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on view of
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the body of a new born female Infant then
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and there lying dead.
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one of the Watchman of the Ward of
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maketh oath that last Wednesday night
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Dept being passing thro. the Church Yard of
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Parrish he saw something lying upon the Wall
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of the Church Yard Arthurs side the railsThat he took a
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himself & other
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no remaining what it was discovered at Where
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Child. That it was wrapped up in Cloths
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which are
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bloody
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The mark of
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John
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Porter
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Sworn the 20th. day of March 1789
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of one of the Watchmen of the aforesaid
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Ward maketh oath that just after one o'Clock on
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Wednesday night the last Witness Porter called out for a
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fellow Watchman & sayed he had set something that was
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bloodyThat belives it to Dept who untyed to fellow her
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as delivers and same other Roths wherein he found a Child
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which he afterwards took to the Watchhouse. That the Cloths are
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produced are believes there the Child was in when found.
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Sworn the 20th. day of March 1789
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London
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Maketh Oath that yesterday morning Dept
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was called on to sat the body of the deced a male Infant
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That he accordg. went & saw the Child act of Vestry room
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