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in the Serpentine River in Hyde Park
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upon which he went there, and a Man
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gave him Cloaths (which he found upon
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to a Man that was Drowned in the
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a Penny out of the Pockets, Says that
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he likewise saw an old Woman there
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who informed him that she saw the
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of the River on that side next
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him, says that he carried the Cloaths
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home and when he returned found the
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Deced was taken out of the River, and
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Dept. afterwards had the Body carried to
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Altham Corbett
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Severally Sworn the
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