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on her Oath saith That she has
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lived about Twenty Years last past in the Family
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. the Deced, Says that she
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Breakfasted yesterday Morning about Nine o'Clock
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Says that she went away after Breakfast about
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some Business leaving the Deced in the Drawing Room
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on the First Floor, where they Breakfasted, Says that
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Mrs. Touchet went out and returned a Little
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before four o'Clock that afternoon, Says that Mrs. Toucher
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soon after came up to Dept. who was in the Second Floor
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and appearing to be much Frightened, desired Dept.
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to come down, and said that her Bedchamber Door
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was fastened, upon which Dept went down with
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Mrs. Touchet found one of Mr Touchet's Bedchamber Doors
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fastened, Dept. went round to the other Badchamber
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Door and opened it, (the same not being fastened)
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and on her going into the Room she saw the Deced
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Hanging by a Cord which was fastened to the
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Post at the Feet of the Bed or the Cornice near
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it at the side of the Bed, Says that with a Knife
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she cut the Cord and Deced dropped down upon the
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Floor, Says that Mrs. Fouchet immediately sent
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for a surgeon as Dept. thought. and Dept. believes
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that the Deced Hanged himself, Says that the
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Deced yesterday Morning at Breakfast was very
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Melancholy
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