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Depositions of Witnesses taken at London
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that is to say at the Parish of Saint Sepulchre
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23 day of September
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on view of the body of William
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a
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and a Lodger at Mr. Eyres
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No. 18
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maketh Oath that he hath known the
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William Hepworth
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about three Years that he was a
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by Trade That the deced has been ill about a
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Week
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complained of a violent Cold and pain in his
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Back-that and has been confined to his Room for this Week
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past-that for there last two or three days he was so ill
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as to be confined to his Bad-That the deced seeming to get
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worse
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and Smith and Deponent were employed
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to sit up with the deced during his illness.-that Dept. sat
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up with the deced last Night in order to a pish him and take
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care
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of him-that during the Night the deced seemed very
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and complained of a great deal of pain in his Back and
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head-but was sensible-that Dept left the deced about ½ past
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five OClock this Morning-that
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the deced & Cloaths were all off and the
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was then in Bed-that Dept. covered the deced with the Bed
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and sayed to the deced he hoped he Coals be better when
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he the Dept. shod see him at Dinner time the deced answered
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and sayed he hoped he should and seemed sensible at that time
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that on Deponent return to his Lodging about 12 OClock
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he was informed by Mrs. Eyres that William ward end for that
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she had found him hanging up in his Room and that he was
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dead-that Dept. and said Smith went up to the two pair of
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back Room in said Mrs. Eyres's house
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that they found the deced lying on the Floor at the Foot of the
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the deced had
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all his Cloaths on except his
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Coat Shoes & Hat a that Dept. Slapt with in the same Bed with
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the deced for near the
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eighteen Months past until the
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deced became ill-that the deced seemed to be upon very good
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terms with the people in the house
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Sworn the 23d of September
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1790 before me}
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T. Shelton Cor.
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The Mark
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of
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