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upon his Oath Saith that
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on Thursday last in the Afternoon a Woman who
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boards with Deponent and his Daughter a Child
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of Six Years Old had been walking in the Fields
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And the Child told him they saw a Man and
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Woman going to bury a Child in the field by the
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Conduit Upon which he immediately went to
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who lives
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near Deponent and they immediately went to
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the place having first desired Wright to put a
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pistol in his pocketWhen they came into the
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Field saw the Man & Woman Setting under the
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Hedge side near the ConduitThey immediately
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asked Deponent and his Companion if they were
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looking for the Childhe said Yes. and asked them
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to shew where it wasthey did soAnd found the
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deceased laying in a broken box the Sides of which
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were
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unnailed just then a Second Man and Woman came up The first Woman Said She Saw
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a Corner of the box laying out of the Earth in a
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Ditch in the field and had told the other Man and Woman of it and that she took hold of it
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saw the feet of the ChildUpon this Deponent and
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his Companion acquainted the parish Officers with
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