Elizabeth Tracey Bell< no role > Wife of William
Bell< no role > Oilman Saith That she Lives next
Door of HigsonsThat a Passage only
Parts ThemThat Informant hath
frequently heard Blows wch. from the
Screaming of the voice Informant
Believes was the Deceaseds
Whether the Blows were given with a
Stick or Cord Informant cannot tell
They Appeared to be given over the Childs
CloathsThat She never saw eitheir
Father or Mother Beat the Child
That last Tuesday Night about Eleven oClock
when Higson and his Wife were in their
Bed room Informant heard Mrs. Higson
Say O my Childmy Child what shall I do
That the last time she heard any of that
beaning or Crying out was either the
beginning of last Week or the latter end
of the Week beforeThat she did not
See the Child afterwards till last Saturday
About Six or seven oClockHe was then
lying Cross two Chairs with a Pillow under