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<p n="421">Deced said that she had ocassion to go into the necessary<lb></lb>
House, that she went soon returned, and went their<lb></lb>
again twice afterwards, but Dept. observing that she<lb></lb>
Staid a long time, went to look where she was and<lb></lb>
on opening the Vault door saw the Deced sitting upon<lb></lb>
the Seat, and Bleeding from a Wound in her Neck<lb></lb>
and a great Quantity of Blood upon the Floor, Says<lb></lb>
that she was frightened, and ran out of call Mr.<lb></lb>
Lindsay, an <rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65212_occ119">Apothecary</rs>
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, whose Servant went with<lb></lb>
Dept. and endeavoured to stop the Bleeding, says that<lb></lb>
Mr. Harris a Surgeon was fetched, who advised the<lb></lb>
Deced's being carried to the Hospital, which Deced<lb></lb>
at first objected to, but afterwards agreed to go and<lb></lb>
Deced was taken in a Coach attended by Mr. Watson<lb></lb>
and another Many Says that Mr. Watson asked<lb></lb>
the Deced in the hearing of Mr. Harris & this Dept<lb></lb>
if She had given herself the wound, to which Deced<lb></lb>
answered that she had. and Dept believes that<lb></lb>
she gave herself the wound, there being no other<lb></lb>
Person in the House at that time than the Deced's<lb></lb>
Mother and this Dept. and that Dept. believes<lb></lb>
that the Deced was at times Disordered in her Senses.</p>
<p n="422"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65212_n422-1">Eliz Watson</rs>
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</p>
<p n="423"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65212_n423-1">Archdall Harris</rs>
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of New Palace Yard Westmr. Surgeon<lb></lb>
on his Oath saith, That on Wednesday last (Mar 11)<lb></lb>
he was fetched to Mr. Watson's in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65212_geo367">Tufton Street</rs>
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, where<lb></lb>
he found the Deced sitting upon the Necessary with a<lb></lb>
wound in the windpipe near an Inch long, a great<lb></lb>
Quantity of Blood upon the Floor and upon the Deced's<lb></lb>
Cloaths, Says that he ordered the Deced to be moved into<lb></lb>
the Parlour where he found that the Wound was likely<lb></lb>
to prove Dangerous, and adviced the Deced's being carried<lb></lb>
to the Hospital, as no other Surgeon was there, and Deced<lb></lb>
was immediately taken away in a Coach, Says that Mr.<lb></lb>
Watson called upon him the next morning<del>same Evening</del>
and information<lb></lb>
him that the Deced died in a few Minutes after she was<lb></lb>
taken into <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65212_geo368">St George's Hospital</rs>
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, and Dept. believes the wound<lb></lb>
abovementioned to have occasioned her Death, Says that<lb></lb>
on Mr Watson's asking the Deced if the Act was her<lb></lb>
own, she said that it was, And says that he found<lb></lb>
a Knife Bloody upon the Seat in the Necessary<lb></lb>
on the right side of the Deced, with which he think<lb></lb>
the wound was given, and say that the Deced's hand<lb></lb>
were Bloody</p>
<p n="424">Harris</p>
<p n="425"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65212_n425-1">Elizabeth</rs>
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<interp inst="WACWIC65212_n425-1" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
the <rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65212_occ120">wife</rs>
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of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65212_n425-39">James Does </rs>
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<interp inst="WACWIC65212_n425-39" type="surname" value="Does"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65212_n425-39" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
on her Oath saith That<lb></lb>
she had lodged with the Deced almost Twelve months, and<lb></lb>
for the last six months has been intimate with her, says<lb></lb>
that the Deced appeared to be very uneasy and<lb></lb>
disturbed in her mind, sometimes very Melancholy<lb></lb>
and Dept. believes that the Deced was at times Disordered<lb></lb>
in her Senses.</p>
<p n="426"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65212_n426-1">Eliz Does</rs>
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</p>
<p n="427">Severally Sworn the Day<lb></lb>
Year & place abovementioned<lb></lb>
before me<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65212_n427-1">Tho. Prickard</rs>
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<interp inst="WACWIC65212_n427-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65212_occ121">Coroner</rs>
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