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<p n="294">Deponent went out again on Business and come house<lb></lb>
between nine and ten o'Clock in the Evening and found the<lb></lb>
Deced was not gone away, and desired her to go, upon<lb></lb>
which Deced said that she was sick and had no place to go to, and that<lb></lb>
she had lain in the Streets two or three Nights before<lb></lb>
and desired she might be permitted to lye that Night before<lb></lb>
the Fire in Depts. Room, which Dept. agreed to, and she lay<lb></lb>
there all Night, and groaned very much, Deponent says<lb></lb>
that in the Morning she did Deced go to the Overseers of the<lb></lb>
Parish, to which Deced answered that she had been, and<lb></lb>
that they refused to take her in, Says that <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65205_n294-1">Michael Reading</rs>
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<lb></lb>
a Black who lodges on the same Floor came into the Room<lb></lb>
and Dept. desired him to help Deced down Stairs, upon<lb></lb>
which he took hold of Deced and she walked to the Room Door with<lb></lb>
him, Dept. says that she came down Stairs immediately after<lb></lb>
and saw the Deced lye in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65205_geo311">the Passage</rs>
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near the outer Door,<lb></lb>
says that very soon after said Reading carried Deced out<lb></lb>
and <gap reason="illegible"></gap>
set her down in the Court before the Door, where she<lb></lb>
died in about two Minutes. Says that she did not see said<lb></lb>
Reading or any other Person hurt the Deced, and Dept<lb></lb>
believes that she Deced died a natural Death.</p>
<p n="295"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65205_n295-1">Elizabeth Stewart</rs>
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</p>
<p n="296"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65205_n296-1">Susanna Bencraft</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65205_occ123">Widow</rs>
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a <rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65205_occ124">Lodger</rs>
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with Mrs. Stewart in<lb></lb>
New <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65205_geo312">Bedford Court</rs>
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on her Oath saith that the Deced came on<lb></lb>
Tuesday last into Mrs. Stewarts Room where Dept. was about<lb></lb>
Noon, and desired to stay there by the Fire saying that<lb></lb>
she had lain in the Streets three Nights, says that she stard<lb></lb>
there all day, and that Mrs. Stewart came home about ten<lb></lb>
o'Clock in the Evening, and desired Deced to go away, but<lb></lb>
upon Deced begging to continue there all Night and<lb></lb>
prominig to go away in the Morning Mrs. Stewart agreed to it,<lb></lb>
and Deced lay before the fire all Night upon the floor, Says<lb></lb>
that in the Morning Mrs. Stewart again desired the Deced to<lb></lb>
go away, to which she seemed unwilling, says that Mr. Rooding<lb></lb>
was called and Mrs. Stewart desired him to take her down,<lb></lb>
Says that Mr. Reading took hold of Deced, who was then willing<lb></lb>
to go and walked with Mr. Reading to the Room Door, and Depts<lb></lb>
did</p>
<p n="297">did not see Deced afterwards until she was Dead in the Court,<lb></lb>
Says that Deced told Dept. that she had been ill used by a<lb></lb>
Person whose Name Deponent cannot recollect about three weeks since and complained<lb></lb>
of a pain in the side of her Belly and said that she had not been welling says that Deced drank<lb></lb>
a pennyworth of Purl about six o'Clock on Tuesday Evening<lb></lb>
and that she had no other Liquor with Deponent.</p>
<p n="298">The Mark of<lb></lb>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65205_n298-1">Susanna Bencraft</rs>
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.</p>
<p n="299"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65205_n299-1">Susanna Reading</rs>
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<interp inst="WACWIC65205_n299-1" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
the <rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65205_occ125">Wife</rs>
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of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65205_n299-2">Michael Reading</rs>
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on her Oath<lb></lb>
saith that the deced came to Mrs. Stewarts Room where Dept.<lb></lb>
was on Tuesday last about Noon, and desired she might<lb></lb>
warm herself by the fire, saying that she was almost<lb></lb>
Starved with hunger, and said that she had laid in the<lb></lb>
Streets for three Nights before, Says that when Mrs. Steward<lb></lb>
came home in the Evening she desired the Deced to go away<lb></lb>
says that the Deced begged to lye by the fire all Night, saying<lb></lb>
that she had no place to go to, to which Mrs. Stewart agreed<lb></lb>
and Deced lay upon the floor all night, says that the<lb></lb>
next Morning Mrs. Stewart desired Deced to go to the<lb></lb>
Overseers to be sent into the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65205_geo313">Workhouse</rs>
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, to which Deced<lb></lb>
answered that she had been, and that they refused to take<lb></lb>
her in, Says that <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65205_n299-3">Michael Reading</rs>
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took the Deced by the<lb></lb>
hand to help her down Stairs, that she walked with him<lb></lb>
to the Door and sat down upon the Stairs, says that said<lb></lb>
Reading carried Deced down Stairs and set her down in<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65205_geo314">the Passage</rs>
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, and immediately after carried her out and<lb></lb>
put her down before the Door upon the step, where Deced<lb></lb>
died in a few Minutes. Says that Deced said in the hearing<lb></lb>
of Dept. that she had not been well since the Man used her<lb></lb>
ill.</p>
<p n="300">The Mark of<lb></lb>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65205_n300-1">Susanna Reading</rs>
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