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Fair brother & Mr Brown as Dept was informed
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there is a silver Tankard, upon which Dept looked
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in it a Female Child with some
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about her Neck, and fasten'd to the handle of the
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Mug, Says that the Child was dead, and appeared
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he washed the Deced and observed no marks
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on his
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and Mr. Browns the adjoining Neighbour was stopped Says
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this Morning Emptying the Necessary, and
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about Eleven O'Clock Miller said here is a Child
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