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<p n="513"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65224_geo511">City & Liberty<lb></lb>
of Westmr</rs>
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. in the<lb></lb>
County of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65224_geo512">Midsex</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Informations taken this Twelfth<lb></lb>
day of March 1784 at the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65224_geo513">Parish<lb></lb>
of St. George</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65224_geo514">Hanover Square</rs>
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within<lb></lb>
the Liberty of Westmr. in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65224_geo515">County of<lb></lb>
Middlesex</rs>
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upon an Inquisition touching<lb></lb>
the Death of a Woman unknown lying dead<lb></lb>
in the said Parish Liberty and County</p>
<p n="514"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65224_n514-1">James Cass</rs>
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Servant to Captain Blandon in<lb></lb>
Park Street <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65224_geo516">Grosvenor Square</rs>
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on his Oath saith<lb></lb>
That on Wednesday last (March 10th:) about a<lb></lb>
Quarter after six in the Evening Dept. was going<lb></lb>
along <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65224_geo517">Piccadilly</rs>
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and seeing some People looking<lb></lb>
through the Iron Rails into the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65224_geo518">Green Park</rs>
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, who<lb></lb>
said that a Man was Drowning in the Water<lb></lb>
Says that he then saw somebody in the Water<lb></lb>
and came in at Gate into the Park and saw<lb></lb>
a Hat, a Black Cloak, an Apron, and a<lb></lb>
pair of Patters by the Water sides Says that he then saw the<lb></lb>
Deced in the Reservoir, and desired a<lb></lb>
Man who was come there to fetch her out<lb></lb>
of the Water, Says that the Man went in<lb></lb>
and pulled the Deced to the Shore, She being<lb></lb>
in the Reservoir a very few Yards from<lb></lb>
the Shore, Says that Deced was alive<del>and</del>
<lb></lb>
moved her Body, and lifted up her left<lb></lb>
Arm twice, but did not Speak, Says that<lb></lb>
some Chairmen were fetched, who carried<lb></lb>
Deced to <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65224_geo519">St. George's Hospital</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65224_geo520">Parish<lb></lb>
of St. George Hanover Square</rs>
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as Dept. was<lb></lb>
informed.</p>
<p n="515"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65224_n515-1">James Cass</rs>
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</p>
<p n="516"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65224_n516-1">David Evans</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65224_geo521">Eaton Street</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65224_geo522">Pimlico</rs>
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on his<lb></lb>
Oath saith That last Wednesday Night about<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
a Quarter<lb></lb>
after Six o'Clock he was going, out of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65224_geo523">Piccadilly</rs>
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<lb></lb>
into the Green Park when a Gentlemen's<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65224_occ349">Servt</rs>
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.</p>
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