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Informations taken this Fifth day of
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August 1765 at the
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on an Inquisition to her on View of the Body of
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Mary Maclean lying Dead in the said Parish
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Liberty and County.
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has
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lodged with this Dept. since Christmas last, in a
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two pair of Stairs Room, Says that Mrs. Adams
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another Lodger on the same Floor with Deced came to
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Deponent yesterday about Eleven o'Clock, and said
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that the Deced had not been some for some time that she
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had looked into Deced's Room thro Lattices over the
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Room Door and said Deceds Stays and some of her
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Cloaths lye upon the Bed, and was afraid that she has
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made away with herself, and desired Dept. to come
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up and open the Door upon which Dept. went up
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and found the Door Locked, Says that he with his
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Hand forced open the Door and went unto the Room
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and was followed by Mr. Adams and his Wife Says
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that he observed the Deced lying on the Floor in a
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Closet in her Room, almost double Says that the Deced
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was Deced, and that one End of a small Cord was
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fastend about her Neck, quite tight, and the other
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End loose, Says that he saw an Iron book in the
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wainscott over the Place where he found the Deced, that
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the Hook was strained and bent downwards, and Dept.
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believes that she hung herself by the Cord over that Hook
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Says that he found the Key of Deced's Room Door upon
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