London
Deposition of a Witness taken at London
that is to say at the Parish of Saint Mildred
the Virgin in the Ward of Cheap
in London
aforesaid this 24th. day of October 1796
on view of the Body of
Ann Cross< no role >
now
here lying Dead
Martha Haselton< no role >
a Prisoner
in the Poultry
Compter
maketh oath that on Saturday last Dept. found the deced in
one of the Rooms of the prison having been committed there
as Dept. understood the day before, that she appeared very ill
her Legs were much swelled that her Stomach was also swelled
that she got worse daily until about two o Clock this Morning
when she departed this Life.That she appeared sensible to the
time of her Death and sayed the should die that the complained
very much of her Stomach and Legs
and wished to Dept. to
[..] her Legs which Dept. did Dept. [..] believes the deceds
Complaint to have been dropsieal.
Sworn this 24th. day of October
1796 before me}