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<lb></lb>
Informations of Witnesses taken at the Dwelling<lb></lb>
House of <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65101_n2016-1">John Menzie</rs>
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the <rs type="placeName" id="LMCOIC65101_geo1811">Sign of the Wheat Sheaf</rs>
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in the Parish of<del>King</del>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMCOIC65101_geo1813">County of Middlesex</rs>
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on Thursday the <rs type="date" id="LMCOIC65101_date235">twenty Second day of June 1786</rs>
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Before <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65101_n2016-2">Thomas Phillips</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMCOIC65101_occ541">Esquire</rs>
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one of his Majesty's<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMCOIC65101_occ542">Coroners</rs>
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for the said County on View of the Body of<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65101_n2016-4">Thomas Barnes</rs>
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then and there lying dead<lb></lb>
as follow.</p>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMCOIC65101_geo1814">Kensington</rs>
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aforesaid <rs type="occupation" id="LMCOIC65101_occ543">Labourer</rs>
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upon<lb></lb>
his Oath Saith That on Wednesday Morning about<lb></lb>
Five O' Clock he and the deceased had been working<lb></lb>
at the Work house Emptying the Vault of the Soil<lb></lb>
and had nearly finished for that time when Mr.<lb></lb>
Tunbar Deponents & deceds Master desired him to go into<lb></lb>
the hole for a Daag he did so& when<lb></lb>
toward into the hole.& turning the Dray<lb></lb>
to find how much Soil Remained the Stench<lb></lb>
was so great as to over power him & called not<lb></lb>
to he drawn by in the <obscured></obscured>
as fast as possible<lb></lb>
and when about half way up his Senses<lb></lb>
were so over powerd be fell head foremost<lb></lb>
into the SailScrambled & catched told<lb></lb>
of ye Ladder in take & shortly afterwds. found<lb></lb>
himself above ground but did not her and how<lb></lb>
became there when be recovered was<lb></lb>
told deceased was in the hobe and another</p>
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