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<p n="469">into Water they swam but he would not<lb></lb>
take upon him to draw a Conclusion that<lb></lb>
from that Circumstance the Child was<lb></lb>
born alive and breathed as in the Course<lb></lb>
of his Practice he has known the<lb></lb>
Contrary in divers Cases, that the appears<lb></lb>
to be no marks of Violence on the body<lb></lb>
of the Child and therefore is inclined<lb></lb>
to believe that the sd Child was Still born</p>
<p n="470"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65237_n470-1">Ricd: Simmons</rs>
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</p>
<p n="471"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65237_n471-7">Frances Richards</rs>
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<interp inst="WACWIC65237_n471-7" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
the <rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65237_occ204">Wife</rs>
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of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65237_n471-1">Edward Richards</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65237_n471-1" type="given" value="Edward"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65237_n471-1" type="surname" value="Richards"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65237_n471-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
a <rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65237_occ205">Joiner</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65237_geo439">No. 3</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65237_geo440">Orchard Street</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65237_occ206">Cook</rs>
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to Mr. Cater of<lb></lb>
the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65237_geo441">Royal Terrace Adelphi</rs>
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being sworn<lb></lb>
deposeth that she has lived between one<lb></lb>
and two Years with Mr. Cater and But<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65237_n471-3">Jane Richardson</rs>
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<interp inst="WACWIC65237_n471-3" type="surname" value="Richardson"></interp>
<interp inst="WACWIC65237_n471-3" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
the supposed Mother<lb></lb>
of the sd. Infant<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
Female Child has lived<lb></lb>
there as <rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65237_occ207">House Maid</rs>
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nearly as long and was<lb></lb>
respected by her Master and Mistress<lb></lb>
for being a very good Servant and that<lb></lb>
this Deponent did not Know that she was<lb></lb>
with Child nor does she Know that<lb></lb>
any of the Family knew it, that on Sunday<lb></lb>
Morning last between ten and eleven o'Clock<lb></lb>
when she went into Front Kitchen to light<lb></lb>
the Fire she observed the Cupboard door open<lb></lb>
which belonged to the said Jane Richardson<lb></lb>
(and which used always theretofore to be locked) and the<lb></lb>
Cat dragging something out of the Cupboard<lb></lb>
tied up in in a Cloth which this Deponent<lb></lb>
thought was a Beef Stake which she took<lb></lb>
from the Cat and upon opening the Cloth<lb></lb>
she found a Parcel<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
in a Sheet<lb></lb>
of Paper tied with a piece of old Ribband<lb></lb>
and upon opening the same she<lb></lb>
discovered it to be a dead Child,<lb></lb>
whereupon she took it up<obscured></obscured>
to the<lb></lb>
House keeper who was a Bed who being<lb></lb>
alarmed and afflicted as well as this<lb></lb>
Deponent at such a Sight told her to take<lb></lb>
it<obscured></obscured>
and lock it up till the Family came<lb></lb>
home, there being at that time no body<lb></lb>
in the House but the said House Keeper<lb></lb>
this Deponent and the said Jane Richardson<lb></lb>
whereupon this Deponent took the said<lb></lb>
dead Child down Stairs and locked it up<lb></lb>
in a China Closet and the House Keeper told<lb></lb>
this Deponent to take no Notice to the Said<lb></lb>
Jane Richardson respecting this sd. dead Child<lb></lb>
until</p>
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