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Depositions of Witness taken at the Parish<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65007_geo1775">of Bartholomew the Less</rs>
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in the Ward of<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65007_geo1776">Farrindgon without in London</rs>
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aforesaid the<lb></lb>
<rs type="date" id="LMCLIC65007_date389">16th. day of December 794</rs>
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on view of the Body<lb></lb>
of <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65007_n1697-1">Michael Neale</rs>
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now here lying Dead</p>
<p n="1698"> <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65007_n1698-1">Thomas Yardley</rs>
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living at his Fathers <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65007_n1698-2">Edward Yardley</rs>
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<lb></lb>
of No.2 New Inn Passage Houghton Street <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65007_geo1777">Clare Market</rs>
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Bookseller<lb></lb>
maketh Oath that between seven & eight on Sunday Night last<lb></lb>
he one <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65007_n1698-3">Thomas Martin</rs>
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a <rs type="occupation" id="LMCLIC65007_occ555">Shoemaker</rs>
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& one <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65007_n1698-4">Richard Birtles</rs>
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a <rs type="occupation" id="LMCLIC65007_occ556">Printer</rs>
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were passing<lb></lb>
along <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65007_geo1778">the strand</rs>
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that near Norfolk Street he observed a Man<lb></lb>
whom Dept. believes to be the deced & three No. Men coming<lb></lb>
from <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65007_geo1779">Charing Cross</rs>
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that they struck every one they came near<lb></lb>
that the<del>deced</del>
Man whom Dept. believes to be the deced<lb></lb>
appeared to be the most active in striking any one he & the others came<lb></lb>
nearthat between <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65007_n1698-5">Norfolk Street</rs>
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& Arundell Street the other<lb></lb>
Men left the Man (whom Dept. believes to be the deced)<lb></lb>
that a great number of People gathered round the Man<lb></lb>
whom Dept. believes to be the deced that some person among<lb></lb>
the persons so assembled sayed why don't they take him<lb></lb>
to the Watchhouse (money the said Man whom Dept.<lb></lb>
believes to be the deced) that the deced walked down the<lb></lb>
left hand side of <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65007_n1698-6">Norfolk Street</rs>
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a great number of People after him that<lb></lb>
when he got to the bottom there being no thorough fare he<lb></lb>
(the deced) came upon the No. side of the<del>way</del>
Street & turned<lb></lb>
<del>down</del>
round a Street wich Dept. believes to be Howard a Street & from<lb></lb>
thence he ran down the left hand side of Surry Street as<lb></lb>
fast as he could a great number of people following him<lb></lb>
that Dept. ran among the rest & when Dept. got to the bottom<lb></lb>
of Surrey Street he missed the deced that the Stairs had<lb></lb>
been take up & upon Dept. stopping he heard some one<lb></lb>
groanDept. called one for Lightswhen a Light came<lb></lb>
Dept. went down & found the deced lying in a Hole among<lb></lb>
some Brick Work<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
erected for the purpose of making new<lb></lb>
Stairsthat he was insensiblebled at his Nose & Ears<lb></lb>
a Cut under his Chin& Blood appeared to come from his<lb></lb>
Headthat he was taken up into Surrey Street where Dept.<lb></lb>
left him</p>
<p n="1699">Sworn this 16th. day of December<lb></lb>
7794 before me}</p>
<p n="1700"> <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65007_n1700-1">Thomas Yardley</rs>
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