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Depositions of Witness taken at
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the Parish of Saint Sepulchre the
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8th. day of July 1791 on view of
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the Body of James Fowns then
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Alexander George Sinclair a
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for Dept in it is Majesty's
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maketh Oath that he hath known the deced
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James Fownes
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about eight or nine days that he was also a Prisoner
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in the said Gaol for DebtThat between the house of eight and nine
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in the Morning of Yesterday the instant Dept. was called into the
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lodge of the said Prison to look at the decedthat when he came
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into the lodge he found the deced lying in Mr. Pitt the under Keepers
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Armsthat he was quite speechless and appeared to be expiringthat
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Dept. endeavored to bleed the deced but without effect the blood came
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from himthat in a very little time the deced was quite dead
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that Dept. examined the deced very minutely afterwards and on
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inspection he found that the templar Arteries were burst which
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Dept. says may be occasioned by indden Joy or Grief by Sneazing
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Dept. says the deced has been in a Consumptive habit of Body
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during the whole time he has known him
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Alex. Geor: Sinclair M.D.
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