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<p n="1083"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">London</note>
Informations of Witnesses taken at the precinct<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65012_geo1117">Bridewell Hospital</rs>
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in the Ward<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65012_geo1118">Farringdon</rs>
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without in London<lb></lb>
the <rs type="date" id="LMCLIC65012_date86">23d day of July 1799</rs>
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on view of<lb></lb>
the body of a male infant there lying<lb></lb>
dead.</p>
<p n="1084"> <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65012_n1084-1">Charles Platt</rs>
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of Bride Court <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65012_geo1119">Fleet Street</rs>
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London<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMCLIC65012_occ319">Surgeon</rs>
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maketh oath that he has just now seen and<lb></lb>
examined the body of the deced. Says it is a Male infant<lb></lb>
thereby born and is full grown. That the back part of<lb></lb>
it head is much discoloured & appears as if<del>had</del>
some<lb></lb>
act of violence had been committed upon it, or such<lb></lb>
discolouration & appearance might he occasioned by the<lb></lb>
p<obscured></obscured>
which has taken place in the body of the Child<lb></lb>
so by accident whilst the Child was in the River</p>
<p n="1085"> <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65012_n1085-1">Cha. Platt</rs>
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<p n="1086">Sworn the 23d. day of July 1799<lb></lb>
before me T. Shelton Corr.}</p>
<p n="1087"> <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65012_n1087-1">Samuel Churchill</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65012_geo1120">Bridewell precinct</rs>
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Clerk<lb></lb>
to Mr. Bodicoate maketh oath that yesterday afternoon<lb></lb>
Dept saw the body of the deced infant lying in the River<lb></lb>
between some legs of Timber. Says it was tied up in<lb></lb>
a handkerchief.</p>
<p n="1088"> <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65012_n1088-1">Saml Churchill</rs>
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<p n="1089">Sworn the 23d. day of July 1799<lb></lb>
before me<lb></lb>
T. Shelton Corr}</p>
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