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Informations touching the death of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65227_n1008-1">Sarah Thomas</rs>
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in the<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65227_geo1224">Parish of St. George Hanover Square</rs>
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<rs type="date" id="WACWIC65227_date183">23. July 1787</rs>
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<p n="1009"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65227_n1009-1">Margaret Parrett</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65227_occ840">Wife</rs>
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of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65227_n1009-2">William Parrett</rs>
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at the Sign of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65227_geo1225">the Royal<lb></lb>
Exchange</rs>
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in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65227_geo1226">Adams Mews</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65227_geo1227">Parish of St. George Hanover Square</rs>
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saith<lb></lb>
that <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65227_n1009-3">Sarah Thomas</rs>
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(<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65227_occ842">Wife</rs>
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of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65227_n1009-4">Sampson Thomas</rs>
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) as deponent believes) lodged<lb></lb>
on the second Floor in Deponents House and lodged there before Deponent came<lb></lb>
to the House being about four Months, says that about a Month ago she heard the<lb></lb>
Deced and her Husband have Angry words one Morning soon After Mr Thomas<lb></lb>
came home (the Deced having been drinking that Morng. and was addicted to<lb></lb>
Drinking) says that the Husband went out and the Deced soon after called for a<lb></lb>
Pint of Beer as Depot. thinks which Dept. carried up to the Deced who was crying<lb></lb>
and on asking what was the Matter Deced said that Mr. Thomas had therein or<lb></lb>
pushed her down and shew'd Deponent her Knee, the Men being grazed, Says the<lb></lb>
about 5 o Clock last Saturday (July 21) Mr. Thomas came home and went at<lb></lb>
stairs That about six OClock Mr. Thomas came down and desired Dept. to go up<lb></lb>
stairs upon which she went with him and saw the Deced sitting upon the floor<lb></lb>
with her head leaning down wards, her upper Petticoat being upon the Floor<lb></lb>
near the Fire place and a Roll which Deced used to near on her Head in the<lb></lb>
Grate the Deced having no Stockings on the Deced was speech less and afterward<lb></lb>
to be insensible, Says that the Husband lifted her up and of fell backward<lb></lb>
upon the floor, and her head went with some Fore upon the Floor tat Mr<lb></lb>
Thomas said the Deced had Pawned his things and he had not<obscured></obscured>
Street to put on<lb></lb>
there being two Duplicated on the Table, says that the thought Deced was in a<lb></lb>
fit and observed that Both her Knees were Bruised and Black That Mr. Thomas<lb></lb>
lifted Deced upon the Red and soon after went away and desired Dept. to gown<lb></lb>
to Deced in half an hour, Says that she went in about an Hour and found the<lb></lb>
Deced<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
upon the Red Speechless and insensible as Dept. thought. That<lb></lb>
some time after Dept. went up again and sent for an Apothecary who beld the<lb></lb>
Deced Says that about 12 O Clock Mr. Thomas came home, and Dept. told him<lb></lb>
that his wife was dying, to which he replied let her die and be damned but<lb></lb>
he went to fetch a Woman to sit up with the Deced and appeared to be much<lb></lb>
concerned and cried says that the Deced died Yesterday Morning between<lb></lb>
Eight and Nine OClock as dept. was informed Says that she peard no noise<lb></lb>
or disturbance in Deceds Room between the Hours of 5 and 6 OClock last<lb></lb>
Saturday<lb></lb>
Charleswood Apprentice to Mr. Perry an Apothecary in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65227_geo1228">Mount Street</rs>
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sack<lb></lb>
That on Saturday Evening last a little before Eleven Dept. was desired to go to<lb></lb>
Bleed a Person who was ill in Adams Mews upon which he went found the<lb></lb>
Deced lying upon a Bed, motionless and insensible says that he was there<lb></lb>
informed that the Deced was a Drunken Woman and had been Drinking says<lb></lb>
that he bled the Deced who at first bled freely but afterwards very little and<lb></lb>
Dept thought that the Deced was in and Apoplectic fit owing to Drinking and<lb></lb>
Dept. thinks that the Deced had been Drinking from the Appearance says that<lb></lb>
he observed no Marks of Violence upon the Deceds Arms or elsewhere says<lb></lb>
that he sent a Medicine to the Deced on Saturday Night of which she took<lb></lb>
a little as Dept. was informed, And that the Husband fetched him again<lb></lb>
Yesterday Morning, but Deced only could not then take any Medicine</p>
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