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Says that he Rowed the Boat to a
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Man that stood in one of the Barges and
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then Dept. got into a Barge there
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and went to the Shore in the
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, and did not see
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the Deced afterwards alive and
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believes that he was immediately drowned
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Deced
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, Says that there was no Persons
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in the Boat with the Deced and this
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Dept. and that the Deced was accidentally
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Drowned.
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George Bisset
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John Bookham
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a His her man
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at
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Lambeth
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on his Oath saith, That he
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was Fishing this day about half after
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two o Clock in the
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River Thames
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, near
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Mr, Simons's wharf when he was informed
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that a Young Gentleman was Drowned
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Says that he cast his Net into the
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Water in order to Catch the Deced, and
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the fourth time he found the Deced
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and brought him to Shore in his Net
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to the Horse Ferry in the
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Parish of St.
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John the Evangelist
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Westmr Says that
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the Deced was carried to the
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white Hart
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where every Means were used for
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his Rero very, without effect, the Deced
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being Drowned and Dead, Says that he
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observed no Marks of violence upon the
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Deceds
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John Bookham
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Severally Sworn the Day
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Year & Place abovementioned
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before me
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Tho. Prickard
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