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<p n="1925"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMCOIC65101_geo1729">Middlesex</rs>
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Informations of Witnesses taken at the Dwelling House of<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65101_n1925-1">John Scott</rs>
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the <rs type="placeName" id="LMCOIC65101_geo1730">Sign of The three Kings</rs>
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in the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMCOIC65101_geo1731">Saint John & St. James Clerkenwell</rs>
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in the County of<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMCOIC65101_geo1732">Middlesex</rs>
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on Saturday the <rs type="date" id="LMCOIC65101_date222">Tenth Day of June<lb></lb>
1786</rs>
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Before <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65101_n1925-2">Edward Umfreville</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMCOIC65101_occ510">Esquire</rs>
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one of his Majesty's<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMCOIC65101_occ511">Coroners</rs>
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for the said County touching the Death of <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65101_n1925-3">Walter<lb></lb>
Robbins</rs>
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then and there lying Dead as follow.</p>
<p n="1926"> <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65101_n1926-1">Sarah South</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMCOIC65101_geo1733">Bishops Court</rs>
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Aysbury Street<lb></lb>
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. <rs type="occupation" id="LMCOIC65101_occ512">Watch movement maker</rs>
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Upon has Oath<lb></lb>
Saith That-the deceased was an Apprentice to her<lb></lb>
Father in Law and had Sawed about Two Years of<lb></lb>
his time in the Business of & Watch movement make<lb></lb>
that he has at times been troubled with a kind of<lb></lb>
Stupefaction and when he has Recovered himself has<lb></lb>
often threatened to make away with himself<lb></lb>
Yesterday he was sent on an Exand. & on his Return<lb></lb>
went into the then taken was gave same time<lb></lb>
was searched for found drinking out of a Has an &<lb></lb>
when asked what he had been drinking made us<lb></lb>
Reply. but went up Stairs laid himself on a Red<lb></lb>
was very Sick & when asked what was the Matter<lb></lb>
said he had bought a Penny worth of Arsenic of<lb></lb>
Mr. Aikenhead & had Poisoned himself-Deponents<lb></lb>
Brother asked her he could to so wicked he said<lb></lb>
he had Robbed his Mistress & was ashamed tell.<lb></lb>
every proper Method was taken to expell the poison.<lb></lb>
but deceased. submitted with great Reluctance.<obscured></obscured>
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Said he wished to die as he was too wicked to live.</p>
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