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<p n="674"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">City & Liberty of <lb></lb>
Westmr. in the<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65224_geo698">Middlesex</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Informations taken this Nineteenth day<lb></lb>
of April 1784 at the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65224_geo699">Parish of St. George<lb></lb>
Hanover Square</rs>
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within the Liberty of Westmr.<lb></lb>
in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65224_geo700">County of Middlesex</rs>
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upon an Inquisition<lb></lb>
touching the death of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65224_n674-1">William Humphries</rs>
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lying<lb></lb>
dead in the said Parish Liberty and County</p>
<p n="675"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65224_n675-1">Sarah Powell</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65224_occ458">Servant</rs>
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to Mr. <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65224_n675-2">Anthony Smith</rs>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65224_occ459">Victualler</rs>
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at <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65224_geo701">the Ship</rs>
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in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65224_geo702">Swallow Street</rs>
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in the<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65224_geo703">Parish of St. George Hanover Square</rs>
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on her Oath<lb></lb>
saith That <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65224_n675-3">William Humphries</rs>
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the Deced lodged<lb></lb>
at Mr. Smith in a Room two pair of Stairs<lb></lb>
Says that the Deced spent the Evening of Saturday at Mr.<lb></lb>
Smiths and about Twelve o'Clock went up<lb></lb>
Stairs in order to go to Bed, Says that about<lb></lb>
half after Eight o'Clock the next Morning Dept.<lb></lb>
went up Stairs into Deced's Room for the Candtestick<lb></lb>
but did not then see the Deced, That she went<lb></lb>
up again about half after Nine and saw<lb></lb>
the Deced Hanging by a small Cord fixed to<lb></lb>
an Iron Hook drove into the Wainscot in<lb></lb>
Deced's Room at the Foot of the Bed Says<lb></lb>
that she immediately ran down Stairs and<lb></lb>
acquainted several People therewith who<lb></lb>
went up to Deced, Says that on Saturday<lb></lb>
she observed to be uneasy in his Mind,<lb></lb>
Dept. believes that the Deced Hanged himself</p>
<p n="676"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65224_n676-1">Sarah Powell</rs>
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<lb></lb>
her Mark</p>
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