</rs>
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Saml<obscured></obscured>
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<p n="1774"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65238_n1774-1">Thos. Stead</rs>
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<p n="1775">The<figure rend="mark"></figure>
Mark<lb></lb>
of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65238_n1775-2">Jacob Hollister</rs>
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<p n="1776">The Mark<lb></lb>
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of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65238_n1776-1">John Jones</rs>
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<p n="1777"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65238_n1777-1">Willm Ryder</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65238_n1777-2">Rupt Hollingworth</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65238_n1777-3">John Brooks</rs>
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<p n="1778"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65238_n1778-1">Thos. Gosheron</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65238_n1778-2">James Verry</rs>
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