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of Westmr</rs>
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. in the<lb></lb>
County of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65227_geo1442">Midsex</rs>
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Informations taken this <rs type="date" id="WACWIC65227_date210">fifteenth day<lb></lb>
of September 1787</rs>
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at the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65227_geo1443">Parish of St. John<lb></lb>
the Evangelist</rs>
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in the County of Midsex upon an Inquisition<lb></lb>
touching the death of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65227_n1181-1">William Clarke</rs>
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lying<lb></lb>
dead in the said Parish Liberty & County</p>
<p n="1182"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65227_n1182-1">Deborah</rs>
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Street</rs>
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Westmr. <rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65227_occ974">Laborer</rs>
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on her Oath saith That <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65227_n1182-3">William<lb></lb>
Clarke</rs>
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the Deced has Lodged with Dept. about<lb></lb>
three Years, says that the Deced Breakfasted<lb></lb>
Yesterday Morning upon Tea with Dept.<lb></lb>
and afterwards went out between Seven<lb></lb>
and Eight o Clock appearing then to be<lb></lb>
in Health, but to have been Drinking,<lb></lb>
says that in the Afternoon about five o' Clock<lb></lb>
Richard Sams brought the Deced home in<lb></lb>
a Sack his Head and Arms being out of<lb></lb>
the Sack, Says that he put the Deced<lb></lb>
down upon his Bed in his Room Gently<lb></lb>
and drew the Sack from under furr<lb></lb>
Says that the Deced desired Dept to rub<lb></lb>
his Hands and to give him something to<lb></lb>
Drink, She gave him some Water, but was<lb></lb>
have half a Quarter of Gin, says that<lb></lb>
she gave him half or Quarter of Rasberry Gin<lb></lb>
and Water which he Swallowed, and<lb></lb>
afterwards some Water, Says that between<lb></lb>
six and Seven o' Clock Dept. assisted, to<lb></lb>
undress the Deced and to put him into Bed,<lb></lb>
Says that she afterwards gave him some<lb></lb>
Tabacco who his Mouth but Deced desired<lb></lb>
her to take her to take it out of his Mouth<lb></lb>
which he did it being then about Nine<lb></lb>
o' Clock, and Dept. then went to her Bed<lb></lb>
Says that the Deced appeared to be very bad<lb></lb>
and said that a Sack of Flour was either<lb></lb>
thrown upon him or fell upon him, the<lb></lb>
Deced</p>
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