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(To wit)}</note>
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AN INQUISITION indented, taken for our Sovereign Lord the King, at the Dwelling House of<lb></lb>
Elizabeth Polly known by the Sign of the Baker Arms in the Parish of Saint Luke <rs type="placeName" id="LMCOIC65102_geo2816">Old Street</rs>
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in the County of<lb></lb>
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, the <rs type="date" id="LMCOIC65102_date465">Fifteenth Day of April in the Twenty sixth Year of the Reign of<lb></lb>
our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third</rs>
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, by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, France, and<lb></lb>
Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, before <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2690-2">Thomas Phillips</rs>
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one of the Coroners of our said Lord the King for the said County, on View of the Body of <lb></lb>
a New Born Male Child then and there lying dead, upon the Oath of <lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2690-3">Joseph Banks</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2690-4">Samuel Knight</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2690-5">Richard Maund</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2690-6">Thomas Jones</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2690-7">Benjamin Castletine</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2690-8">John Lewis</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2690-9">James Smith</rs>
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, James<lb></lb>
Brown, <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2690-10">John Valentine</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2690-11">Robert Pollard</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2690-12">Edward Bradbridge</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2690-13">William Bonner</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2690-14">William Coppin</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2690-15">Ralph Brown</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2690-16">John Scott</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2690-17">Lewis Dewey</rs>
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, and <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2690-18">William Snow</rs>
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good and lawful Men of the said County, duly chosen, and who being then and there duly<lb></lb>
sworn and charged to inquire, for our said Lord the King, when, how, and by what Means, the<lb></lb>
said New Born Male Child came to his<lb></lb>
Death, do, upon their Oath, say, That <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2690-19">Frances Lewis</rs>
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late of the Parish aforesaid in the County aforesaid <rs type="occupation" id="LMCOIC65102_occ649">Singlewoman</rs>
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on the Ninth Day of April in the Year aforesaid with Force and Arms at the Parish aforesaid in the County aforesaid in and upon one Ann<lb></lb>
Rose with A Certain male Child and then and there being in the peace of God and of our said Lord the King Violently and Feloniously did<lb></lb>
make an Assault And that the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2690-20">Frances Lewis</rs>
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with both her Hands her the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2690-21">Ann Rose</rs>
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in and upon the Head Face Back Belly<lb></lb>
Arms and Wrists of her the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2690-22">Ann Rose</rs>
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did then and there divers times Violently and Feloniously Strike and beat and that the said<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2690-23">Frances Lewis</rs>
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did also then and there With both her Hands Violently and Feloniously Cast and throw the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2690-24">Ann Rose</rs>
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down to<lb></lb>
and against the Ground there and that the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2690-25">Frances Lewis</rs>
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did then and there as well by such Striking and beating of the said Ann<lb></lb>
Rose with both her Hands aforesaid as by such Casting and throwing of the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2690-26">Ann Rose</rs>
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to and against the Ground as aforesaid give<lb></lb>
unto the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2690-27">Ann Rose</rs>
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being Pregnant with the said Male Child as aforesaid divers Violent Bruises upon the Head Face Back Belly Arms<lb></lb>
and Wrists of her the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2690-28">Ann Rose</rs>
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so being Pregnant as aforesaid Whereby the said Male Child with which she the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2690-29">Ann Rose</rs>
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was then and there Pregnant as aforesaid Received divers Mortal Wound and Bruises in and upon his Head Face Back Belly<lb></lb>
Arms and Wrists in the Womb of her the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2690-30">Ann Rose</rs>
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And that She the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2690-31">Ann Rose</rs>
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Afterwards to wit on the Eleventh Day of the said<lb></lb>
Month of April about Eight of the Clock in the Forenoon of the same Day in the year aforesaid at the Parish and in the County aforesaid<lb></lb>
brought forth the said Male Child Alive And that the said Male Child subornative as aforesaid of the Mortal Bruises so received by<lb></lb>
the said Male Child in the Womb of his said Mother the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2690-32">Ann Rose</rs>
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did languish and Languishing and Languishing did live<lb></lb>
for three hours next after his Birth to wit at the Parish aforesaid in the County aforesaid And that the said Male Child at the Expiration<lb></lb>
of the said three hours of the Mortal Wounds and Bruises aforesaid so received in the Womb of his said Mother the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2690-33">Ann Rose</rs>
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as<lb></lb>
aforesaid on the same Day and in the same Year last aforesaid at the Parish and in the County aforesaid did die And so the Jurors<lb></lb>
aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say that the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2690-34">Frances Lewis</rs>
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him the said Male Child in Manner and by the Means aforesaid<lb></lb>
feloniously did Kill and Hay against the Peace of our said Lord the King his Crown and Dignity And that the said Frances<lb></lb>
Lewis at the time of the Committing the Felony aforesaid or at any time since had not any Goods or Chattels Lands or<lb></lb>
Tenements within the said County or else where to the Knowledge or Notice of the said Jurors</p>
<p n="2691"> IN WITNESS whereof, as well the said Coroner as the said <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2691-1">Joseph Banks</rs>
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the Foreman of the said Jurors, on the Behalf of himself and the Rest of his said Fellows, in<lb></lb>
their Presence, have, to this Inquisition, set their Hands and Seals, the Day and Year first<lb></lb>
above written.</p>
<p n="2692"> <rs type="persName" id="LMCOIC65102_n2692-1">Thos. Phillips</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMCOIC65102_occ650">Coroner</rs>
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Jos Banks<figure rend="mark"></figure>
Foreman</p>
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