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Informations taken this fifteenth day of April 1766
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Mary the Wife of
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of Kemps Court in the
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on her Oath saith, that she is Mother
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to the Deced, and that on Sunday last about Six o'Clock in the
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Afternoon Dept. was making her Bed in her inner Room on the
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with upon she loge Says that
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the Deced was playing in the Adjoining Room, and no other
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Person with him in that Roger Says, that Mrs. Morgan who lives on the
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opposite side of the said Court sereamed out, upon which Dept.
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looked round, and missing the Deced, ran down Stairs and
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found the Deced lying upon the Ground in the
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Speechless, Says that she took him up, and found him Bleeding
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at his Month and Nose, Says that Mr. Williams an
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was called who Examined the Deced and said that his Skull
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was fractured on the left side of his Head, which Dept believes
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after Eleven o'Clock on Sunday Night, the 13th day of this Instant
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Sworn the Day Year & Place
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