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Informations of Witnesses taken
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1797 on view of the Body of
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then and there lying dead.
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to Stephen Windmill of No 1
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Saith that on Thursday last in the afternoon the deceased came
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to lodge in the front Room one
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pair of Stairs which Room had been previously Engaged by
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for the Deceasedthat Yesterday Morning
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about Eight O Clock Deponent went to Deceased Room to
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open the Windows Deceased was then in Bed he told Deponent
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he was very dry and said he would
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have a little Tea
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that Deponent asked him if he would chuse any thing to Eat
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Carried him up a Bason of Tea and some Toast that about
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a quarter of an hour afterwards Deponents Mistress desired her
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that Deponent went up accordingly and not finding him
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in Bed walked across the Room towards a Closet where she
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discovered Deceased lying on his Belly with his head in the
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Deponent thought he was in a fit and ran down stairs to
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her Mistress and told her the
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was in a fit and
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wanted some person to take him upAnd her Mistress then
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went to get assistance. when Deponent first saw him
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lay in the Closet he had his Breeches Stockings and Shoes
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on that when he came to the house in the Evening he
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Sworn the day and year
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aforesaid before me}
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