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May ye 28th. 1782, I was call'd upon to
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examine the Body of a female Child, at
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the Rolls Work house. The Appearances were
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a Bruise on the Forehead and Nose, and one
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on each Side of the Neck: the Navel String
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was not tiedand appear'd to have been
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torn a
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nder. There were no Appearances
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of Putrefaction on the Child, and the Langs
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Swam on being thrown into a Bason of
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Water. From the above Circumstance
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I have Reason to believe that the Child
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was born alive, but it is not evident
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that it was kill'd by any external Act of
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Violence offer'd to it by the Mother or any
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other Person. It might receive the Bruises
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in falling from the Mother, when it was born
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and the Navel String might be torn a
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by that Means, and the Loss of Blood occasion'd
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thereby might occasion it's death.
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J: Clarke, Sargeon,
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Chancery Lane
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