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Informations of Witnesses
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now
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here lying dead.
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in the Poor house of the
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Parish of Saint Olave situate in the Parish of Saint
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John within
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maketh
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Oath that the deced has been in the said
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about
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a Weekthat about the hour of ten in the Morning of
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Yesterday the ninth instt. on Dept. going into one of the
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Ward of said Work house called the Sick Ward
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he observed the deced in a sitting Posture between two
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in the said Wardthat Dept. thought
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the deced looked ill and pale in the face as if dying
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Dept. went
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out for the purpose of informing
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the first person he should meetthere being one person
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in the Room of the situation of the deced was inThat he met
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one Johnson a
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belonging to the
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told Johnson he thought the deced was dying and
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requested Johnson to go & look at himthat Johnson
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returned with Dept. to the decedthat they found
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the deced hanging by a piece of Cord fastened to the
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round the Leg of
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a turn up Bedstead in the Room
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that the deced was quite Cold and deadthat
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about three or four days ago on Dept. going into the
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Room were the deced usually lay he saw the deced lying
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on a Bed in the Roomthat he appeared very ill and
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in spirits and melancholy& Dept. understood the
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deced was too ill as to be unable to get out of his Bed
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without assistance
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Sworn the 10th day of
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September 1791 before me}
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his
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William
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Edward Martin
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belonging to the Poor house of St.
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Hane situate in the Parish of saint John
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maketh
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that he hath known the deced for about Eleven Daysthat
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the day the deced came to the Work house he was so ill as
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he led between two Men up to the Sick Ward belonging
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