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24th day of June 1791 on view of the Body of
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and a Lodger at No. 4
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Glorter Court Beer Lame London maketh Oath that about half an
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fast Eleven OClock at Night of Wednesday last Dept.
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Mr. Fossett
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and another Parson went down to a Sluice near Kings Stairs in
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for the purpose of taking
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Fossett a little boy Son of the said Mr
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Fossett he having been missing an Dept. understood two or three hour
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and from her got out upon
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upon the Maid near the Sluice with a Candle and Lanthern that
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after looking a little time they discovered the deced lying on the
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causeway of Kings Stairs near the said Sluice little under the Water quite dead that
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the deced ever conveyed to his Fathers said Mr. Fossett house who lives
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Sworn the 24th day of
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June 1791 before me}
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maketh
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Oath that she saw the deced on
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Wharf above
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eight OClock on Wednesday Night last that he was playing near
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that she saw the deced jump
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from the Wharf down upon the Steps or Stairs and go up on the
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other side of the Wharf and immediately after Dept. missed the
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deced. and immediately after Dept. saw that floating in the Water
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which led Dept to think that the deced had fallen into the Water
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that the Hat was taken up by a
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in a Boat who landed
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at Tower Stairs and Dept. went in hard of the deced but could
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not see or hear anything of him
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Sworn the 24th day of
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June 1791 before me}
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