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April 1762

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Say she went with him to Mrs. Keats the House where
the Child was found, & where Sarah Church< no role > This name instance is in set 3964384. lay in Bed
The Child lay on a Chest in the Room, felt the Child &
Thinks it cold all over but upon the Stomach wch. she Thinks
had so the warmth in itWent up to the Bedside & asked
Sarah Church< no role > This name instance is in set 4384. what Time the child was born & she Answed.
the first TimeThat it was abt. 2 o' ClockThat being ask'd
the 2d. Time the same Question Answed. five o' Clock, the
ask'd her why she did not any out or make a Houseshe said
she did & that the door was bolted & she could not got out
& this was all she said hath Exa'ed the Child & Thinks
it at its full growth & Thinks it born alivesays she
hath examined the Child Bed Linnen produced & says it
is what is fit for a new born Child male Etc female & what
might Serve the purpose

Eliz: Bowman< no role >

4.
B.


Mary Keats< no role > of Church Lane Widow That Sarah
Church
< no role > This name instance is in set 4384. hath been in her Service between there & four Month,
that she had a good Character of her at her last place, One
Mr. Wilson a Seedsman in the Strand near the new Church
says She had no Relief this she had gone Suspitron of her being wth. Child till the
7th. of Apr: when she went up to her into her bedroom
& found her in bedSays she had been out of bed & she
then began to Suspect something for from the bedside to
her Track wch. at was near the Feet of her Bed, she
observ'd [..] the Marks of bloody Feet on the Floor from
the Bed side to the Trunk [..] wch. she found lock'd, tho' it was
at other Times unlock'd believes she flooded in the Red, &




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