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Information of Witness taken this Twelfth
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a Man Unknown lying Dead in the said
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Westmr.
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Waterman
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on his Oath saith That he
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was at the Horse Ferry Westmr. about Five o Clock in the
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Afternoon of Saturday last, and that he was there informed
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by a Man (whose Name Dept does not Know) that a Man
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lay Drowned on the Shore upon
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a little higher
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than Lord Grorvenor's House, Deponent says that he walked
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up there and saw the Deced lye upon the Shore a part of him in
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the Thames
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in the
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Parish of St. John the Evengelist, Says that he fetched his
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Boat and carried the Deced in his Boat to the Horse Fer
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and laid the Deced on the Shore there before Mr. Justices
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House Says that the Deced was Deced when Dept. first
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saw him but not Stiff, Dept. says that he believes
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the Deced was Drowned, but that he observed no
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Joseph Getty
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Little Almery Westmr
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on Saturday last about five o Clock in the Afternoon
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and leaning over the well before Lord Grosvenor's House
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he saw a Hat in the Thames floating, Says that he went
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down in order to get hold of the Hat, and near the
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Hat saw the Deceds Cloaths above the water, Says that
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he put the Skull under the Deced and lifted him up
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Dead but Dept. observed no Marks of Violence upon the
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Deced.
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The Mark of
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Getty
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Severally Sworn the Day Year
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and Place abovementioned
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before me
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