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the Door of the Hole they both went in and Mr Chewter
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took the Ribbon from and about the Deced's Neck, it being
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bery tight, and tied with a running look, Says
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that he was informed by People that stood there that the Ribbon was fastened
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to the Iron Bar of the Door and that a Soldier had
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Cut the Deced down, Says that there is no other Key
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to that part of the Watchhouse wherein Deced was
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Confined but that which Deponent keeps and that
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it was not out of his Custody from the time he locked
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the Deced up, to the time he was called up by
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Hawkins the watchman, and therefore believes that
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the Deced Hanged herself, as no Person could get
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to her.
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Joseph Comber
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Robert Curtis
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Beadle
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on his Oath saith That on
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Saturday Night last he was on Duty at the Watch house
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that between Twelve and One o'Clock one Barton
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a
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brought the Deced to the Watch house
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charging her with abusing him on his Duty and
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being Disorderly, Says that the Deced staid in the
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Watch house with the Constable Warder & this Dept.
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about an hour and an half and was then locked up
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in a Hole at one End of the Watch house, where she
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went very Quietly, Says that about half hour after
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three o'Clock Dept. went home (Mr. Chewter being gone
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a little before) and left Mr Comber the Warder in
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the Watch house alone Says that the Deced during
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the time she was in the Watch house with Dept. appeared to
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be uneasy, saying that she had never been there
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before, That she had lost a good Friend and did not
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care which way she went.
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Robt Curtis
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Milly Mills
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a Lodger at Mr. Caynes in Sturton
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Ground Wife of
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Daniel Mills
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a
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Carpenter
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, on her
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Oath saith, That she has known
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Sarah Knight
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the
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Deced (who sometimes went by the name of
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Catherine
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Marshall
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) between two and three Years, Says that
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the Deced was a Common Street Walker at Nights
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and lodged in the same House with Dept. Says
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they thy both went out together on Saturday Night
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last about Eight o'Clock, and after walking together
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until about Ten o'Clock Dept. lost the Deced in the
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Street, and went home alone at Eleven o'Clock
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and did not see the Deced since until she saw her
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dead at the Watch house next Morning, Says that
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the Deced about a week ago heard of her Mother's
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Death, which made her very uneasy, That the
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Deced lay in Bed last Saturday all day, and Dept.
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believes that the Deced was at times Disordered
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in her Mind.
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Milly Mills
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Elizabeth Mc. Gregory
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Wife of
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John Mc. Gregory
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a
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Greenwich Hospital
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, on her Oath saith
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That on saturday Night last she was in Company
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with the Deced at a Publick House in
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Union Street
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Westmr. and drank a considerable Quantity of Liquor
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there says that the Deced changed two Shilling to
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for her Liquor and had four or five more in her Pocket
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That the Deced then told Dept. that she had lately lost
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her Mother, and that she should sometime or other
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make away with herself, and then appeared to be
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much concerned, and cryed.
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Elizabeth Mc. Gregory
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Severally Sworn the Day Year and
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Tho. Prickard
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