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touching the death of
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Eight o' Clock on Tuesday Morning last (31. May)
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the Deced was brought to said Hospital by
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same Man one of in their was Dressed like a
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who said that he saw the Deced in
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a Pond by the Wilderness in the
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and took him out of the Water Says that
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he Examined the Deced who appeared to
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be dead but Dept. used very Means in
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his Power for about an hour to restore
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the Deced to Life, but without effect
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Body, and that he was Drowned.
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Robert Mathews
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in the Parish of
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St. Mary le bone
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Victualler
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on his Oath saith That he has known
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James
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Holt
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the Deced about four Years and
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frequently saw him and observed
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that
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the
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Deced to be Disordered in his Mind for
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about Eight or Nine Months last past
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and Particularly of late, and upon the
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wh
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