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on her
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Oath saith That on the 27th. of August last she went to see the
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Deced
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in the Westmr. Hospital who appeared to
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be in good spirits and told Dept. That the Night before her
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Husband had given her some halfpence to buy him a Shirt
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William Spires
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Asked how she
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William Spires
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, who was
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William Spires
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then threw an
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William Spires
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The Mark of
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Jane Gilbert
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Sister to the Deced, (the Wife of
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Samuel Gilbert
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of
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Chelsea
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) on her Oath saith, That on the day after
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the Deced was brought to the Westmr. Hospital Dept. was informed
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by one of the Nurses that she was there, and that afternoon saw
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the deced in said Hospital who told Dept, That on the Night
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"before her Husband
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William Spires
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gave her Money to buy
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"him a shirt and that she could not find one. That she their
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"asked him for Money to buy some Solmon, that she went out
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"Husband threw a Plate of her Head, and Cut her Head
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"Says that said
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William Spires
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and the deced above a Year
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William Spires
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often beat the Deced
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The Mark
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of
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Jane Gilbert
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Severally Sworn the Day Year and
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Place abovementioned before me
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