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<p n="714">at the request of his Royal Highness the<lb></lb>
Prince of Wales in whose househould the<lb></lb>
Decessed was a <rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65235_occ512">servent</rs>
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) the Body was opened<lb></lb>
at which operation this Deponent assisted<lb></lb>
and upon Examination nothing unnatural<lb></lb>
appeared that could have been the Cause of<lb></lb>
his Death and on Enquiry it was found that<lb></lb>
the Deceased was in a state of Intoxication and<lb></lb>
therefore it is<obscured></obscured>
the Opinion of this Deponent<lb></lb>
as also of Dr. Blancy and other Gentlemen of the<lb></lb>
Faculty who had likewise been consulted<del>on the session</del>
<lb></lb>
that his Death must have been accidentently<lb></lb>
occasioned by falling down the stairs</p>
<p n="715">W. Humley</p>
<p n="716"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65235_n716-1">Elizabeth Hendy</rs>
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of No.9 <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65235_geo689">Market Lane</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65235_occ513">Chandler</rs>
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being<lb></lb>
sworn deposeth that on Saturday Evening left about half<lb></lb>
past ten the Deceased who appeared them to be intoxicated<lb></lb>
come into her passage and one of the Lodgers desired this<lb></lb>
Depondent not to let him go up stairs but upon their<lb></lb>
taking a Candle and finding him to be decently dressed<lb></lb>
they asked him who he wanted and he answer'd Brett<lb></lb>
who keeps the house and lives in the 2 Pr. of this Rooms<lb></lb>
whereupon they let him <obscured></obscured>
and this Deponent & the other<lb></lb>
Ledger come down from the First Landing to this Deponents Room</p>
<p n="717">Room which is on the Ground Floor and the other<lb></lb>
Lodger staid at this Deponents Room about the<lb></lb>
Minutes and the said she must go upstairs to <lb></lb>
to prepare her Husbands supper, and on party<lb></lb>
up stair she found the deceased on the Landg<lb></lb>
place with Legs upon the stairs and his Head <lb></lb>
plan against her Door which prevented her from<lb></lb>
getting into her room upon which she called to<lb></lb>
this Deponent. who went up and then they called<lb></lb>
to Mrs. Brett an another Lodgers who assisted<lb></lb>
in raising him up when he appeared to be<lb></lb>
dead whereupon they sprinkled his Face will<lb></lb>
with water and sent for an <rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65235_occ514">apothecary</rs>
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who<lb></lb>
came and tryed to bleed him but very little blood<lb></lb>
issued and the apothecary said he was certainly<lb></lb>
dead. Their Deponent says that seen after she<lb></lb>
left him on the stairs and was returned with<lb></lb>
the other Ledger into her Room she heard<lb></lb>
a noise above and in assuming<del>to be<obscured></obscured>
charge<lb></lb>
whether at</del>
he then fell down that caused<lb></lb>
that Noise.</p>
<p n="718"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65235_n718-1">Eliz Hendy</rs>
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<p n="719"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">The Verdict</note>
<lb></lb>
Natural Accidental Death through Intoxication<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65235_n719-1">James Savage</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65235_occ515">Junr</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65235_occ516">Foreman</rs>
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