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<lb></lb>
Informations of Witnesses severally<lb></lb>
taken and acknowledged on the behalf of our Sovereign<lb></lb>
Lord the King touching the Death of a New Born Female<lb></lb>
Child, at the Dwelling House of Mr. <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50501_n190-1">Thomas Evans</rs>
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<lb></lb>
known by the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50501_geo117">Sign of the Star and Garter</rs>
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in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50501_geo118">St.<lb></lb>
Martin's Lane</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50501_geo119">Parish of St. Martin in the<lb></lb>
feilds</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50501_geo120">Liberty of Westminster</rs>
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, on the 24th.<lb></lb>
day of September in the First Year of the Reign<lb></lb>
of our Sovereign Lord King George the Third, before<lb></lb>
the <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50501_n190-3">John Feary</rs>
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His Majesty's <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50501_occ79">Coroner</rs>
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for the<lb></lb>
said City and Liberty on an Inquisition then and<lb></lb>
there taken on veiw of the Body of the said New Born<lb></lb>
Female Child then and there lying Dead as follow to wit</p>
<p n="191"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50501_n191-1">Mary Evans</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50501_occ80">Wife</rs>
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of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50501_n191-2">Thomas Evans</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50501_geo121">St. Martin's in the feilds</rs>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50501_occ81">Victualler</rs>
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on her Oath saith that <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50501_n191-3">Hester Rowdon</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50501_occ82">Singlewoman</rs>
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<lb></lb>
came to Live as a <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50501_occ83">Servant</rs>
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with her in or about the Month of<lb></lb>
March last and continued with her untill Monday the 21st. day<lb></lb>
of September Instant, that about 3 Months ago she suspected<lb></lb>
the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50501_n191-4">Hester Rowden</rs>
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to be <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50501_occ84">Pregnant</rs>
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with Child that the said<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50501_n191-5">Hester Rowden</rs>
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constantly persisted that she was not, Deponents<lb></lb>
Suspicions continued untill Monday last when she had great reasons<lb></lb>
to suppose that the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50501_n191-6">Hester Rowden</rs>
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was in Labour, upon which</p>
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