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Westmr</rs>
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. in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo1516">County<lb></lb>
of Middlesex</rs>
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Informations taken this 25th. day of October<lb></lb>
1764 at the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo1517">St. Margaret within</rs>
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<lb></lb>
the City and Liberty of Westmr in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo1518">County of<lb></lb>
Middlesex</rs>
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,an on Inquisition taken on View<lb></lb>
of the Body of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n1439-1">Edward Pearce</rs>
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lying Dead in the<lb></lb>
said Parish City Liberty and County.</p>
<p n="1440"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n1440-1">Matthew Hagston</rs>
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Servant to Mr. Bourdorf on <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo1519">Mill<lb></lb>
Bank</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo1520">Parish of St. John the Evangelist</rs>
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Sugar refiner<lb></lb>
on his Oath saith That being in his Master's Stable in the<lb></lb>
three Compass Yard, in the said Parish dressing his Masters Mor<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
on Saturday Morning last between six and seven O' Clock<lb></lb>
Says that the <rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65204_occ544">Deced</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n1440-2">Edward Pearce</rs>
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was at the same time in<lb></lb>
the adjoyning stable belonging to Mr. <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n1440-3">John Woodward</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Deced served Says that Deced spoke to Deponent out of the<lb></lb>
adjoyning Stable, and Dept. afterwards heard Deced speak to<lb></lb>
his Master's Horses in the Stable where he was, Says that<lb></lb>
about five Minutes after said Mr. Woodward<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
went to his<lb></lb>
Stable with <gap reason="illegible"></gap>
Corn says that said Mr. Woodward immediatly<lb></lb>
Cryed out Ned Ned, I am afraid the Horse has Killed him<lb></lb>
upon which Dept. run to Mr. Woodward's Stable Door and<lb></lb>
saw the Deced in Mr. Woodward Arans, says the Deced bled<lb></lb>
very much at the forehead , that Mr. Woodward desired the<lb></lb>
Dept. to call some Carpenter's that worked near, which Dept.<lb></lb>
did, and three Carpenters immediatly come, Says that<lb></lb>
Mr. Woodward and one of the Carpenters carried the Deced<lb></lb>
out of the Deced untill Mr. Woodward came there, and says that<lb></lb>
he was not there before that time, Says that he came with<lb></lb>
Mr. Woodward last Night to the Westmr Hospital, where he saw<lb></lb>
the Deced that he said there about a quarter of an hour bur<lb></lb>
Deced was asleep all that time.</p>
<p n="1441"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n1441-1">Matthew Hagston</rs>
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<p n="1442"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65204_n1442-1">John Woodward</rs>
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of three Compass Yard in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65204_geo1521">Parish of St. John<lb></lb>
the Evangelist</rs>
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Westmr. Stable keeper on his Oath saith that<lb></lb>
on Saturday Morning last about a Quarter after Six o Clock<lb></lb>
Dept. went into his Stable in said Yard and found the Deced<lb></lb>
there, says that Deced had then drefred three of the Horses, on<lb></lb>
was dressing the fourth, Says that he this Dept. went to fetch</p>
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