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<p n="276"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65219_geo306">City & Liberty of<lb></lb>
Westmr</rs>
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. in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65219_geo307">County<lb></lb>
of Middlesex</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Informations taken this Twenty<lb></lb>
second day of February 1779 at the<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65219_geo308">Parish of St. George</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65219_geo309">Hanover Square</rs>
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<lb></lb>
within the Liberty of Westmr. in the<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65219_geo310">County of Middlesex</rs>
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upon an Inquisition<lb></lb>
touching the death of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65219_n276-1">Anthony Maccarto</rs>
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<lb></lb>
lying dead in the said Parish Liberty<lb></lb>
and County.</p>
<p n="277"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65219_n277-1">William Brown</rs>
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at No. 4. Providence Court in<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65219_geo311">North Audley Street</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65219_occ93">Coachmaker</rs>
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on his Oath saith<lb></lb>
That about Two o'Clock yesterday (Febry 21st.) Dept.<lb></lb>
was walking in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65219_geo312">Hyde Park</rs>
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in the sd. <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65219_geo313">Parish of<lb></lb>
St. George Hanover Square</rs>
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and in a Go<obscured></obscured>
Pit near<lb></lb>
the Magazine House there saw a Hat, and soon<lb></lb>
after the Great Goat floating upon the Water, That<lb></lb>
he got close to the Pit and saw the<del>Head</del>
<lb></lb>
Deced in the Water Says, that he pulled the<lb></lb>
Deced to the side of the Pit and got the Head<lb></lb>
out of water, and with the Assistance of<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65219_n277-3">Thomas Ray</rs>
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lifted the Deced out of the Water<lb></lb>
Says that the Deced was Warm but Dept. did<lb></lb>
not observe any life in him, nor did he<lb></lb>
see any Marks of violence upon the Deced<lb></lb>
Says that Mr. Williamson a Surgeon used all<lb></lb>
means for upwards of three hours to recover<lb></lb>
the Deced, but with out effect, Says that he<lb></lb>
found a Stick Street in the Water almost to<lb></lb>
the Head and believes that the Deced Accidentally<lb></lb>
fell in the Water and was Accidentally Drowned<lb></lb>
Says that he found a watch in the Deced's Pocket<lb></lb>
half a Crown and one per<obscured></obscured>
and afterwards<lb></lb>
a Gum & was found in one of his Pockets</p>
<p n="278"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65219_n278-1">William Brown</rs>
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