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of<lb></lb>
Westminster</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Informations of Witnesses taken this<lb></lb>
15th. day of July 1797 in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65237_geo1656">Parish of Saint<lb></lb>
George Hanover Square</rs>
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at the House<lb></lb>
of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65237_n1536-1">William Dykes</rs>
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the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65237_geo1657">Sign of the Blue<lb></lb>
Posts</rs>
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before <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65237_n1536-2">Anthony Gell</rs>
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His<lb></lb>
Majesty's <rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65237_occ802">Coroner</rs>
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for the sd. City<lb></lb>
and Liberty touching the Death<lb></lb>
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otherwise called<lb></lb>
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, as follow to Wit.</p>
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<lb></lb>
in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65237_geo1662">Piccadilly</rs>
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being sworn deposeth that he has known<lb></lb>
the deceased abot. 15 Years and that for about six<lb></lb>
Weeks last past he has been employed as Postboy<lb></lb>
by Mr. Martin at the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65237_geo1663">Black Horse</rs>
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<lb></lb>
that he Lodged at the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65237_geo1665">Blue Posts</rs>
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<lb></lb>
the Corner of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65237_geo1667">Bennett Street</rs>
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and that he and<lb></lb>
this Deponent used to sleep together there; that<lb></lb>
on Thursday Evening last about<del>about</del>
12 o'Clock<lb></lb>
when this Deponent went up Stairs to go to Bed he<lb></lb>
found the deceased upon the Bed with his Cloaths on<lb></lb>
<del>and he told him</del>
when he appeared to be asleep<lb></lb>
whereupon this Deponent called to him twice<lb></lb>
and asked him if he was ill and he answered he<lb></lb>
was very poorly but would not take any thing<lb></lb>
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but</p>
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