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, and used to go there every Friday
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afterwards for Medicines which she took, she told Deponent
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that Doctor Ford at the Hospital had said she would be in as
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much Pain as a Lying Inn Woman before she would be better
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and desired she would take care not to get ColdLast Friday
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three Weeks she was taken words and Complained of being
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full of Pain and went to Bed in the afternoon where she
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staid until the next Day in the AfternoonDeponent alway
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slept with Mary Westmacott and went to Bed to her on
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Friday night, when she found that Mary Westmacott had
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had a very great Discharge in the Bed, which she attributed
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to Mary Westmacott not having had any Discharge for many
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Months, but she neither saw nor heard any Child, nor did
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the least suspect Mary Westmacott's being with Child Mary
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Westmacott came down as usual every Day but did not do any
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work for a few Days her Mistress being afraid she might get cold and provided
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a Woman to do the Work, that Mary Westmacott from that
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time continued to do her work until last Saturday might
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when a Male Child was found in the Privy of Mr Robinson's
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House, and Mary Westmacott was then suspected to have
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been privately Delivered of the said Child and was taken into
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Deponet says that about a Week ago, she saw something
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has pulled
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off and left in her Bed, which Deponent thought to be
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Milk and she told Mary Westmacott of it who said it
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was only soft
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Pomatum which Doctor Ford had directed
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her to useDeponent says that the appearances she saw
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had been Delivered of a Child and attributed them to Natural
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Causes having been present at several LaboursDeponent
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Thomas Tunmer
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Mr Robinson's Footman found
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Jane Pullings
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to Mr. Robinson on his Oath Saith
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that he has lived Servant there Three Years and a half, that
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about a Week or ten Days ago, he thought that his Fellow
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did not look so big as she did
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sometimes before she was Ill, and he suspected she had been
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Delivered of a Child, and on Saturday night last the 27th. Inst.
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he went to Search the Privy and after putting down a Stick
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of about three feet long in two or three times he lifted up the
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Arm of a Child, the Child lay in the Soil near the Surface
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Deponent then went and acquainted Jane Pullinger his other
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fellow Servant who come and held a Candle and Deponent
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