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<p n="1466"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65005_geo1518">Southwark</rs>
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<lb></lb>
a Depositions of Witnesses taken at the Parish<lb></lb>
of Saint John within <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65005_geo1519">the Borough</rs>
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of<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65005_geo1520">Southwark</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65005_geo1521">County of Surrey</rs>
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this<lb></lb>
12th day of April 1792 on view of the<lb></lb>
body of a Man unknown now here lying<lb></lb>
Dead.</p>
<p n="1467"> <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65005_n1467-1">Philip Watts</rs>
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of No.14 freeman Lane in the Parish of<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65005_geo1522">Saint John within the Borough of Southwark</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMCLIC65005_occ585">Carpenter</rs>
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and<lb></lb>
one of the Bearer of the Parish aforesaid maketh Oath that<lb></lb>
about between the house of Eleven and twelve in the Morning<lb></lb>
of Tuesday last Dept. reced direction from the Beadle of said<lb></lb>
Parish to take a shell to<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
George's Stairs in said Parish<lb></lb>
to put a drowned Man in - Dept. immediately took a shell<lb></lb>
belonging to the Parish and went to George's Stairs and<lb></lb>
there found the deced who appeared to be a last about fifteen os sixteen years of are lying with all his Cloaths on across the<lb></lb>
cause way of the Stairs partly covered with water Dept<lb></lb>
put the deced into the shell and conveyed him to the Bone house<lb></lb>
of said Parish - the deced appeared to have been some time<lb></lb>
in the Water but there<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
don't appear to be any bruises <lb></lb>
or Marks of violence on the deced.</p>
<p n="1468">Sworn the 12th day of<lb></lb>
April 1792 before me}</p>
<p n="1469">P. Wattd</p>
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