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Depositions of Witnesses taken at<lb></lb>
the Work house of <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65010_geo1452">Saint Olave in the</rs>
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Parish of Saint John within <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65010_geo1453">the Borough</rs>
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of<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65010_geo1454">Southwark</rs>
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this 31st. day of October 1797 on<lb></lb>
view of the body of a Woman unknown now<lb></lb>
here lying Dead</p>
<p n="1511"> <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65010_n1511-1">Nicholas Lewis</rs>
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Mate of the Sloop Providence of<lb></lb>
Exeter in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65010_geo1455">County of Devon</rs>
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now lying at Toppings<lb></lb>
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in the parish of Saint Olave with in <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65010_geo1457">the Borough</rs>
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of<lb></lb>
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maketh Oath that about four oClock on Sunday<lb></lb>
afternoon last Dept. being on Toppings Wharf which is<lb></lb>
next to <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65010_geo1459">London Bridge</rs>
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heard several people on London<lb></lb>
Bridge fallen out Dept. looked round and saw a<del>person</del>
Woman<lb></lb>
in the Water about twenty yards from the<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
Tooley Stairs<lb></lb>
which lead up to Toppings Wharf - Dept. went from the<lb></lb>
Wharf over the Vessels that lay adjoining and got into a Boat<lb></lb>
astern of one of the Vessels and pushed the Boat near to the<lb></lb>
deced Dept. got hold of the deced and got her into the<lb></lb>
Boat. That she was quite insensible and nearly dead only<lb></lb>
breathed a little - Dept. took the Boat to the Shore - the deced<lb></lb>
was taken out of the Boat to the Mitre public house<lb></lb>
the nearest public house to the Stairs where Dept. left her<lb></lb>
<del>and</del>
some Women being called into assist her. Dept has<lb></lb>
been the deced this Evening which is the same person as<lb></lb>
he took out of the Water as before stated -</p>
<p n="1512">Sworn this 31st. day of October 1797<lb></lb>
before me}</p>
<p n="1513">his<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65010_n1513-1">Nicholas<figure rend="mark"></figure>
Lewis</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Mark.</p>
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