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<p n="852"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">London and <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65001_geo818">Southwark</rs>
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Informations of Witnesses taken at the parish<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65001_geo819">Saint John within the Borough of Southwark</rs>
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in<lb></lb>
<obscured></obscured>
of <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65001_geo820">Sumey</rs>
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on the <rs type="date" id="LMCLIC65001_date169">24th. day of November<lb></lb>
1788</rs>
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on view of the body of <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65001_n852-1">Edward Richards</rs>
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now<lb></lb>
here lying dead.</p>
<p n="853"> <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65001_n853-1">William Evans</rs>
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Master of the Brig Eleanor lying<lb></lb>
near Pickle<obscured></obscured>
Stairs bound to Dublin in<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65001_geo821">Ireland</rs>
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maketh Oath and saith he hath known<lb></lb>
tho deced <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65001_n853-2">Edward Richards</rs>
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for near this Thirty<lb></lb>
Years that the deced was a Native Barmouth their<lb></lb>
North Wales-that Dept the deced and another<lb></lb>
person of the Name of <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65001_n853-3">Owen Griffiths</rs>
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were in<lb></lb>
Companey together from about ½ past 5 until about<lb></lb>
seven in the Evening of Friday last-that about<lb></lb>
said hour of seven in the Evening Dept. the said other<lb></lb>
person missed of the deced who had just before been<lb></lb>
Walking near them-that on missing the deced<lb></lb>
he called him by Name an did the said other person<lb></lb>
it being very dark-that they recived no answer<lb></lb>
that they went to a Mrs. Knibbs in <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65001_geo822">Stoney lane</rs>
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supposing<lb></lb>
the deced had gone there as he used to lodge at said<lb></lb>
Mr: Knibbs-or that<del>that</del>
the deced wou'd<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
follow<lb></lb>
them there that Dept. and said other person staid at<lb></lb>
said house about half an hour but the deced never<lb></lb>
came-that then Dept. and said other person went on<lb></lb>
toward there respective Vessels - that the next Morning<lb></lb>
(being Saturday) about Eleven OClock<del>in they foreman</del>
<lb></lb>
Dept. being on board his said Vessel a Person came along<lb></lb>
side his Vessel and informed him there was a Person lying<lb></lb>
dead on the Mud whom he suppored to <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65001_n853-4">bea Welch</rs>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMCLIC65001_occ347">Captain</rs>
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that Dept. immediately went on shore to the<lb></lb>
place where said person had informed him body lay<lb></lb>
that on his comeing there found is to be the deced<lb></lb>
that as the time the deced left Dept. as before started the<lb></lb>
was a little intoxicated with Liquor Dept: further<lb></lb>
saith that on his first meeting with the<del>about before</del>
Deced which was at Dock head he (Dept.)</p>
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