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of Westminster</rs>
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to wit</note>
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Informations of Witness taken<lb></lb>
upon Oath this 26th. day of June 1790,<lb></lb>
at the Dwelling House of<lb></lb>
the Sign of the Sun in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65230_geo1393">Charles Street</rs>
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Grose<obscured></obscured>
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Square in the Parish of St, George <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65230_geo1394">Hanover<lb></lb>
Square</rs>
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in the Liberty of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65230_geo1395">Westminster</rs>
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. Before<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65230_n1380-1">Thos. Prickard</rs>
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His Master Coroner<lb></lb>
on View of the Body of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65230_n1380-2">James Tretim</rs>
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<p n="1381"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65230_n1381-1">Lawrence Smith</rs>
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a <rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65230_occ540">Soldier</rs>
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in the Cold stream Regiment of<lb></lb>
Fool Guards on his Oath Saith that on Wednesday the 23d.<lb></lb>
day of June Instant about Three o' Clock in the Afternoon<lb></lb>
he and the Deceased James Tretim who was a Soldier in<lb></lb>
the same Regiment went into the Serpentine River in<lb></lb>
Hyde Park to Bathe the Deponent went in first, and<lb></lb>
the Deceased went in directly afterDeponent Swam<lb></lb>
to the other sidea young Man named <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65230_n1381-4">John Jopper</rs>
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's also<lb></lb>
a Soldier in the same Regiment was sitting on the Bant<lb></lb>
and called to Deponent, and said that Tretim would be<lb></lb>
DrownedDeponent turned round, and told Tretim to math<lb></lb>
toward the Shore, his Mouth appeared to be level with the<lb></lb>
Waterthe Deceased turned round to attempt to get toward<lb></lb>
Shore, and made two jumps, and after the second the<lb></lb>
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