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3rd January 1791 - 30th December 1791

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Image 136 of 67211th March 1791


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Informations of Witnesses taken at the parish of
Saint Botolph Bishopgate in the
Ward of Bishopgate London 11 March
1791 on Iron of the body of Jane Price< no role >
there lying dead.

Robert Galhie< no role > of spital square Middx Surgeon maketh
oath that last Wednesday morning Dept was called on to
go see the deced; that he went to Mr. Batters in
Deconshire Square in the parish of saint Botolph
Bishopgate & there saw the deced in bed who was dead.
Says he observed a large affusion of Hord , and a large wound
on her throat which had divided the large vessels & arteries
& had occasioned as Dept believes her immediate death.
Dept says he had attended the deced. that she was very
de [..] ed and her spirits much depressed, & from a [..]
complaint on her complained of want of rest.

Sworn the 11 March 1791
before me}
T. Shelton Corr.

Robert Galhie< no role >

Luke Passavant< no role > Clerk to Mr. Baltier of Devenshire
Square maketh oath that the deced lived as servant to
Mr. Battier< no role > ; that for about these six weeks past the deced
has been very different in her manner and behaviour from
what she used to be, that same times the was very defected & low
& at other times in high spirits Says last Wednesday morning
about eight Dept was called up to see the deced; that he went
into the deceds bed chamber where the deced was in bed
whose throat he observed was cut in a very violent manner,
& she appeared to be dead. Says a case Kinfe was lying on the
top of the Stairs which he supposes had her taken from the




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