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Eddey Lankeshier
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to Eleanora
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Goldney a Lodger in the deced.'
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maketh Oath and saith
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that on Saturday last the 28th. of Decr. Dept.
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after
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returning from an Errand her Mistress had rent her upon
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abt. the Hour of six in the Evening she saw her Mistress the
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Wife
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and
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Mary Ducrow
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standing together at the
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Parlour Door on which Dept. asked them what was the matter
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to which Depts. Mistress and the deced's Wife made answer
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that the deced. and the
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Gentleman
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above stairs (meaning as
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Dept. believes Daniel Mr. Genniss were at words with each
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after touching some water which sd. Mr. Genniss had thereon
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out of the Window says that at the same time the deced.
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was coming down
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stairs sd. Mr. Genniss said
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something to the deced. which occasioned the deced. to return
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when Dept. heard a Bustle and Words, Pass between them but Dept.
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10d. not distinguish any of the words,
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instantly after which Dept.
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heard something fell down stairs, on which Dept. run up
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Stairs some person following Dept. with a Light but Dept. house
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not who, and Dept. saw the deced. lying against the Hitch him
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Door, that Dept. held and hold of both the deced is Arms, who laid
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held of Dept. says and there by raised. himself up, that them Dept.
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asked him what was the matter but
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deced. made no ansr.
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but gave a struggle which the this Dept. down and the deced.
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fell upon her: that the deced's Wife then said, Oh, my Husband
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is wounded, that she then opened the deced. Waistcoat and tore
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his Shirt down and Dept. then saw a Wound on the Left side of
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the deced's. Breast that much Blood
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issued
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therefrom;
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that the deced's Wife then took off his Apron and applied it to the
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Wound during which time Dept. heard sd. Mr. Genniss cry
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out several times form the Window of the Apartmt. and
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implored the
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neighbour backward to connects his Assistance for
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that the deced. was an undering him that sevl. of the neighbours
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instantly came and went towards the kitchen Door where the
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deced.
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Lay: Thaton
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seeing the deced. lay in manner aforesd. sevl. of
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the sd. Persons said it was a stocking thing that Dept. Mistress
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rang the Bill wanting Dept.
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on which Dept. went to her and
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Sworn the 30th. day of December 1782
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before me
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Tho: Beach Corr.
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Eddey Lankeshier
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Thomas Olliva
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of
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Smithfield
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Bars London
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Surgeon
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make
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Oath and saith that on Saturday the 28th. of Decr. inst. Dept. was s
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for to the deced.'s Dewling House where Dept. immediatly
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and Dept. being conveyed forsd. the Kitchen he saw the deced. lying on
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his Back
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in the sd. Kitchen this appearing
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Head asking upon
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the
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Knees of a
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person who Dept. apprehends was his Wife that on
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examing the Body of the deced. Dept. disovered a Wound upon his
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left side a little below his Breast through which Dept. passed his Probe
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into the Cavily of the Thoraa abt. ion a four Inches: tha the Wound was
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abt. three fourth parts of an Inch wide and a came to have benn given by
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some her
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and Dept. double notbut that the sd. Wound as
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the immediatley Cause of the death of the deced.
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Sworn the
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30th day of December
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1782
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before me
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Tho: Beach Corr.
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Thomas Ollive
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