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<p n="1256">of said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n1256-3">Richard Cradock</rs>
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desired Deponent to<del>said</del>
have the<lb></lb>
Trunk abovementioned opened, upon which said<lb></lb>
Mrs. Crodock or Depts. Servant, (who was present with one<lb></lb>
Mrs. Burleigh) untied the Cord with which the Trunk was tied the same being unlocked,<lb></lb>
Says that Mrs. Cradock after the Trunk was opened said<lb></lb>
there was the Lid of a Coffin, and Depts. Servant <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n1256-1">David<lb></lb>
Nichols</rs>
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said there was a whole Coffin, upon which the<lb></lb>
Coffin was taken out, fastened with four Screws, Says<lb></lb>
that the Coffin was unscrewed, and Dept. thereupon saw<lb></lb>
a Dead Child in a Shroced, Upon which Dept. went to<lb></lb>
Acquaint Mr. Monk the Churchwarden of the Parish therewith<lb></lb>
Says that said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n1256-2">John Williams</rs>
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frequently called upon Dept after the Trunk was kept in her Apartment<lb></lb>
but Deponent cannot tell where said Williams now lives.</p>
<p n="1257"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n1257-1">Frances Nutting</rs>
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</p>
<p n="1258"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n1258-1">Archdall Harris</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo1362">Queen Street Westmr</rs>
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. <rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65204_occ475">Surgeon</rs>
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on his<lb></lb>
Oath saith, that he this day Examined a Child. which to the<lb></lb>
best of his knowledge is a Female, (the Child having been a<lb></lb>
Considerable time Dead) Says that he found no Marks of<lb></lb>
Violence upon the Child, Says that he believes the Child was<lb></lb>
born alive, that the Navel String was tied, and the usual<lb></lb>
Means used for the Priservation of her life, Says that he<lb></lb>
believes the Deced died, soon after her Birth, in a natural<lb></lb>
way.</p>
<p n="1259"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n1259-1">Archdall Harris</rs>
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</p>
<p n="1260"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n1260-1">Mary Cradock</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo1363">Long Ditch Westmr</rs>
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. <rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65204_occ476">Widow</rs>
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on her Oath<lb></lb>
saith, that about four years since a Leather Trunk was<lb></lb>
brought out of Mrs. Bland's Apartment (on the first Florr in Dept House<lb></lb>
by a Person, whose Name Dept. does not know, into Deponts.<lb></lb>
Garret, <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n1260-2">Richard Cradock</rs>
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the Depts. Husband being present,<lb></lb>
Says that the Trunk was tied with a Small Cord, Says that<lb></lb>
the Trunk remained there ever since, and verily believes<lb></lb>
that the Trunk was not opened until yesterday, when it<lb></lb>
was opened by Dept. and <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n1260-3">David Nichols</rs>
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in the presence<lb></lb>
of Frances Nutting & Mrs. Burleign at the proposal of Mrs. Nutting Says that she found a Coffin in the</p>
<p n="1261">Trunk, and that on opening the Coffin Dept. saw a Dead<lb></lb>
Child therein, being in a Shrond and the Coffin lines, Says<lb></lb>
that she went to the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo1364">Workhouse</rs>
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to acquaint the Parish Officers<lb></lb>
therewith. Says that her late Husband <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n1261-1">Richard Cradock</rs>
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last<lb></lb>
week, (two days before his Death), desired Deponent to open<lb></lb>
the Trunk, and said that there were Papers and Things<lb></lb>
of Value in it to the amount of three hundred pounds as Mr. Williams informed him, upon<lb></lb>
which Deponent refused to Open the Trunk, last any<lb></lb>
of the Papers should be last.</p>
<p n="1262"> <obscured></obscured>
</p>
<p n="1263"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n1263-1">Mary Craddock</rs>
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</p>
<p n="1264"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n1264-1">Ann Mennis</rs>
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a Lodger at Mr. Brooks in the Great Almory<lb></lb>
Westmr. on her Oath saith, That for Seven Years last past,<lb></lb>
(until the last Month) Dept. lodged at Mr. Craddocks in<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo1365">Long Ditch</rs>
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(where Mrs. Nutting and her Mother also lodged,<lb></lb>
Says that she frequently was in Mrs. Nuttings Mother's Apartment<lb></lb>
and in a Closet there saw a Trunk to some times before Mrs. Brand's<lb></lb>
Death, and says that she saw the Trunk there after Mrs.<lb></lb>
Brand's Death, but Dept. did not open it or never heard whom the Trunk<lb></lb>
belonged to, Says that she saw the same Trunk in the<lb></lb>
Garret in the same Home yesterday, where she went<lb></lb>
upon being informed by <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n1264-3">David Nichols</rs>
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that they had<lb></lb>
found a Coffin in the Trunk, Says that the Coffin was<lb></lb>
opened in her presence, and then she saw a Dead Child<lb></lb>
therein</p>
<p n="1265">The Mark of<lb></lb>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n1265-1">Ann Mennis</rs>
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</p>
<p n="1266">Severally Sworn the Day<lb></lb>
Year and Place abovementioned<lb></lb>
before me</p>
<p n="1267"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n1267-1">Tho. Prichard</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65204_occ477">Coroner</rs>
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