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<p n="1151"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65221_n1151-1">Phabe<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
Griffiths</rs>
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Servant to <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65221_n1151-2">Gilbert Lawson</rs>
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<lb></lb>
at the Chequers in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65221_geo1275">Abingdon</rs>
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Street Westmr.<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65221_occ797">Victualler</rs>
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on he Oath saith That she has knows<lb></lb>
the Deced between two and three Years, That<lb></lb>
he came to the Chequers last Night between<lb></lb>
Eight & Nine o'Clock and drank some Beer<lb></lb>
with his Fellow Servant, and had some Words<lb></lb>
with a Woman there, Says that Deced went<obscured></obscured>
about twenty<lb></lb>
Minutes after Nine and then said to Dept.<lb></lb>
that he should not see her again, the Deced<lb></lb>
being then very uneasy in his Mind,<lb></lb>
and holding a Handkerchief to has face,<lb></lb>
Says that some time after she carried some Bear<lb></lb>
to Mrs. Hubert who informed her that the<lb></lb>
Deced was gone down the Yard towards the<lb></lb>
Thames, upon which Dept. went upon some of the<lb></lb>
Barges upon the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65221_geo1276">River Thames</rs>
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there, but did<lb></lb>
not see the Deced nor hear any Body in<lb></lb>
the Water, Says that the Deced at times<lb></lb>
appeared uneasy and troubled in Mind.</p>
<p n="1152">The Mark of<lb></lb>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65221_n1152-1">Phebe Griffiths</rs>
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.</p>
<p n="1153"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65221_n1153-1">William Sands</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65221_occ798">Labourer</rs>
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on his Oath saith<lb></lb>
That he has worked with the Deced at Mrs.<lb></lb>
Hubert about a Year and at half, Says<lb></lb>
that the Deced was upwards of a Year<lb></lb>
past Disordered, in his Mind, and said<lb></lb>
that he would go to drown himself and<lb></lb>
that he immediately went towards the<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65221_geo1277">River Thames</rs>
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but Dept. went after him<lb></lb>
and stopped him at that time, Dept.<lb></lb>
says that he has not seen<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
the Deced<lb></lb>
in that way Since</p>
<p n="1154">The Mark<lb></lb>
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<lb></lb>
of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65221_n1154-1">William Sands</rs>
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.</p>
<p n="1155"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65221_n1155-1">James Gould</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65221_occ799">Servant</rs>
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to Mrs. Hubert on his<lb></lb>
Oath saith, That being informed that the Deced,<lb></lb>
was supposed to be Drown afternoon about three o'Clock the this<del>Morning</del>
<lb></lb>
locked for the Deced, and in the James<lb></lb>
a little below Parliament Stair found the<lb></lb>
Deced drowned lying upon his for, Says<lb></lb>
that he got the Deced into a most and brought<lb></lb>
him to Mrs. Huberts Wharf, but that the<lb></lb>
observed no Marks of Violence upon<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
Deced.</p>
<p n="1156">The Mark of<lb></lb>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65221_n1156-1">James Gould</rs>
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</p>
<p n="1157">Severally Sworn the Day<lb></lb>
Year and Place about-<lb></lb>
mentioned before me<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65221_n1157-1">Tho. Prickard</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65221_occ800">Coroner</rs>
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