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