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London Deposition of Witnesses taken as London
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that is to say as the parish of Saint Bridget
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otherwise Bride in the
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aforesaid this 26th. day of
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May 1796 on view of the Body of
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John Boyer
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now here lying Dead.
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Ambrose Fisher
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a
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Prisoner
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for Debt. in His Majestys Prison
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the Fleet
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maketh Oath that he hath known the
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deced
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John Boyer
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about a Month that he was also a Prisoner for Debt. in the said Prison
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that he was an aged Man between sixty and seventy years of age-
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Depment saw the deced in the Coffee Room of the Prison Tuesday afternoon
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last that he appeared very unwell and seemed very sleepy-that
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about ten OClock same Night Dept. & the deced left the Coffee Room
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together in order to go to Bed
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Dept
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that when they got to the deceds
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Room the deced unlocked his Room Door & went in to the Room and Dept.
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lighted his Candle for him Depment then asked the
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deced as he appeared an well
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if Dept.
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could do any thing more for him he sayed No but asked Dept. he
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when he got up next Morning to get him some Tea-Dept. then
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bid the deced good Night & left him-Dept. heard the deced look
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his Room Door that Yesterday Morning
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about
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between eight
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& nine Dept. went and knocked as the deceds Room Door but he
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made no answer Dept. went three or four times after and knocked
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as the Door but
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received no answer Dept. then went
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away and on his return again about ½ past ten found the
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deceds Room Door open and Mr. Horkins the Turnkey of the Prison
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& another person in the Room that the deced was dead in the Bed
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had all his Cloaths off-Dept. apprehends the deced died in a
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Fit
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as a
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because on Monday last the deced was taken with a
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Sneezing fit and blood came from his Nose.
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Sworn this 26th. day of May.
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1796 before me}
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A. Fisher.
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