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<p n="946">Door and Mr. Stawton looked in and<lb></lb>
immediately turned back very much<lb></lb>
frightened, says that he then forced<lb></lb>
open the Shop Door out of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65223_geo1072">the Passage</rs>
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<lb></lb>
which was Locked and Bolted, and on<lb></lb>
going in saw the Deced Hanging in<lb></lb>
the shop by a small Cord which was<lb></lb>
fastened to an Iron Staple drove into<lb></lb>
the Ceiling and about the Deced's Neck<lb></lb>
with a running Noose, says that<lb></lb>
with his Penknife he cut the Cord and<lb></lb>
laid the Deced down the Deced appearing<lb></lb>
to be dead but not quite Cold, Says<lb></lb>
that two Surgeons were fetched who<lb></lb>
endeavoured to restore the Deced to Life<lb></lb>
about three Quarters of an hour<lb></lb>
without effect, says that one of the<lb></lb>
Surgeons put his Hand into the Deced<lb></lb>
Coat Pocket and took out a four Pound<lb></lb>
Iron Weight, and that the other Surgeon<lb></lb>
took out from the Deced's Coat Pocket on<lb></lb>
the other side a two Pound Iron Wright</p>
<p n="947"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65223_n947-1">Joseph Rawlins</rs>
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</p>
<p n="948"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65223_n948-1">William Rivers</rs>
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<interp inst="WACWIC65223_n948-1" type="surname" value="Rivers"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65223_n948-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65223_geo1073">Market Street</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65223_geo1074">St. James's</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65223_geo1074" type="placeName" value="St. James's"></interp>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65223_occ651">Shoemaker</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65223_occ651" type="occupation" value="Shoemaker"></interp>
, on his Oath saith That <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65223_n948-2">Edward<lb></lb>
Nash</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65223_n948-2" type="given" value="Edward"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65223_n948-2" type="surname" value="Nash"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65223_n948-2" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
the Deced worked in the day time<lb></lb>
with this Dept. and slept at Mr. Croucher<lb></lb>
for twelve months, That the Deced was<lb></lb>
of a Chearful Disposition, and in general<lb></lb>
very brisk and lively, and Dept.<lb></lb>
thought</p>
<p n="949">thought him a very unlikely Persons<lb></lb>
to make away with himself, and says<lb></lb>
that the Deced was not Seventeen Years<lb></lb>
of Age.</p>
<p n="950"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65223_n950-1">Wm Rivers</rs>
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<interp inst="WACWIC65223_n950-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
</p>
<p n="951">Severally Sworn the Day<lb></lb>
Year & Place abovementioned<lb></lb>
before me</p>
<p n="952"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65223_n952-1">Tho. Prickard</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65223_occ652">Coroner</rs>
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