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September 1791 on view of the Body
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now here lying dead
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a Gallery Maid
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maketh Oath that she hath Looked after the deced
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about three Weeks she being confined in the Hospital as a
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Lunatic Personthat
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during the time the deced has
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been in the Hospital she behaved very well but always
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seemed very unhappy and low and melancholy and often
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expressed a wish to die but gave no reason for why
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or Place
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of Confinement where she usually slept about seven
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O'Clock last Nightthat she appeared pretty well then
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that this Morning about seven O'Clock on Dept. going to the
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deced's Room in order to carry her Cloaths to hershe could not
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open the Door easilyDept. pushed against the door and on
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pushing the Door open she discovered a Sheet hanging down
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Dept. then suspected the deced had destroyed
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herselfShe therefore
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called to one
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Edward Davis
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one of the Keepers of the
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Hospital to go and see after the deced and Dept. went
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down Stairs to acquaint Mr. Gosling the
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of the Hospital of her suspicions
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Sworn the 16th day of
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September 1791 before me
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Bethlem
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Hospital maketh Oath that this Morning about seven
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O'Clock on Mrs. Bean acquainting Dept. with her suspicions
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about the deced Dept. went to the Door of the deced
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Room on the
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first Floor of the Hospitalthat Dept.
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could not open the Door easily but with some assistance
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he
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