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Westmr</rs>
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. in the<lb></lb>
County of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65225_geo531">Midsex</rs>
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<p n="462">Informations taken this <rs type="date" id="WACWIC65225_date81">Eighteenth<lb></lb>
day of March 1785</rs>
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at<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65225_geo532">Tothill<lb></lb>
Fields Bridewell</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65225_geo533">Parish<lb></lb>
of St. Margaret</rs>
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within the Liberty<lb></lb>
of Westmr. in the County of Midsex<lb></lb>
upon an Inquisition touching<lb></lb>
the death of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65225_n462-1">Benjamin Higgs</rs>
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a<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65225_occ283">Prisoner</rs>
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lying dead in the said Prison</p>
<p n="463"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65225_n463-1">John Palmer</rs>
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a <rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65225_occ284">Prisoner</rs>
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in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65225_geo534">Tothill<lb></lb>
Fields Bridewell</rs>
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in his Oath saith<lb></lb>
that he has been Prisoner there<lb></lb>
upwards of five month That <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65225_n463-2">Benjamin<lb></lb>
Higgs</rs>
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has been Prisoner there about<lb></lb>
two months appearing to be in health where to examine<lb></lb>
That in about three weeks Deced was<lb></lb>
Seized with a Fever and Agne, which<lb></lb>
continued with about a Week ago<lb></lb>
the Deced being very much reduced<lb></lb>
and almost lost the use of his Limbs<lb></lb>
Says that the Deced continued ill<lb></lb>
and died this Morning about seven<lb></lb>
o'Clock, Says that the Deced had his<lb></lb>
Allowance every Day from the Governor<lb></lb>
who likewise sent some Balm Tea<lb></lb>
some Two penny, and some Mutton Broth<lb></lb>
to the Deced, who always Eat his Allowance<lb></lb>
and Dept. thinks he could have eaten<lb></lb>
more, Says that the Deced lay in the<lb></lb>
same Ward with this Dept. and was<lb></lb>
not ill used by any Person in the Prison<lb></lb>
And Dept. thicks that if the Deced had<lb></lb>
sufficient Nourishment he might have<lb></lb>
lived some time longer.</p>
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