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found there was the Body of a Woman and as he
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could not draw her to the Side of the River he
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came to Shore and dressed himself and then went to
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the Boat house and got the Boat and with the
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Assistance of some other Persons got her to Shore
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and a Shell was soon brought into which she
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this Deponent further sayeth
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that when she was brot. to Shore she was cold and
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stiff and had no Sign of Life, nor were there any Marks
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of Violence that he could observe about her
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Sarah Smith
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being sworn deposeth that she
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has known the Deceased for nearly five Weeks
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and that she was out of Service and Slept with
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this Deponent every Night when she this Deponent
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herself slept at the Lodgings that she slept with
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this
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this Deponent on Saturday night last but
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not on Sunday Night nor did she see her
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after seven o'Clock that Evening and a little
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before one o'Clock this Afternoon she was
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informed that she was drowned
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The Verdict
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Found drowned but when how and by what
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means does not come to the knowledge of
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the Jurors
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J Hillier Fourman
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