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Depositions of Witnesses taken at <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65008_geo247">the Precinct</rs>
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within in London aforesaid<lb></lb>
this <rs type="date" id="LMCLIC65008_date75">24th. day of February 1795</rs>
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on view of<lb></lb>
the Body of <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65008_n324-1">Robert Whitworth</rs>
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now here<lb></lb>
lying Dead</p>
<p n="325"> <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65008_n325-1">Jane Penny</rs>
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living at the House of <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65008_n325-2">Edward Holmes</rs>
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of No. 3<lb></lb>
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London Paper Maker maketh<lb></lb>
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Year past that he was a Printer by business and lodged in a<lb></lb>
two pair of Stairs back Room in Mr. Holmes House and was<lb></lb>
also employed Mr. Holmes as a Printer that a between the hour<lb></lb>
of three & four in the afternoon of Sunday last Dept. went up to<lb></lb>
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a Garret in Mr. Holmes House for the purpose of calling the<lb></lb>
deced to his Dinner-that upon Dept. getting to the top of the Garret<lb></lb>
Stairs the <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65008_n325-4">Garret Door</rs>
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being open Dept. saw the deced hanging<lb></lb>
by something from the ceiling of the Room-Dept being alarmed<lb></lb>
ran down<del>stair</del>
to the one pair of Stairs Room and acquainted<lb></lb>
a Mr. Hilder who occupies that Room a Mr. Hilder and<lb></lb>
another person soon after went up Stairs-that Dept. observed<lb></lb>
the deced on the Friday &Saturday to appear very dull and<lb></lb>
Melancholy to what he usually used to do during the time Dept.<lb></lb>
has known him.</p>
<p n="326"> <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65008_n326-1">Jane Penny</rs>
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<p n="327"> <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65008_n327-1">Thomas Friend</rs>
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of No. 25 Bear Lane Farrey side of Blackfrier<lb></lb>
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maketh Oath that on Sunday Morning last he was<lb></lb>
employed at Mr. Holmes in the Printing Business on stead of the deced<lb></lb>
whom Dept. understood was unwall that Dept. went to work about<lb></lb>
ten OClock that<del>about</del>
between twelve & one the deced came into<lb></lb>
the Garret or printing Office in Mr. Holmes House where Dept. was<lb></lb>
at work that he appeared very unwall that he complained of<lb></lb>
his Head and sayed he was in a very law way-that he once or<lb></lb>
twice wished himself dead-that Dept. continued working in the<lb></lb>
Room until a few Minutes after three & then went away leaving<lb></lb>
the deced in the Room employed in some work<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
respectly the Printing<lb></lb>
Business.</p>
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