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the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65237_geo2789">County of Middlesex</rs>
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Informations of Witnesses taken<lb></lb>
this 13 Decr. 1797 at the Dwelling<lb></lb>
House of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65237_n2480-1">Edward Plank</rs>
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View of the Body of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65237_n2480-2">Mary Pearson</rs>
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then & there<lb></lb>
lying dead.<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65237_n2480-3">Sarah Atherington</rs>
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<lb></lb>
being sworn, saith she has lived with the deced<lb></lb>
in said House above 12 monthssaith<lb></lb>
she has been very for some time past<lb></lb>
& has frequently fainted away unless<lb></lb>
she has been in trouble she was<lb></lb>
given greatly to drinking & would<lb></lb>
sometimes drink 3 pints in two<lb></lb>
days on Sunday last she <obscured></obscured>
bot.<lb></lb>
her a pint & 1/2 of brandey which<lb></lb>
she drank before she went to bed<lb></lb>
on Monday night last as also<lb></lb>
1 pint of <del>Brandy</del>
Gin she cried all day<lb></lb>
of Monday & Monday Night this<lb></lb>
Dept. went to bed abt. ¼ past 11<lb></lb>
O' Clock & left the Deced <del>poor</del>
pretty<lb></lb>
wellthis Dept. got up at 10 O'Clock<lb></lb>
Yesterday Morning & lighted the fire</p>
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