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