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Information of Witnesses taken this
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being sworn deposeth and saith that the deceased
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has been a Patient in the Hospital formerly the
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Space of six weeks and during that time has vacted
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frequently in the Cold Bath in the said Hospital
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on Account of his Disorder and generally had a
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but the 6th. Instant abot 11 o'Clock in Forenoon being the days that the
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upon the Landing of the Stain who told him he was
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as this Deponent was going by the Bath he saw
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the Key in the Door and upon touching it open to
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saw they decand lying at the bottom of the Bath
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apothecary who returned with him to the Ball
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