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<p n="1668">London Deposition of a Witness taken at London<lb></lb>
that is to say at the Parish of <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65010_n1668-1">Saint Nicholas</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Acons in the Ward of Langbourn in<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65010_geo1622">London</rs>
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aforesaid this 14th. day of December<lb></lb>
1797 on view of the body of <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65010_n1668-2">Robert Clark</rs>
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<lb></lb>
now here lying Dead.</p>
<p n="1669"> <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65010_n1669-1">John Rust</rs>
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a Porter at the Pheonix Fire Office in<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65010_geo1623">Lombard Street</rs>
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London maketh Oath That he hath known<lb></lb>
the <rs type="occupation" id="LMCLIC65010_occ785">deced</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65010_n1669-2">Robt Clark</rs>
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about eleven Years that he was<lb></lb>
House porter in the said Office-That a little before ten<lb></lb>
on Tuesday Night last Dept. returned to the Office that he<lb></lb>
found the deced in the Office on the Ground floor-<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
Dept<lb></lb>
<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
& the deced agreed to have some Broth-Dept. having<lb></lb>
put the Sauce pan on the fire the deced desired Dept<lb></lb>
to get the other things ready & he the deced would go into<lb></lb>
the Cellar (which is underground) to draw some Beer<lb></lb>
that the deced went to the Cellar Door & Dept. saw<lb></lb>
him open the Cellar Door & heard him go down four or<lb></lb>
five of the Stairs when he heard something fall which<lb></lb>
he supposed to be the deced-Dept. took a Light and<lb></lb>
went down the Cellar Stairs & found the deced<del>lying</del>
on<lb></lb>
<del>upon</del>
the pavement at the bottom, his Legs upon the second<lb></lb>
Stair from the Bottom rather lying on his Right Side &<lb></lb>
his Head against a piece of up right wood in the Wall<lb></lb>
which piece of wood jets or little out from the Wall and<lb></lb>
Depts.<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
thinks the deced fall with his Head against<lb></lb>
the corner of that piece of Wood-that the deced was<lb></lb>
quite insensible-Dept. says a great quantity of blood<lb></lb>
came from the back part of the deceds head and a great<lb></lb>
quantity of Blood was on the pavement-Depts. placed<lb></lb>
the deced on his bottom & got assistance and took the<lb></lb>
deced up Stairs-Dept. went for a Surgeon who came<lb></lb>
soon after-That in a little time after the Surgeon came<lb></lb>
the deced departed this life</p>
<p n="1670">Sworn this 14th. day of December<lb></lb>
1797 before me}</p>
<p n="1671"> <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65010_n1671-1">John Rust</rs>
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