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Informations taken this Second day
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of July 1790 at the
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within the
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. in the
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County of Midsex upon an Inquisition touching
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the death of
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lying dead in the
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said Parish Liberty and County.
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Mary Ann Gravestocke
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a Lodger at the late
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John Banfield
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the
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Deced
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in
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Rose Street
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on her Oath saith
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That she has Lodged there about four Years and
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generally saw the Deced very day, Says that
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this Morning Dept. returned from
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Covent
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Garden Market
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about Seven o'Clock, and
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finding that the Deced's Shop was not opened
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this Dept. opened the Work Shop and saw the
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Deced Hanging by a Cord which was fastened
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to a
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piece of Wood
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and about
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the Deced's Neck his feet touching the Ground
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as Dept. thinks, Says that she pulled the ford
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and the Deced fell down as did this Dept. That
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the Deced appeared to be dead, and Dept.
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believes that the Deced Hanged himself
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Says that she often heard the Deced walk
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about his Bedchamber in the Night and G
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having got up out of Bed, and Dept. believes
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that the Deced has at times been Disordered
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in his Mind for four or five months, past or
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upwards, and Says that when she saw the Deced
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lost Night he appeared to be Melancholy and
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low Spirited.
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Gravestock
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of
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Richard Bree
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on her
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Oath saith, That she saw the
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Deced
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John Banf
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ld
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Hanging in his Work shop this Morning That
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her Mother Mary Ann Gravestock pulled the
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Cord by which he was Hanging and Deced droppd
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down, and her Mother fall down with him
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That the Deced appeared to be dead, and
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Dept. believes that the Deced Hanged himself
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and Dept. says that she believes the Deced was
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at times Disordered in his Mind
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Mary Ann Bree
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her Mark
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