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has known the Deced about six and
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carried the Deced her Break fast & Dinner
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to her almost every Day to the House
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where she slept belonging to Mrs. Cook, Says
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that other saw the Deced. at the Door about
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Twelve o' Clock last Night, when she complaind
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of being Cold and desired Dept. to bring her
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a little Ale in a Pint Pot, but Dept. did not
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Says that the Deced was then in Liquor
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but not so much Intoxicated as she had
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often seen her the Deced being very
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much Addicted to Drinking, and
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Dept. believes that the Deced was Suffocated
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Brother to the Deced on
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Westmr. Says that he
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came home last Night about half past Twelve
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the Deced Suppoing that she was gone
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to Bad Says that about a Quarter after
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Nine o' Clock this Morning Dept. went
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to call the Deced, and found Her lying
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dead on her Back upon the Bad with a White Froth
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around
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