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<p n="55"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">London</note>
Depositions of Witnesses taken at London<lb></lb>
that is to say, at the parish of Saint Mildred<lb></lb>
the Virgin in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65011_geo63">Ward of Cheap</rs>
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in London<lb></lb>
aforesaid this 15th. day of January 1798 on<lb></lb>
view of the body of <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65011_n55-1">Ash Goeagin</rs>
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now here<lb></lb>
lying Dead.</p>
<p n="56"> <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65011_n56-1">Ruben Balden</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMCLIC65011_occ20">Servant</rs>
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to the <rs type="occupation" id="LMCLIC65011_occ21">Keeper of the Prison</rs>
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of the<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65011_geo64">Poltry Compter</rs>
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maketh Oath that between the hours of three<lb></lb>
and four of the afternoon of Friday last the deced Ash<lb></lb>
Goeagin was brought to the said Prison by the Lord Mayors<lb></lb>
Porter being brought by him to the said Prison to remain<lb></lb>
there until he could be passed by the <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65011_n56-2">Lord Mayor</rs>
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to his<lb></lb>
parish that he appeared very ill and very dirty and<lb></lb>
filthy and very raggedThat he was taken into one of<lb></lb>
the Rooms of the Prison and depts. desired <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65011_n56-3">Samuel Lee</rs>
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<lb></lb>
one of the Turnkey to take care of him and that he might<lb></lb>
have Ruggs at Night to keep him warm.</p>
<p n="57">Sworn this 15th. day of January<lb></lb>
1798 before me}</p>
<p n="58">R. Balden</p>
<p n="59"> <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65011_n59-1">Samuel Lee</rs>
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<interp inst="LMCLIC65011_n59-1" type="surname" value="Lee"></interp>
<interp inst="LMCLIC65011_n59-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
one of the Turnkeys of the Prison of the<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65011_geo65">Poultry Compter</rs>
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maketh Oath that on Friday afternoon last<lb></lb>
in consequence of directions from the last Witness he placed<lb></lb>
the deced in one of the lower Rooms of the prison among<lb></lb>
some of the other <rs type="occupation" id="LMCLIC65011_occ22">prisoner</rs>
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s. That the deced appeared very<lb></lb>
ill that breathed and could<del>has</del>
scarce tell his Name Dept.<lb></lb>
gave him some Reigs to cover him That there was a person in<lb></lb>
the Room that Dept. left him about eight oClock Dept. went<lb></lb>
to the Room wherein the deced was-that he was then<lb></lb>
laying down with the Regs onThat when he was first<lb></lb>
brought in Dept. gave him some Mutton and Broth and in<lb></lb>
the Evening some Tea-Dept. lay in the same Room with<lb></lb>
the deced-That the deced continued to get worse<del>daily</del>
in the<lb></lb>
course of the Night and about five oClock he departed this<lb></lb>
Life-Dept. left the fire turning when Dept. went to Bed<lb></lb>
but when Dept. got up as four oClock the fire was as That<lb></lb>
the deced was<del>so a room</del>
very weak and could not bear all the<lb></lb>
Rugs on him</p>
<p n="60">Sworn this 15th. day of January<lb></lb>
1798 before me}</p>
<p n="61"> <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65011_n61-1">Samuel Lee</rs>
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.</p>
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