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<p n="1260">May ye 28th. 1782, I was call'd upon to<lb></lb>
examine the Body of a female Child, at<lb></lb>
the Rolls Work house. The Appearances were<lb></lb>
a Bruise on the Forehead and Nose, and one<lb></lb>
on each Side of the Neck: the Navel String<lb></lb>
was not tiedand appear'd to have been<lb></lb>
torn a<obscured></obscured>
nder. There were no Appearances<lb></lb>
of Putrefaction on the Child, and the Langs<lb></lb>
Swam on being thrown into a Bason of<lb></lb>
Water. From the above Circumstance<lb></lb>
I have Reason to believe that the Child<lb></lb>
was born alive, but it is not evident<lb></lb>
that it was kill'd by any external Act of<lb></lb>
Violence offer'd to it by the Mother or any<lb></lb>
other Person. It might receive the Bruises<lb></lb>
in falling from the Mother, when it was born<lb></lb>
and the Navel String might be torn a<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
by that Means, and the Loss of Blood occasion'd<lb></lb>
thereby might occasion it's death.</p>
<p n="1261">J: Clarke, Sargeon,<lb></lb>
Chancery Lane</p>
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