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on View of the Body of
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lying Dead
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in the said Parish and Liberty.
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Samuel Smith
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a Lodger at Mr.
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Thomas Whitmore
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in
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Oxford
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Road
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in the Parish of
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St. Mary le bone
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Yesterday Morning
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between seven & eight o' Clock, Depont.
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being at Work at Mr. Gilbert a Smith in
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Oxford Road
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called out by a Woman, whose name is
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Mary Ashmore
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him to come to the Deced's Cellar, saying she
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believed that the
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(meaning the Deced) was Dead & up right says
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that he and his Shopman
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John Nicoll
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immediately went
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and found the Deced there Hanging by a Cord
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fastened to the Supporter of a Shelf in a Closet in the said Cellar
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lifted up the Deced and Deponent
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with his Knife cut the Cord by which he hung, but says
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that Deced was then Dead, and that the Deced was then laid
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upon the Bad in the said Cellar
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Samuel Smith
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his Mark
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Mary Ashmore
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a Lodger at Mr. Gilbert in
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the wife of
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John Ashmore
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, on her Oath Saith, that Yesterday
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Morning about Eight o'Clock Deponent went to a Chandler's
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shop to My some Soap, and whole she was there a woman
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whose name is
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Elizabeth Burnett
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, came in and desired Depont.
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to go to the Cellar where Deced lodged, for that she believed
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that he was Dead, says she went first into the Cellar and
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was followed by
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, and Mr. Harrop who keeps
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the Chandler's Shop, and then asked the Deced Wife
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where he was, says the deced's wife shewed the Place
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where the deced
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stood up as Deponent apprehended
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but not not know that Deced was Dead, says that the Deced's
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Wife then evening her hands and cryed very much, says
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that afterwards finding that the Deced eas Deced,
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the Deced's
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Wife desired Deponent to bring Deced to the Bed, Says
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that the Deced's Wife told Deponent that
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she missed
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