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Informations taken this Fifteenth day of
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January 1766 at the
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touching the Death of a New born Male Child
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lying Dead in the said Parish Liberty and
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aged about twelve years
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of providence Court Bricklayer
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on his Oath saith, that between twelve and one o'Clock yesterday
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Deponent was going along Vigo Lane in the
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when he saw or Wig Box lying in
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William Howley
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with a piece of Cord, Dept. says that he called to his Mother
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that she would have half, Dept. says that he went into
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the area and looked in at the Corner of the Wig Box
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and found or Child therein, says that he acquainted
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his Father and Mother therewith,
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upon which Depts.
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Father wont to fetch
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Marks of Violence upon the said Child. Says that he
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afterwards fetched Mr. Renyson one of the Beadles
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, attending the lying in Ward, on her Oath
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saith, that she this day Examined a Male Child and belives
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that the said Male Child was born alive, Says that the
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Navel String of the said Male Child was not tied nor
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any care taken for the preservation of the said Male Child
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The Mark of
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