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