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<p n="1593">found there was the Body of a Woman and as he<lb></lb>
could not draw her to the Side of the River he<lb></lb>
came to Shore and dressed himself and then went to<lb></lb>
the Boat house and got the Boat and with the<lb></lb>
Assistance of some other Persons got her to Shore<lb></lb>
and a Shell was soon brought into which she<lb></lb>
was put and conveyed to the Watchhouse at<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65237_geo1745">Knights bridge</rs>
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.<del>when</del>
this Deponent further sayeth<lb></lb>
that when she was brot. to Shore she was cold and<lb></lb>
stiff and had no Sign of Life, nor were there any Marks<lb></lb>
of Violence that he could observe about her</p>
<p n="1594"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65237_n1594-1">Robt Taylor</rs>
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</p>
<p n="1595"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65237_n1595-1">Sarah Smith</rs>
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<interp inst="WACWIC65237_n1595-1" type="surname" value="Smith"></interp>
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a <rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65237_occ846">Lodger</rs>
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at <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65237_geo1746">No. 3</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65237_geo1747">James Street</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65237_geo1748">Oxford Road</rs>
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being sworn deposeth that she<lb></lb>
has known the Deceased for nearly five Weeks<lb></lb>
and that she was out of Service and Slept with<lb></lb>
this Deponent every Night when she this Deponent<lb></lb>
herself slept at the Lodgings that she slept with<lb></lb>
this</p>
<p n="1596">this Deponent on Saturday night last but<lb></lb>
not on Sunday Night nor did she see her<lb></lb>
after seven o'Clock that Evening and a little<lb></lb>
before one o'Clock this Afternoon she was<lb></lb>
informed that she was drowned</p>
<p n="1597"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65237_n1597-1">Sarah Smith</rs>
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</p>
<p n="1598">The Verdict<lb></lb>
Found drowned but when how and by what<lb></lb>
means does not come to the knowledge of<lb></lb>
the Jurors</p>
<p n="1599">J Hillier Fourman</p>
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