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<p n="403"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65225_geo449">City & Liberty of<lb></lb>
Westmr</rs>
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. in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65225_geo450">County<lb></lb>
of Middlesex</rs>
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<p n="404">Informations taken this <rs type="date" id="WACWIC65225_date71">fourteenth<lb></lb>
day of March 1785</rs>
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at the Parish of<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65225_geo451">St. Margaret within the Liberty of<lb></lb>
Westmr</rs>
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. in the County of Midsex upon<lb></lb>
on Inquisition touching the death<lb></lb>
of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65225_n404-1">Thomas James</rs>
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lying dead in the<lb></lb>
said Parish Liberty and County</p>
<p n="405"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65225_n405-1">Henry Weblin</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65225_geo452">Tavistock Arms</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65225_geo453">Great<lb></lb>
Russel Street</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65225_geo454">Bloomsbury</rs>
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Smith on his Oath<lb></lb>
saith That Yesterday Morning a little before<lb></lb>
Eight o'Clock this Disponent was going through<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65225_geo455">St. James's Park</rs>
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and standing on the outside<lb></lb>
of the Iron Rails at the End of the Canal<lb></lb>
next the Parade, he saw <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65225_n405-2">Thomas James</rs>
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<lb></lb>
the Deced and another young Man Skirting<lb></lb>
upon the Canal and going from theat End<lb></lb>
of the Canal having hold of each others<lb></lb>
Hands, That they Skirted together almost<lb></lb>
to the Middle of the Canal where the See was<lb></lb>
brother, and both fell into the Water,<lb></lb>
Says that he<del>and W</del>
ran towards the Deced<lb></lb>
(and <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65225_n405-3">William Atkins</rs>
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threw a Rope several<lb></lb>
times times to the other Person who had hold<lb></lb>
of the Iee, and catched hold of the Rope<lb></lb>
and was Saved). but Deced never came up<lb></lb>
as Dept. was informed Says that they<lb></lb>
Dragged and at last get the Deced out<lb></lb>
after having been in the Water about an<lb></lb>
hour, but Deced appeared to be dead<lb></lb>
Says that the Deced was carried to the<lb></lb>
Sign of the <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65225_n405-4">Robin Hood</rs>
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in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65225_geo456">Duke Street</rs>
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in<lb></lb>
the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65225_geo457">Parish of St. Margaret Westmr</rs>
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. where<lb></lb>
every means were used for his Recovery<lb></lb>
but in vain, and Dept. believes that the<lb></lb>
Deced's death was Accidental</p>
<p n="406"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65225_n406-1">Henry<figure rend="mark"></figure>
Wablen</rs>
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<lb></lb>
his Mark</p>
<p n="407">Sworn the Day Year & Place<lb></lb>
abovementioned before me<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65225_n407-1">Tho. Prickard</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65225_occ253">Coroner</rs>
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