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<p n="1057"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65224_geo1186">City & Liberty<lb></lb>
of Westmr</rs>
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. in the<lb></lb>
County of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65224_geo1187">Midsex</rs>
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<p n="1058">Informations taken this Twenty third<lb></lb>
day of June 1784 at <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65224_geo1188">Knights bridge</rs>
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in<lb></lb>
the Parish of St. Margaret within the<lb></lb>
Liberty of Westmr. in the County of Midsex<lb></lb>
upon an Inquisition touching the death<lb></lb>
of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65224_n1058-1">John Callachon</rs>
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being dead in the<lb></lb>
said Parish Liberty and County</p>
<p n="1059"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65224_n1059-1">Henry Hillier</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65224_occ702">Laborer</rs>
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on his Oath saith<lb></lb>
that he was out work in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65224_geo1189">Hyde Park</rs>
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Yesterday<lb></lb>
morning the Twenty second Instant, when he<lb></lb>
saw the Deced walking by the side of the<lb></lb>
Serpentine River in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65224_geo1190">Hyde Park</rs>
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appearing<lb></lb>
to be very Melancholy, Says that some time<lb></lb>
after he saw the Deced standing upon the<lb></lb>
North Parapet of the Bridge in Hyde park<lb></lb>
and then throw himself into the Serpentine<lb></lb>
River there, Says, that the Deced came<lb></lb>
up and made towards the Boat that was<lb></lb>
Chained under <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65224_geo1191">the Bridge</rs>
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Says that he<lb></lb>
man got the Key inchaired the Boat<lb></lb>
got hold of the Deced and pulled him to<lb></lb>
the Shore in the Parish of St. Margaret<lb></lb>
Westmr. appearing to be dead, Says that<lb></lb>
the Deced was brought to the Sign of the<lb></lb>
Fox in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65224_geo1192">Knightsbridge</rs>
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, Says that he thinks<lb></lb>
the Deced was very Melancholy and <lb></lb>
Dejected when he saw him worth by the <lb></lb>
Serpentine River</p>
<p n="1060"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65224_n1060-1">Heny. Hillier</rs>
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<p n="1061"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65224_n1061-1">Thomas Jones</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65224_occ703">Laborer</rs>
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on his Oath saith<lb></lb>
that he assisted to get the Deced out of the Boat<lb></lb>
in the Serpentine River in Hyde Park to the Shore<lb></lb>
appearing to be dead Says that he was carried<lb></lb>
to the Sign of the Fox where Mr. Jackson the<lb></lb>
Surgeon for some time endeavoured to restore<lb></lb>
him.</p>
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