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<p n="1585"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65228_geo1601">City & Liberty of<lb></lb>
Westmr</rs>
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. in the<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65228_geo1602">County of Middlesex</rs>
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<p n="1586">Informations taken this fourth day of<lb></lb>
September 1788 at the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65228_geo1603">St. Martins<lb></lb>
in the Fields</rs>
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within the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65228_geo1604">Liberty of Westmr</rs>
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.<lb></lb>
in the County of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65228_geo1605">Midsex</rs>
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upon an Inquisition<lb></lb>
touching the death of Martha Hay lying<lb></lb>
dead in the said Parish Liberty & County</p>
<p n="1587"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65228_n1587-1">George Tinch</rs>
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a Lodger at Mr. <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65228_n1587-2">James Adams</rs>
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in<lb></lb>
Whitcomb Street in a Garret, on his Oath<lb></lb>
saith, That <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65228_n1587-4">Martha Hay</rs>
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the Deced lodged in<lb></lb>
another Garret adjoining to Dept. Says that<lb></lb>
Yesterday Evening about a Quarter before<lb></lb>
Seven o' Clock Deced was in Depts. Room, being<lb></lb>
low Spirated, lower than she was the Day<lb></lb>
before That he went out on Business<lb></lb>
bearing the Deced in his Room with his<lb></lb>
Children, Says that he returned about<lb></lb>
Eleven o' Clock, and not seeing the Deced in<lb></lb>
his Room, Depts. Wife went into the Deced's<lb></lb>
Room and returned imediately saying to<lb></lb>
Dept. that she saw deced Hanging, upon<lb></lb>
which Dept. and Mr. Toy another Lodger<lb></lb>
went into the Room and saw Deced Hanging<lb></lb>
by a Cord which was fasten'd to an Iron<lb></lb>
Screw at the top of the said past and around the Deced's Hand Says<lb></lb>
that Mr. Foy out the Cord and Dept. took hold<lb></lb>
of the Deced and laid her Down upon the Bed<lb></lb>
Says that the Deced's face and Hands were<lb></lb>
quite Cold but her Body was warm Says<lb></lb>
that a <rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65228_occ581">Surgeon</rs>
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was fetched who bled Deced<lb></lb>
in the Arm and another Surgeon out her<lb></lb>
in the Neck, and endeavoured, for a long<lb></lb>
time to restore Deced to life but without<lb></lb>
effect, the Deced having hung too long<lb></lb>
and Dept. believes that the Deced hanged<lb></lb>
herself, Says that the Deced was very low<lb></lb>
Spirited, and appeared to Dept. to be must<lb></lb>
Disordered in her Mind.</p>
<p n="1588"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65228_n1588-1">George Finch</rs>
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