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lying dead in the said Parish Liberty and County.
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Westmr. Cabinet
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maker on his Oath saith That on Tuesday last in the Evening (June 30.) the
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the Deced, Mr. Dunn
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and Mr. Stout to a place upon
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Turpentine House where the Deced Mr. Dunn and this
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to bath themselves, Says
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that the Deced could Swim very well, and sworn towards the
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the Tide, Mr. Dunn and this Dept. being then together neat the
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shore, Says that he did not see the Deced afterwards alive
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it being then between Nine and ten o'Clock in the Evening
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says that they got a Candle & Lanthorn went to look for him
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in the water with the Deced, and Dept. believes that the
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Deced was Accidentally Drowned
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Westmr. and
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was informed that he was taken up there, out
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or his oath saith, That yesterday Afternoon this Dept. and
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four of his Neighbours took a Boat at Lambeth Stairs, intending
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to go to Bath themselves, Says that they crossed the Thames
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and rowed up
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towards Chelsea Says that he
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saw in the Thames the Head of a Man, almost above water,
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That he took held of the Deced's Hair and pulled him to
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the Shore That the Deced was drove downwards
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with the
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Tide and appeared to be almost upright, That the Deced
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was dead and appeared not to have been very long in
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the Deced.
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Severally Sworn the Day Year &
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Place abovementioned before me
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