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8th. day of December
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1788
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on view of the Body of
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Charles Yalding
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now here lying dead
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of No. 21 Duke Street in the parish of Saint
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Bartholomew the great maketh Oath and saith that on
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Wednesday Evening last a between ten and eleven OClock
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a Woman came to Depts. house and informed him a Man
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in a deplorable state was lying in the Street with in a
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few doors of Dept. House and beg Dept to go and look at
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him and try and as something for him that Dept. went
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and found the deced sitting upwright upon the Step
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pavement near of the door of a House close by depts. and one of the Water-
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him he seemed very cold and as if he was intoxicated
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with Liquor Dept. and said Watchman could get no
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answer of any kind from him only that he lived in
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Holbornthat Dept. and said Watchman took the deced
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to the Watchman of said parish thinking that the
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best place to leave him as he appeared so bad that
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Dept. left him at said Watchouse
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Sworn the 8th. day of
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December 1788 before me}
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T Shelton Corr.
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in the
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Parish of Saints Bartholomew the great London the maker
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maketh Oath and saith that he hath the care of the Watch-
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house of the said Parish that the deced was brought
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the Watch house about eleven OClock on Wednesday Eveng. last by the said Mr.
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Wyatt that he was brought to the corner near the Watch
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-house That Dept. helped to get him into the Watch house
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the deced being unable to stand himself that Dept.
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thought the deced appeared to be intoxicated with Liquor
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that he laid the Dept. on the Floor near the Fire that
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he asked the deced several Questions but could get no
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answer from him that about one OClock in the Morning
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of the Thursday following said Wednesday the deced seemed
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very restless kicking his Legs about as he lay on the
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Floorthat he continued in that state about half an hour
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