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Informations taken this Thirtieth day of Decr.
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1780 at the Parish of St. Margaret within the Liberty
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of Westmr. in the County of Midsex upon an Inquisition
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touching the death at a new born Female Child
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lying dead in the said Parish Liberty and County.
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Archdall Harris
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Margaret Westmr.
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Sugeon
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on his Oath saith that he this
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day Examined a Female Child in the Work house belonging
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to the parish, and found no Marks of violence thereupon
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Says that the Child appear'd about a Seven Months
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Child, and that there is nothing that induces Dept.
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to think that the Child was born alive, That the Child
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appears to have begin dead near three Weeks and
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is now in a State of Putrefaction
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Harris
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Thomas Keylock
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Bow Street Westmr
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Cordwainer
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on his Oath saith That Yesterday about Eleven o'Clock
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Dept. was in Mr. Cartwright's Shop in Dev mouth Street
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when the Apprentice can in saying that if they
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would go into Park Street they would see such a sight
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their never saw before upon which Dept. went into
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and there near the back Dear of the
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Corkpit upon the Ground he saw a Child with a
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piece of Linnen Cloth near it, the Child appearing
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to be dead some time, Says that he was informed there
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Served up in the Linnen Cloth under some Bullock
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near the Cockpit Back Door, Says that her informed
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Mr. Toplis the Overseer therewith who ordered
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him to go to the Governor of the
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, and
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desire him to send some Person to bring the
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Child to the
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and a Woman from the
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went with Dept. to the Child and
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carried it to the
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Severally Sworn the Day
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Year & Place abovementioned
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before me
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Thomas Keylock
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his Mark
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