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No. 13 Gather lane London
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maketh oath that about three Weeks since
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Dept was called on to see the dead who had then by same means
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unknown to dept fallen from a one pair of Stairs Window of
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Mr Rush for this house; that she
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he attended her since until within a few days of her death
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blood running out of her right ear, and her Scull much fractured
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Sworn the 25th day of
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November 1788 before me}
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half past six as dept was passing Staining lane a number of
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people who were about sayed something was hanging out of the
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perceived something but could not distinguish what that it
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Sworn the 25th day of
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November 1788 before me}
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T Shelton Corr.
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W Clark
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