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Informations of Witnesses severally Taken and
Acknowledged on the behalf of his Majesty the first day
of September 1769 at the House of John Perimony< no role > Known
by the Sign of the Parrot at Hoxton in the Parish of
Saint Leonard Shoreditch in the County of Middlesex
touching the death of a woman Unknown then and
there lying Dead as follow (to wit)

Mary Towle< no role > Wife of John Towle< no role > of Hoxton Labourer Saith
That this Morning about Ten Minutes before four Informant
was going to Milking and after she had Turnd the Corner about
Ten Yards into Black Horse Walk at Hoxton she Pecked up
a Womans Black Hat That it was very Dark And
a few Yards further She Saw this Deceased Woman lying
on her Face with her left hand upon her Back
And about the same Distance beyond her as the Hat
lay on One side Informant found a Stick [And Produces
the Stick and Hat] That Informant did not Touch her
That hearing Mr. Rolfs Carriers going by she call'd to them
and five or Six of them Came Down to the Deceased
That One of them felt of the Deceaseds Hand and said
she was Dead enough Whether she had any thing
Tied round her Neck Or Whether there was any Blood
about her Or Whether or not she had all her Cloaths on
Informant cannot Tell That it was very Dark
And Informant had no Light with her Nor did she touch her
That there were some bits of Rags in differrent Places lying
near her

The Mark of
Towle
Mary< no role >