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Chelsea, being sworn deposeth
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John Harris
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a Chelsea pensioner sent to
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this Dept. on Tuesday Evening last the 26th Inst. to inform
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him that
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Mary
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Diana Parker
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she was unhappy in her Mind that she had done something
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wrong. That she had been delivered of as Child or the 21 June last had made
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away with it
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within a few Minutes after the delivery
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This Deponent went that same Eveng about ten o'Clock to
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row with
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whom the said
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this dept told the said
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that he was Sorry to come on a very disagreeable Business & which
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was that he believed her said Servant
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Diana Parker
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to have had a Connection with some Man, that she
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had had a Child & had made away with it
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At this time the said Diana
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Mary
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Parker was in Bed
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upon being informed that this Dept was come
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after her - she immediately dressed herself & came
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down Stain & when this Dept. told her that he
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had come to apprehend her she expressed much Joy
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at it & said she was very glad
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of it
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she asked this
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Dept. in coming home what he thought would become
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of her- she said she hoped she should soon die
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be hanged
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