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said he would go to the Workhouse & fetch
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some Persons to Convey the Body thither
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and returned soon afterwards with thoes Persons
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who put the said Body into a Shell and
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Conveyed it to the
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this deponent saieth that the said Body was
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in a very Putrid State and imagines he
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must have laid in the water upwards of
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three Weeks
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John Went
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Mr. Young the above mentioned Beadle
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being sworn deposeth that when the deceased
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was brought to the Workhouse they examined
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his Pockets and in the Fob of his Breaches
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in a Purse was price of
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the
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were found two Guineas in Gold and of sundry
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in his Waistcoat Pocket
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William Allen
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No. 32
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Charles Street
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Carpenter
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being swon deposeth that he has known
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the deceased for between 3 and 4 Years and that
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he has not seen the deceased for near five
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weeks last past and upon Enquiry he
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finds that he has been missing
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so long, that he was a Steady sober
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Man and had told this Deponent that
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his Father had been deranged in his
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The Verdict That
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George Jackson
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was
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found drowned in the
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River Thames
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but him and by what means did
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not come to the knowledge of the
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Jury
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Henry Peter
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Paper with some Writing thereon which lead to a di'covery
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that the deceased was
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George Jackson
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