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London Informations of Witnesses taken at the
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in His Majesty's Gaol of Newgate
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maketh Oath and saith he hath known the deced
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for this Week past
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that he was also a Prisoner in the said Gaol that he hath been
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in the said Ward the whole of that time very ill with a
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Fever that he continued very ill until Sunday Evening
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when he departed this Life in a strong Convulsion fit
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that he was attended by the Surgeon of the said Gaol
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that he believes the Fever and fed he had as before stated
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Sworn the 5th. day of January 1789
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before me}
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