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<p n="1550">Fire, That she called up her Fellow Servant and<lb></lb>
asked King what was burning, to which she made<lb></lb>
no Answer, Says that she went for a Coach and when<lb></lb>
she returned <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65216_n1550-1">Margaret King</rs>
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told her (as she had<lb></lb>
declared before to her Fellow Servant) That she had<lb></lb>
been brought to Bed of a dead Child and begged they<lb></lb>
would take no Notice of it and that the Child was<lb></lb>
in a Box up Stairs<obscured></obscured>
and that it was dead born,<lb></lb>
says that KingThat she had been out the Bay before to get a Lodging, & that she did notinland<obscured></obscured>
thing to the Child of that<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
alive the Coach to <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65216_geo1636">Putney</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65216_geo1636" type="placeName" value="Putney"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65216_geo1636" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
and returned<lb></lb>
with the Fairrhy to Town on Tuesday (Decr. 3d.) when<lb></lb>
Mr. Hudson was acquainted therewith, and the<lb></lb>
Child was found in King's Room but Dept. did not<lb></lb>
see it.</p>
<p n="1551"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65216_n1551-1">Hannah Carnall</rs>
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<interp inst="WACWIC65216_n1551-1" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
</p>
<p n="1552"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65216_n1552-1">Mary Cowlin</rs>
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<interp inst="WACWIC65216_n1552-1" type="surname" value="Cowlin"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65216_n1552-1" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
Cook to Mr. Hudson on her Oath saith<lb></lb>
that she has lived there about four Years, That<lb></lb>
she did not suspect that <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65216_n1552-3">Margaret King</rs>
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<interp inst="WACWIC65216_n1552-3" type="surname" value="King"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65216_n1552-3" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
the<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65216_occ495">Nursery</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65216_occ495" type="occupation" value="Nursery"></interp>
Maid was with Child, That last Sunday<lb></lb>
Morning Hannah Carnall told Dept. That she smelt<lb></lb>
something burning in the Nursery Fire, Says that<lb></lb>
she went up and saw some Flashy Substance which<lb></lb>
has fellow Servant took out of the Fire, but King<lb></lb>
did not tel them what it was, Says that King soon<lb></lb>
come down Stairs and told Dept. that she had been<lb></lb>
delivered of a dead Child, and that it was dead born<lb></lb>
and that the Child was upStairs in a Box, That she<lb></lb>
had been out on Saturday to take a Lodging, and that she had<lb></lb>
spoke to a Woman to Nurse it, if it had been<lb></lb>
alive, Says that King than went away in a<lb></lb>
Coach to <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65216_geo1637">Putney</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65216_geo1637" type="placeName" value="Putney"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65216_geo1637" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
to the Family. Says that she did<lb></lb>
not hear any Noise in Kings & Room on Saturday<lb></lb>
Night.</p>
<p n="1553"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65216_n1553-1">Mary Cowling</rs>
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<interp inst="WACWIC65216_n1553-1" type="surname" value="Cowling"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65216_n1553-1" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
</p>
<p n="1554"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65216_n1554-1">Jane</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65216_n1554-1" type="given" value="Jane"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65216_n1554-1" type="surname" value="Ross"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65216_n1554-1" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
the <rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65216_occ496">Wife</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65216_occ496" type="occupation" value="Wife"></interp>
of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65216_n1554-2">Alexander Ross</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65216_n1554-2" type="given" value="Alexander"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65216_n1554-2" type="surname" value="Ross"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65216_n1554-2" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
of Hodge Lane<lb></lb>
Green Grocer on her Oath saith, That on Saturday<lb></lb>
last in the Afternoon Dept. was going home and<lb></lb>
at the corner of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65216_geo1638">Panton Street</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65216_geo1638" type="placeName" value="Panton Street"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65216_geo1638" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
a Woman well<lb></lb>
dressed<del>called</del>
beckoned to<del>you</del>
her saying that she wonted<lb></lb>
a Lodging, to which Dept. answered that she<lb></lb>
had one in a Cellar but thought it not good<lb></lb>
enough for her, the Woman however went<lb></lb>
with Dept. into the Cellar saying that she was<lb></lb>
in distress for a Lodging, that she lived in<lb></lb>
a <rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65216_occ497">Gentleman</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65216_occ497" type="occupation" value="Gentleman"></interp>
's<del>Lodging</del>
Family, and that she would<lb></lb>
be received if it was known, That she was<lb></lb>
with Child and would not mind giving<lb></lb>
Twenty Pounds to keep it secret, That she<lb></lb>
enquired for a Midwife, and that one was<lb></lb>
fitched, who said that the Woman was not<lb></lb>
in Labour, And says that the Woman<lb></lb>
agreed that Depts. Daughter should Nurse her<lb></lb>
Child, Says that the Woman declared that<lb></lb>
the Man who lay in the next Room to her<lb></lb>
was the Father of the Child, Says that the<lb></lb>
Woman staid there about three Years and<lb></lb>
then went away.</p>
<p n="1555">Severally Sworn the<lb></lb>
Day Years and Place-<lb></lb>
abovementioned before me<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65216_n1555-1">Tho. Prickard</rs>
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<interp inst="WACWIC65216_n1555-1" type="surname" value="Prickard"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65216_n1555-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65216_occ498">Coror</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65216_occ498" type="occupation" value="Coror"></interp>
.}</p>
<p n="1556">TheMark of<lb></lb>
<figure rend="mark"></figure>
<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65216_n1556-1">Jane Ross</rs>
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<interp inst="WACWIC65216_n1556-1" type="surname" value="Ross"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65216_n1556-1" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
.</p>
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