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another House maid that she saw said
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take something covered
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up in her Apron, which she could not see, down Stairs that Morning,
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that said Ann Gascoine then went down the Kitchen Stairs towards the
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Necessary House, Deponent says that she thereupon went to the
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had miscarried) says that
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she then found the Deced in the Necessary House, with the Head
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downwards, who gave orders that no Person should touch it, says that the
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Deced remained in the Necessary House until the Evening about Seven
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come there and
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took the Deced out, Deponent says that she was then present, and
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that the deced was then Dead, but that she observed no Marks of
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Violence thereupon. Deponent says that Sir
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was sent
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for to Lady Tyrconnel, and that he there Examined said Ann Gascoine
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"says that said Gascoine owned her having been delivered of the Deced
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"but that she was born Dead, that said Ann Gascoine brought the Deced
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"says that on hearing somebody coming towards her, said Ann
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"Gascoine did
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put Deced into the Necessary House where
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"was afterwards found. Deponent says that said
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never acquainted her, or any other Person to her Knowledge, of her
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being with Child. Says that on Searching Said Ann Gascoine's Box
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Deponent found a Shirt there, and said Ann Gascoine informed
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her that there was a Cap there, which said Ann Gascoine had propar
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for a Child.
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Elizabeth Ford
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Ann Bell
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Servant to Lady Tyrconnel in the Capacity of House Maid
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on her Oath saith, that on Wednesday Evening last
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to Lady Tyrconnel, went to Bed very ill, that she laid in Bed until
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Friday Morning, when said Gascoine came down Stairs, and then
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looked very pale, Says that on going yesterday Morning to make said Gascoine
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Bed, she had reason to believe that Gascoine: had miscarried, and
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acquainted Mrs. Ford the House keeper therewith, says that Mrs. Ford
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went down Stairs, and soon after returned, and informed Deponent that
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she had Charged said
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with having miscarried, and then
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she denied it, says that said Mrs. Ford immediately went down Stairs
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again and found the Deced in the Necessary House, and having
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informed Deponent thereof Deponent went there and saw Deced
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lye in the Necessary House with her head downwards, says that
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the Deced remained there until the Evening when she was take
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out by Persons sent from Sir
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James Burnett
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of Lower
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, on his Oath saith that he this day Examined
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the Body of the Deced and found no Marks of Violence thereon, says
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that he believes the Deced was born several Weeks before her time
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says that on opening the
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and examining the Lungs in a
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Bowl of Water they Swam upon the Surface and did not Sink as
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they would have done if the Child had not breathed, Says that
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he is of Opinion the Child did Breath, tho' in an emaciate State?
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Says that there was no Signature on the Navel String of the Deced.
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Servant to Lady Tyrconnel in the Capacity of
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House Maid, on her Oath saith, that on Wednesday last Ann Gascoine
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Cook to Lady Tyrconnel was taken ill, and complained of a Cold, says
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that said Ann Gascoine went to Bed early that Evening, and laid
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Bed all day on Thursday, and until yesterday Morning, Deponent
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says that she saw said Ann Gascoine several times during that time
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and that she lay in another Bed in the same Room with Gascoine,
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says that on enquiring how Gascoine did, she always answered she
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was much better, Says that on friday Morning between ten and eleven
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O'Clock Deponent being in the Hall saw said
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coming down Stairs with
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something in her Apron covered up, which she carried towards
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the
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Laundrey, but Deponent could not see where she went afterwards
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says that sometime after
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the other House Maid went up Stairs to make the
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said Ann Gascoine's Bed, and was soon followed by the House Keeper
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Deponent says that she soon after had occasion to go up Stairs was
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called by the House keeper into the Garret, (wheresaid
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used to lye) Says that they saw reason to think that somebody had
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miscarried there upon which the House keeper went down Stairs, and soon
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after returned, and said, she had charged said Gascoine with having
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miscarried, which she denied, Says that they afterwards come down
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and the House keeper went into the Necessary House and returned
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immediately almost fainting, Deponent then went into the Necessary House
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and observed the Deced lying Naked in the Soil contained therein,
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with her face down wards, Deponent says that the Deced remained
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there until the Evening when the Deced was taken out, says that she
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saw Deced soon after, then it was Dead, but she observed no Marks
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