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<p n="1615"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65009_geo1462">Southwark</rs>
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Deposition of a Witness taken at<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65009_geo1463">the Borough</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65009_geo1464">Southwark</rs>
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to wit at the<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65009_geo1465">Parish of Saint Olave within the Borough</rs>
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aforesaid this 22d. day of November 1796<lb></lb>
on view of the body of <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65009_n1615-1">Christopher Stoneham</rs>
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<lb></lb>
now here lying Dead</p>
<p n="1616"> <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65009_n1616-1">William Stirr</rs>
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a <rs type="occupation" id="LMCLIC65009_occ508">Mariner</rs>
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belonging to the Sloops<lb></lb>
Friendship now lying at <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65009_geo1466">Yorkshalls Wharf</rs>
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in the<lb></lb>
Parish of Saint Olave &<del>whereof</del>
and Sloop <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65009_n1616-2">Thomas James</rs>
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Briggs<lb></lb>
is <rs type="occupation" id="LMCLIC65009_occ509">Master</rs>
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maketh Oath that he hath known the deced<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65009_n1616-3">Christopher Stoneham</rs>
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about two years That he was<lb></lb>
an <rs type="occupation" id="LMCLIC65009_occ510">Apprentice</rs>
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to the Master of the said Sloop that<lb></lb>
he saw the deced playing on the said Wharf with some<lb></lb>
other Boys about five oClock in Evening of Sunday last<lb></lb>
That Dept and a person of the name <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65009_n1616-4">Richard Huddefold</rs>
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<lb></lb>
who usually, slept with the deced went on board the board The Sloop about nine oClock same Evening on<lb></lb>
order to go<obscured></obscured>
rest That the deced was not then on board<lb></lb>
That yesterday Morning about seven oClock upon getting<lb></lb>
up in order to go to work they missed the deced That they<lb></lb>
inquired of the Watchman in the Wharf if he had seen<lb></lb>
his the Watchman sayed a Boy had been taken up<lb></lb>
out of the Water & taken to <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65009_geo1467">Battle Bridge</rs>
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Stairs<lb></lb>
Dept went to <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65009_geo1468">Battle bridge</rs>
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Stairs & from thence to<lb></lb>
the <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65009_geo1469">spread Eagle</rs>
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Public house & there found the deced<lb></lb>
lying dead in a Room in the saint house That his Cloaths<lb></lb>
were wet and he appeared to have not been long taken<lb></lb>
out of the Water</p>
<p n="1617">his<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65009_n1617-1">William<figure rend="mark"></figure>
Stirr</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Mark</p>
<p n="1618">Sworn this 22d. of September 1796<lb></lb>
before me}</p>
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