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Westminster</rs>
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Informations of Witnesses taken<obscured></obscured>
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14th. day of July 1796 in the Parish of<obscured></obscured>
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<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65236_geo1028">Hanover Square</rs>
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at the Dwelling house<obscured></obscured>
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<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65236_n1544-1">John Stone</rs>
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the Sign of the Morgins<obscured></obscured>
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Granby in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65236_geo1029">South Audley Street</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65236_n1544-3">Anthony Gell</rs>
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his Magisty's Coroner<obscured></obscured>
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the said City & Liberty touching the<obscured></obscured>
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death of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65236_n1544-4">Jane Davis</rs>
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then and there<lb></lb>
lying had as follow<lb></lb>
To Wit</p>
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of the first Ryimt. of Life G<obscured></obscured>
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being sworn deporeth that between 11 & 22 of<obscured></obscured>
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at Noon Yesterday (the 13th. Instant) as he was co<obscured></obscured>
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by the Side of the Serpentine River in Hyde<obscured></obscured>
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he saw the Quarter Master Whab by the Side of<obscured></obscured>
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River who asked him if he could swim to<obscured></obscured>
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he answered yes whereupon he bade him<obscured></obscured>
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and go into the River as he thought he saw<obscured></obscured>
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Body of a Person drowned in the said Ri<obscured></obscured>
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upon he which he went into the River<obscured></obscured>
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took hold of the him of the head of the<obscured></obscured>
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and swam with her and brought her to Shore<obscured></obscured>
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and a four as he brought her to Shore She bled<lb></lb>
at the Mouth and apper'd in a Putrid<lb></lb>
State. This Deponent then scarched her Pocket<obscured></obscured>
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and found therein one Guinea in Gold half<obscured></obscured>
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Crown in Silver in Keys a Knife and<obscured></obscured>
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pence in halfpence and a bad Shilling<obscured></obscured>
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said Money Knife & Keys his produced and<lb></lb>
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