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to Mr.
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Morton of the Queenhead Dark house Lane aforesaid
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maketh Oath that about ½ part nine in the Morning of
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Tuesday last a Man in the dress of a
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came out of the Room No. 4 on the second Floor in Mr. Morton
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House the same Room Dept. afterwards saw the deced in
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that he had all his Cloaths and his Halon and desired Dept.
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to tell the Waiter to bring him a Pint of Pare to the Room he
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came out of that about ten Minutes after the Man came
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down to the Tap Room had a Pint of Pare which he took
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up Stairs and went into the Room (wherein the deced
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was) withinthat about a quarter of an how after the
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said Man came down Stairs and went out as the Street
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Door and Dept. has seen nothing of the said Man since
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that at the time he went out Dept. did not observe any
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charge in his Countenance or appearance whatever
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different from what she had observed before-
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Dept. went
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that about eleven OClock Dept. went to the Room Door
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wherein the deced was and opened it Dept. halloed into
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the Room and sayed it was eleven OClock but receiving no
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answer Dept. concluded the deced was asleep-that
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about ½ part One Dept. went again opened the Door
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and went in (it being a dark Room Dept. had taken a
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Candle in with her) and on going to the deced Dept. found
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her Dead in the Bed a
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that it Cold
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Dept. being alarmed
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called the Cook Maid Pegg who returned with Dept. to
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the Room to the deced Dept. then touched her that she was
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quite Coldthat she layed straight in the Bed had all
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her Cloaths on except Shoes & Stockings that they found a Womens Pocket under the
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deceds Head-that there were only some papers a Thimble
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and Camb in the Pocket-that a
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Mr. Boxed
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Surgeon who
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had been sent for came that the examined the deced sayed
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she was quite dead and therefore nothing could
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be done for her but that there were no Marks of violence
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Sworn this 19th. day of December 1793
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