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<p n="18">another House maid that she saw said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n18-1">Ann Gascoine</rs>
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take something covered<lb></lb>
up in her Apron, which she could not see, down Stairs that Morning,<lb></lb>
that said Ann Gascoine then went down the Kitchen Stairs towards the <obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
Area, where the Necessary Houses, but did not see her go into the<lb></lb>
Necessary House, Deponent says that she thereupon went to the<lb></lb>
Necessary House, to see if she could discover any thing, (having<lb></lb>
reason to believe that said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n18-2">Ann Gascoine</rs>
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had miscarried) says that<lb></lb>
she then found the Deced in the Necessary House, with the Head<lb></lb>
downwards, who gave orders that no Person should touch it, says that the<lb></lb>
Deced remained in the Necessary House until the Evening about Seven<lb></lb>
O'Clock, when some Persons sent by Sr. <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n18-3">John Fielding</rs>
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come there and<lb></lb>
took the Deced out, Deponent says that she was then present, and<lb></lb>
that the deced was then Dead, but that she observed no Marks of<lb></lb>
Violence thereupon. Deponent says that Sir <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n18-4">John Fielding</rs>
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was sent<lb></lb>
for to Lady Tyrconnel, and that he there Examined said Ann Gascoine<lb></lb>
"says that said Gascoine owned her having been delivered of the Deced<lb></lb>
"but that she was born Dead, that said Ann Gascoine brought the Deced<lb></lb>
"down Stairs but did not intend to throw Deced into the Necessary house<lb></lb>
"says that on hearing somebody coming towards her, said Ann<lb></lb>
"Gascoine did<del>threw</del>
put Deced into the Necessary House where<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
"was afterwards found. Deponent says that said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n18-5">Ann Gascoine</rs>
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<lb></lb>
never acquainted her, or any other Person to her Knowledge, of her<lb></lb>
being with Child. Says that on Searching Said Ann Gascoine's Box<lb></lb>
Deponent found a Shirt there, and said Ann Gascoine informed<lb></lb>
her that there was a Cap there, which said Ann Gascoine had propar<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
for a Child.</p>
<p n="19"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n19-1">Elizabeth Ford</rs>
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</p>
<p n="20"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n20-1">Ann Bell</rs>
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Servant to Lady Tyrconnel in the Capacity of House Maid<lb></lb>
on her Oath saith, that on Wednesday Evening last <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n20-2">Ann Gascoine</rs>
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<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
to Lady Tyrconnel, went to Bed very ill, that she laid in Bed until<lb></lb>
Friday Morning, when said Gascoine came down Stairs, and then<lb></lb>
looked very pale, Says that on going yesterday Morning to make said Gascoine<lb></lb>
Bed, she had reason to believe that Gascoine: had miscarried, and<lb></lb>
acquainted Mrs. Ford the House keeper therewith, says that Mrs. Ford<lb></lb>
went down Stairs, and soon after returned, and informed Deponent that<lb></lb>
she had Charged said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n20-5">Ann Gascoine</rs>
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with having miscarried, and then<lb></lb>
she denied it, says that said Mrs. Ford immediately went down Stairs<lb></lb>
again and found the Deced in the Necessary House, and having</p>
<p n="21">informed Deponent thereof Deponent went there and saw Deced<lb></lb>
lye in the Necessary House with her head downwards, says that<lb></lb>
the Deced remained there until the Evening when she was take<lb></lb>
out by Persons sent from Sir <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n21-1">John Fielding</rs>
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.</p>
<p n="22"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n22-1">Ann Bell</rs>
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</p>
<p n="23"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n23-1">Joseph Ferdinando Gillis</rs>
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Pupil to <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n23-2">James Burnett</rs>
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of Lower<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo27">Grosvenor Street</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65204_occ6">Surgeon</rs>
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, on his Oath saith that he this day Examined<lb></lb>
the Body of the Deced and found no Marks of Violence thereon, says<lb></lb>
that he believes the Deced was born several Weeks before her time<lb></lb>
says that on opening the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo28">Thorax</rs>
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and examining the Lungs in a<lb></lb>
Bowl of Water they Swam upon the Surface and did not Sink as<lb></lb>
they would have done if the Child had not breathed, Says that<lb></lb>
he is of Opinion the Child did Breath, tho' in an emaciate State?<lb></lb>
Says that there was no Signature on the Navel String of the Deced.</p>
<p n="24"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n24-1">Joseph Ferdinando Gillis</rs>
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</p>
<p n="25"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n25-1">Sarah Godsby</rs>
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Servant to Lady Tyrconnel in the Capacity of<lb></lb>
House Maid, on her Oath saith, that on Wednesday last Ann Gascoine<lb></lb>
Cook to Lady Tyrconnel was taken ill, and complained of a Cold, says<lb></lb>
that said Ann Gascoine went to Bed early that Evening, and laid<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
Bed all day on Thursday, and until yesterday Morning, Deponent<lb></lb>
says that she saw said Ann Gascoine several times during that time<lb></lb>
and that she lay in another Bed in the same Room with Gascoine,<lb></lb>
says that on enquiring how Gascoine did, she always answered she<lb></lb>
was much better, Says that on friday Morning between ten and eleven<lb></lb>
O'Clock Deponent being in the Hall saw said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n25-2">Ann Gascoine</rs>
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coming down Stairs with<lb></lb>
something in her Apron covered up, which she carried towards<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
the<lb></lb>
Laundrey, but Deponent could not see where she went afterwards<lb></lb>
says that sometime after <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n25-3">Ann Bell</rs>
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the other House Maid went up Stairs to make the<lb></lb>
said Ann Gascoine's Bed, and was soon followed by the House Keeper<lb></lb>
Deponent says that she soon after had occasion to go up Stairs was<lb></lb>
called by the House keeper into the Garret, (wheresaid <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n25-4">Ann Gascoine</rs>
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<lb></lb>
used to lye) Says that they saw reason to think that somebody had<lb></lb>
miscarried there upon which the House keeper went down Stairs, and soon<lb></lb>
after returned, and said, she had charged said Gascoine with having<lb></lb>
miscarried, which she denied, Says that they afterwards come down<lb></lb>
and the House keeper went into the Necessary House and returned<lb></lb>
immediately almost fainting, Deponent then went into the Necessary House<lb></lb>
and observed the Deced lying Naked in the Soil contained therein,<lb></lb>
with her face down wards, Deponent says that the Deced remained<lb></lb>
there until the Evening when the Deced was taken out, says that she<lb></lb>
saw Deced soon after, then it was Dead, but she observed no Marks</p>
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