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<p n="126">Jackle in order to stop the Cart, and immediately<lb></lb>
the deced was thrown to the Ground, and the off wheel<lb></lb>
went over part of her Body and Head, and Dept. took<lb></lb>
the deced into a Chandler's Shop there and she was taken<lb></lb>
away by Somebody <gap reason="illegible"></gap>
says She was act over her Eye<lb></lb>
and all bleeding, and Dept. was informed the next day, that the<lb></lb>
deced died in the Hospital presently after She was<lb></lb>
brought thither says the Cart was going Slow, but She<lb></lb>
did not observe any Driver to be attending it, says She<lb></lb>
can't tell whether the Cart was empty or loaded, but<lb></lb>
that she believes it was drawn by three Horses, and can't<lb></lb>
say whose Cart & Horses they were and that deponent<lb></lb>
verily believes that had the<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
Driver been attending upon<del>up</del>
his<lb></lb>
Cart the Accident might have been prevented.</p>
<p n="127">Sworn the <rs type="date" id="LMSLPS15081_date8">18th. day of June 1770</rs>
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<lb></lb>
before me}</p>
<p n="128"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15081_n128-1">Tho: Beach</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSLPS15081_n128-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15081_occ46">Corr</rs>
<interp inst="LMSLPS15081_occ46" type="occupation" value="Corr"></interp>
.</p>
<p n="129"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15081_n129-1">Elizabeth Ranson</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSLPS15081_n129-1" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
</p>
<p n="130"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15081_n130-1">John Perry</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSLPS15081_n130-1" type="surname" value="Perry"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSLPS15081_n130-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15081_occ47">Journey man</rs>
<interp inst="LMSLPS15081_occ47" type="occupation" value="Journey man"></interp>
to said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15081_n130-2">Samuel Grainger</rs>
<interp inst="LMSLPS15081_n130-2" type="given" value="Samuel"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSLPS15081_n130-2" type="surname" value="Grainger"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSLPS15081_n130-2" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<lb></lb>
on his Bath saith that last Friday about five o'<lb></lb>
Clock Deponent was at his masters at Work it<lb></lb>
a Room even with the Street, and saw the School<lb></lb>
Mistress endeavouring to Stop the Slaft Horse harnessed<lb></lb>
to a Cart then Passing along great Bath Street, and<lb></lb>
instantly saw the off Wheel of the Cart to threw down the<lb></lb>
deced (Child, and went over her Back & Head but<lb></lb>
he did not go out to see in what Condition the child<lb></lb>
was in, says the Cart was going very slow, but he did<lb></lb>
not see the Driver, and at the<obscured></obscured>
he heard a Scream<lb></lb>
<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
which occasioned him to look out<lb></lb>
the deced was not thrown to the Ground. says he cannot<lb></lb>
say how many Horses the Cart was drawn by or whether<lb></lb>
it was empty or full, and does not know whose property<lb></lb>
the Cart Horses Were.</p>
<p n="131">Sworn the 18th. day of June 1770<lb></lb>
before me}</p>
<p n="132">Tho: Beach Corr.</p>
<p n="133"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15081_n133-1">John Perry</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSLPS15081_n133-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
</p>
<p n="134"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15081_n134-1">Thomas Bellamy</rs>
<interp inst="LMSLPS15081_n134-1" type="given" value="Thomas"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSLPS15081_n134-1" type="surname" value="Bellamy"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSLPS15081_n134-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
lodging at <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15081_n134-3">John Cockett</rs>
<interp inst="LMSLPS15081_n134-3" type="given" value="John"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSLPS15081_n134-3" type="surname" value="Cockett"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSLPS15081_n134-3" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
of<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15081_geo66">Great Warner Street</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSLPS15081_geo66" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15081_occ48">Cooper</rs>
<interp inst="LMSLPS15081_occ48" type="occupation" value="Cooper"></interp>
on his Oath Saith<lb></lb>
that last Friday on hearing a great Screaming of men<lb></lb>
woman & Children, he ran into the Street, and was<lb></lb>
informed that a Child had been run over by a Cart and<lb></lb>
seeing, no other Cart besides the Cart which Deponent Stopt<lb></lb>
he took the Number which was 8518, and the Name of the<lb></lb>
Person Painted on the Cart was <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15081_n134-2">Ralph Smith</rs>
<interp inst="LMSLPS15081_n134-2" type="given" value="Ralph"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSLPS15081_n134-2" type="surname" value="Smith"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSLPS15081_n134-2" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
, says he went to said</p>
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