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lying Dead in the said Parish Liberty and County.
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on her Oath saith, That
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Mary
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the Deced has lodged with Dept. about four or five Years
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last past, during which time the Deced has had very ill
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health and constantly complained of her Head, Says that
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about Nine o'Clock Yesterday Morning Dept. was in her
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fore Kitchin, and was alarmed by her Maid Servant
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crying out that Mr. Harris was fallen into the Area
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upon which Dept. went there and saw the Deced lye in
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the back Area with the left side of her Head upon the stone
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step and almost Double, Says that the Deced then Bled
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at the Nose and Mouth, Says that the immediately sent for
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Mr. Sturges an
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who come there, and that soon
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after his Servant came there who bled the Deced, and the
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Deced was afterwards carried to her own Room on the
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Second Floor, where she died very soon after, Dept. Says
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that about a fortnight ago Deced threw herself out of
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her Window on the Second Floor and Fell upon some
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Mold in the back yard, Deponent says that she verily
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believes the Deced has been for a considerable time past
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Disordered in her Senses. Dept. says that she belives
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the Deced threw herself out of her Window on the Second
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Floor Yesterday Morning and thereby reced a hurt, of which she died
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with Mr. Sturges in
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Andley Street on his Oath saith, That he was sent to the Deced
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yesterday morning
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Mrs. Calelough's Says that he went and found her on the Ground
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in the back Area Speechless, Says that he Examined the Deced
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and found a Wound on her left Knce and another behind her
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left Ear
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