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Shadwell . 21. 24. June 1762. Paviors Arms in
Ratcliff Highway , touching the death of Lydia< no role >
late the Wife of Willm. Thatcher< no role > then & there
lying dead.

Willm. Erridge< no role > of the Parish of St. George Surgeon
That on the 10th of June instant abt. to at Night
he was at his own door opposite Mrs. Coopers in the
Highwayheard high Words & Vulgar between Mrs.
Cooper & the decedbelieves them both in liquor
he went away & left them drinking togr.Says
he return'd home abt. hall after 11 & as he was
knocking at his own door he heard the same Parties
in the same vulgar way in Mrs. Coopers Housethe
door was open & he saw Mrs. Cooper take the deced
by the Arm & Put her out of her House but saw
no BlowsThat the deced laid hold of the door Case
& desired to come in againWords pass'd & Mrs.
Cooper gave her a Pash from the door & shut her out
Says the deced did not Jumble by the Pashlaw
the deced Go by the door & return & said to the people
within "the people who liv'd here before wereweTransported
& you will be hang'd" upon this Mrs. Cooper came
out & ask'd the deced, what she shd. be hang'd for,
& the deced said very cooley "if you kill me, most
Certainly you must be hang'd" that Mrs. Cooper as
soon as the Words were spoke gave the deced a Shore
or pash upon the Breast & she fell backwards upon
the stone pavemt. & lay as he Thinks stun'd on the