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at the Parish of St. Margaret within the
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on his Oath saith That he was going to London yesterday
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about Noon, and being at Hyde Park Corner was informed
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by the Park keeper's Servant that a Man lay Drowned
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. he saw the Deced lying
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with his face downwards, and his back above the Cooter,
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, That the Body was in a State of Putrefaction
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but Dept. observed no Marks of violence thereon,
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Says that he found a six pence, a half penny, a Knife, a
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Black Silk Neckcloth, a Handkerchief, & a Key, in the
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Regimentals worn by the Third Regiment of Guards-That
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he this Dept. left ward at the Tilt yard yesterday, and
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that a Serjeant of the Third Regiment came to
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yesterday in the Afternoon, and after viewing the Deced said
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Hugh Smith
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, and that he was a Soldier
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in the third Regiment and had behaved himself very well
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That he had been missing for five or six weeks, That
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he had sometime before that Bruised his Thumb, which
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Sworn the Day Year & Place
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abovementioned before me
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