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<p n="176"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo238">City and</rs>
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Liberty of<lb></lb>
Westmr. in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo239">County<lb></lb>
of Middlesex</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Informations taken this <rs type="date" id="WACWIC65204_date51">twentieth day of February<lb></lb>
1764</rs>
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at the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo240">Parish of St. James</rs>
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within the Liberty of Westmr.<lb></lb>
in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo241">County of Middlesex</rs>
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on an Inquisition taken on View<lb></lb>
of the Body of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n176-1">John Bannester</rs>
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an Infant lying Dead in<lb></lb>
the said Parish Liberty and County.</p>
<p n="177"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n177-1">James Butter</rs>
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a Lodger at Mrs. Cann in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo242">High Holborn</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65204_occ76">Carpenter</rs>
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<lb></lb>
on his Oath saith that he was at Work on Saturday last at a<lb></lb>
New built House situate in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo243">Wimpole Street</rs>
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in the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo244">St. Mary<lb></lb>
le bon</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo245">County of Middlesex</rs>
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, Says that about three O'Clock<lb></lb>
that Afternoon Deponent was Working on the Ground Floor, and<lb></lb>
that<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
a piece of Deal Board fell<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
on the Floor close to Deponent, say<lb></lb>
that he there upon looked up, and saw Deced falling down,<del>and<lb></lb>
Deced immediately fell</del>
and lighting first upon a Board one<lb></lb>
pair of Stairs in said House, and Deced from thence fell upon<lb></lb>
the Bench on the Ground Floor, on which Deponent Worked,<lb></lb>
Says that Deced fell with his face downwards upon said Bench<lb></lb>
says that Deponent and <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n177-2">Samuel White</rs>
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house a Baker<del>another <rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65204_occ77">Carpenter</rs>
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</del>
<lb></lb>
took up the Deced and laid him upon the Bench, but Deced<lb></lb>
was motionless and Deponent thought he had been Dead,<lb></lb>
Says that the Deced's Head was very much Bruised, and<lb></lb>
particularly in the Forehead, Says that an Apothecary<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
sent for, who came and ordered Deced to be carried to a<lb></lb>
Publick House in the Neighbourhood, Says that the Deced was<lb></lb>
carried to the George the Corner of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo246">Queen Ann Street</rs>
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, and<lb></lb>
Deponent did not See him afterwards until the Evening when<lb></lb>
he called at the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo247">sign of the George</rs>
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aforesaid<del>Deads Father in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo248">Swallow Street</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo249">Parish<lb></lb>
of St. James</rs>
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Westmr.</del>
where he found Deced very bad and Speechly<lb></lb>
Says that he was informed that the Deced died between one<lb></lb>
and two O'Clock yesterday Morning and that his Death was<lb></lb>
occasioned by the Bruise he reced by the fall aforesaid<lb></lb>
as Deponent believes.</p>
<p n="178"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n178-1">James Buttler</rs>
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</p>
<p n="179"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n179-1">Robert Brookman</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo250">Mary bon Lane</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65204_occ78">Carpenter</rs>
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on his<lb></lb>
Oath saith, that he was at Work on Saturday last at a New<lb></lb>
built House in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo251">Wimpole Street</rs>
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, Says that Deced was coming<lb></lb>
up Stairs in said House, that Deponent desired Deced to take<lb></lb>
care how he came up, the Stairs not being finished and no Banisters put up Says that<lb></lb>
he was at Work two pair of Stairs between two and three O'<lb></lb>
Clock, saw Deced fall down, from thence over the Staircase<lb></lb>
(where Deced was playing) Says he was informed that Deced</p>
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