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that the Dept.
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Sister was led the deced
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says that she observed a Bruise on the right side
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of his Face, another on the right Shoulder, and one
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on the right Elbow; says when she saw deced on
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the Monday Evening she is certain there were no
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Bruises about his Face, she having then wiped his
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Face and taken particular Notice of it; says that
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after washing the deced he was laid out, during which
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time her Brother
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John Bisset
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came in, and went
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up Stairs, and on Seeing the Bruises asked the
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Father how he came by them, but she cannot recollect
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the particular Answer he made. says that they
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came down Stairs, leaving the deced's Father alone
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with the Corpse says she saw the Father go in and out
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Several times after the death of deced; and
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that when
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the searchers came, after resisting sometime, he admitted
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them to go and Search the deced.
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Sarah Hill
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James Kentish
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Apprentice
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to said
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on his Oath saith that on Monday Night last
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Dept. and his Fellow Apprentice
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Thomas Hoare
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were sent up Stairs by
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Sarah Hill
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to know how
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the deced did, says that the deced desired the
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bed Cloaths which covered his Face might be
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removed from him, says he removed the Cloaths
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and the deceds Father replaced them and by deceds desire
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Dept. removed them again which the Father returned
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every time Dept. took the Cloaths from deceds Face
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says deced desired to be set up upon his Backside
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which he attempted but, deceds Father would not
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let him, says they staid there about ten minutes
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and then came down and informed Mrs. Hill of it
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that about twelve o' Clock Dept. his Fellow apprentices
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his Mistress and her Sister Mrs. Hill went up to deceds
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Apartment, and found him in the Bed, the Bed Cloaths
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wrapped round him, in part of him being visible,
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says that before the Lodgers came into Room his
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Mistress and her Sister up folded the deced says he was
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not near enough to Observe any marks on the deced, nor did Dept.
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was not near enough to observe any Marks on
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the deced, nor did Dept. see deced till next Morning
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when he saw a Bruise on the right Temple and on
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the left side;
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The of Mark
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Roger Moore
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Father of the deced
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Matthew
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Moore
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on his Oath Saith that the deced has
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been in a bad State of Health for about four
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Years, says on which Account he was carried to
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and from thence to
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Bristols
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and was an
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In patient in Saint Thomas's Hospital last Summer
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and after being Sometime at Home became an In
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patient at Guys Hospital, and last Winter was
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an Out patient, and worked that winter with
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Mr. Moore in
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Newgate Street
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, that about a fortnight
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last past he was taken very ill, and took to his
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Bed last Thursday; says that for some short time
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a Woman who worked for deced, attended him; says
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that after the went away deponent attended him
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and was at Home with deced last Sunday when
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he was very bad; and Dept. gave deced some Salts
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by the directions of Mr. She l born a
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, says that in the afternoon he
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had two Stools, says that he deced was very helpless
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with respect to his Limbs says deced dyed about
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twelve o' Clock on Monday Night, deponent being
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in the Bed with himsays that on Monday Morning
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between eleven & twelve he came to this publick House
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and there staid about an hour and helf, then
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went home and found the deced in Bed as he left
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him, and deced being inclinable to Sleep, desired
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Deponent to draw the Certain, which Dept. did
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and after staying there about an hour and half
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Dept. went again to the same publick House and
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staid there till near five in the afternoon, when
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he went home, and discovered his Son lying on the
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