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Deposition of a Witness taken at London<lb></lb>
that is to say at the parish of Saint Sepulchre<lb></lb>
in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65012_geo532">ward of Farringdon</rs>
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without in London<lb></lb>
aforesaid this 22d. day of April 1799 on view of<lb></lb>
the body of <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65012_n525-1">Thomas Kennedy</rs>
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now here<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
<lb></lb>
lying Dead</p>
<p n="526"> <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65012_n526-1">William Clark</rs>
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a <rs type="occupation" id="LMCLIC65012_occ151">Prisoner</rs>
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in <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65012_n526-2">His Majesty</rs>
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, Gaol of <lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65012_geo533">Newgate</rs>
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maketh Oath that he hath known the deced <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65012_n526-3">Thomas Kennedy</rs>
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about<lb></lb>
eight Months that he was in the same ward with Department that the <lb></lb>
deced has had an Agne on him about afortnightThat<del>last<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
</del>
<lb></lb>
yesterday wich the deceds wife was in the ward with him that he<lb></lb>
having the Agne fit then on him his wife sayed she had been cured <lb></lb>
of the Agne by taking Beer with Tobacco <gap reason="illegible"></gap>
asked in it and advised <lb></lb>
the deced is try someThat between four and five in the afternoon<lb></lb>
of Saturday last the deced having the Agne fit among on had <lb></lb>
previously presenced an Ounce of Tobacco which he past into a <lb></lb>
print of Beer <gap reason="illegible"></gap>
and put on the FireThat Little while after<lb></lb>
the fit continuing to come the deced sayed he wanted drink the Beer <lb></lb>
the Tobacco had been taked in Dept. advised the deced not to drink<lb></lb>
the whole but the deced sayed he would for the thought it would <lb></lb>
do him good that the deced accordingly drank the whole offthat<lb></lb>
the deced was immediatly taken with a vomiting that when he <lb></lb>
had done vomiting he requested to say down that he was put into<lb></lb>
his Hammock that after he was in his Hammock he again vomited <lb></lb>
that he then appeared to be dying-Dept sent for a surgeon and <lb></lb>
having precured some part wine Dept warmed it over the fine <lb></lb>
with some spice in and offered it the deced but he was to has gone<lb></lb>
to take any of it and soon after xpired-Dept thinks when the <lb></lb>
deced vomited that he brought made of the Beer he had drank as above <lb></lb>
stated off his stomack and that he had a violent fit of the ru<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
on him at the time-Dept. says the deced hand also a bad leg<lb></lb>
and had been taking medicine some time and was an olderly <lb></lb>
man near sixth years of age and very much emaciated and <lb></lb>
deceyed</p>
<p n="527">Sworn this 22nd day of April 1799<lb></lb>
before me}</p>
<p n="528"> <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65012_n528-1">Wm Clarke</rs>
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</p>
<p n="529"> <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65012_n529-1">Charles Wilson</rs>
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a <rs type="occupation" id="LMCLIC65012_occ152">prisoner</rs>
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in <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65012_geo534">Newgate</rs>
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maketh Oath that he hath known<lb></lb>
the deced about a year and an half that the deced was an aged <lb></lb>
man very much debilitated and always taking medicine<lb></lb>
that <obscured></obscured>
& three weeks past Dept has given the decaed Medicine</p>
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