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Crime, Poverty and Social Policy in the Metropolis
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the Deced first went in he thought he sworn well, that
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he seemed to Play in the Water before be Swam off, and
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when he had Swam near across the Deceased to call, I'm
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Drowned I'm drowned myself, Deponent did not see any
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Person in the Water near the Deced, saw only a Man
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on the Shore naked, Deponent then went to the Keeper for
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a Boat, Deponent got the Boat and 2 or 3 People went
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with him to the Place, but they did not then see him
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2 Men jumped out of the Boat and dived in the Water but
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without Success, Deponent is of Opinion that the Deceased
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must have been sezied with the Cramp which occasioned his
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being Drowned, and that it was quite accidental,
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Henry Giles
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on his Oath says that Yesterday in the
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