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