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Depositions of Witnesses taken at the<lb></lb>
Work house of the Parish of Saint Olave situate in the parish<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65006_geo1329">Saint John within the Borough of southwark</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65006_geo1330">County of Surrey</rs>
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this 20th: day of<lb></lb>
August 1793 on view of the Body of<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65006_n1682-1">Thomas Strong</rs>
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now here lying Dead.</p>
<p n="1683">Hannah Rearden a <rs type="occupation" id="LMCLIC65006_occ532">Servant</rs>
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to Mr. <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65006_n1683-1">Edward Spawden</rs>
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<lb></lb>
of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65006_geo1331">three Compasses</rs>
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in the Maze in the Parish of Saint Olave within<del>in</del>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65006_geo1332">the Borough</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65006_geo1333">Southwark</rs>
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<lb></lb>
in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65006_geo1334">County of Surrey</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMCLIC65006_occ533">Victualler</rs>
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maketh Oath that she hath<lb></lb>
lived as a <rs type="occupation" id="LMCLIC65006_occ534">Servant</rs>
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in that House about four Months that the<lb></lb>
deced who Dept. understood to be a Corn Porter has lodged in<lb></lb>
said House about three Months that he slept in the Front<lb></lb>
Garrett of said House up three pair of Stairs wherein evere two<lb></lb>
Bed in one of which the deced causally slept some times alone and<lb></lb>
some times a <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65006_n1683-2">Young Man</rs>
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of the name of <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65006_geo1335">Peeston</rs>
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with himthat<lb></lb>
between seven and eight O Clock on Saturday Night last Dept.<lb></lb>
Master asking her for the Key of the deceds Room Dept. recollected<lb></lb>
she had left the Key in the Door when she had made the Bed<lb></lb>
in the course of that Morning Dept. went up to the deceds Room<lb></lb>
and found the Key in the Door the Door quite open and a<lb></lb>
person in the Bed wherein the deced used to lye whom Dept.<lb></lb>
believes to be the dectedDept. locked the Door and took the Key<lb></lb>
down to her Master Mrs. Spawdenthat in about a quarter of<lb></lb>
an hour after a Soldier who had been billeted in the House about<lb></lb>
five Weeks and who slept in the other Bed in the same Room<lb></lb>
with the deced had the Key of the Deceds Room from Dept. and<lb></lb>
went up Stairs saying he was going to Bedthat about eleven<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
<lb></lb>
O Clock on the Sunday Morning Dept. saw the Soldier standing in<del>the Soldier came down Stairs into</del>
<lb></lb>
the Top Room of Dept. Master Home that an alarm had been<lb></lb>
made that the deced had hanged himself the Soldier sayed<lb></lb>
to several people who were then in the Top Room that he had<lb></lb>
left the deced asleep.</p>
<p n="1684">her<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65006_n1684-1">Hannah<figure rend="mark"></figure>
Rearden</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Mark</p>
<p n="1685">Phillis Wife of <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65006_n1685-1">William Osborne</rs>
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a <rs type="occupation" id="LMCLIC65006_occ535">Carpenter</rs>
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lodging at the House<lb></lb>
of Mr. Spawden abovementioned maketh Oath that she hath known<lb></lb>
the <rs type="occupation" id="LMCLIC65006_occ536">deced</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65006_n1685-2">Thomas Strong</rs>
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about two Months Dept. used to wash for<lb></lb>
him. Dept. and her Husband lodger in the two pair of Stairs front<lb></lb>
Room under where the deced slept that about ten O Clock on<lb></lb>
Sunday Morning last Dept. thought she heard a Knocking over head<lb></lb>
Dept. went up to the deced Room thinking he was not Well Dept</p>
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