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<p n="494"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Middx<lb></lb>
to wit}</note>
<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45015_geo188">St. Andrews Holbourn</rs>
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<rs type="date" id="LMOBPS45015_date37">Febry 5. 1770</rs>
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Touching the Death of<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45015_n494-1">William Burroughs</rs>
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</p>
<p n="495"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45015_n495-1">Elizabeth Adams</rs>
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<interp inst="LMOBPS45015_n495-1" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45015_occ56">Widow</rs>
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that she hath lodged in the House where<lb></lb>
the Deceased lies dead about Six Months last in the Garret & the Deced<lb></lb>
& the Woman he kept Company with lodged in the two pair of Stairs Room<lb></lb>
underneath That she observed the Deced & his Companion <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45015_n495-2">Susannah<lb></lb>
Bonnigham</rs>
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were commonly quarrelling together They would both drink<lb></lb>
He would Swear & curse & she cry out murder continually That last<lb></lb>
Thursday Morning between nine & ten the woman came up to the<lb></lb>
Witness & Informed the witness she wanted to speak to her & upon being<lb></lb>
asked what she wanted she answered she was a dead Woman for she had<lb></lb>
killed Burroughs about five o'Clock in the Morning with a Board which<lb></lb>
he cut his Work upon being a <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45015_occ57">Clogmaker</rs>
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Upon which the Witness turned<lb></lb>
her out of the Room but she soon afterwards returned & informed the<lb></lb>
Witness she had given him half a Pint of Gin & he was got into a sound<lb></lb>
Sleep The Witness went into the Room & looked at the Deceased whose<lb></lb>
Hand Face & Stomach were cold & the Deceased dead The Witness<lb></lb>
came down Stairs in the Afternoon & informed Mrs. Mowbray & her two<lb></lb>
Daughters who lodge in the Ground Room what she had observed up<lb></lb>
Stairs They went up Stairs & found the Deceased dead The Witness says<lb></lb>
she did not examine the Wounds</p>
<p n="496">the Mark of & <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45015_n496-1">Elizabeth Adams</rs>
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</p>
<p n="497"> <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45015_n497-1">Mary Mowbray</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45015_occ58">Widow</rs>
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Says she lodges in the lower Apartmt. &<lb></lb>
upon being informed by Mrs. Adams what had happened above Stairs she<lb></lb>
went up Stairs with her two Daughters into the Deceased's Room when<lb></lb>
the Woman his Companion informed the Witness she had killed Mr.<lb></lb>
Burroughs & desired her to go to the Bedside & see Says the Woman<lb></lb>
upon being asked what she killed him with she went to the Window<lb></lb>
where worked & took up the Board he worked upon & sayd that was<lb></lb>
the Board she killed him with Says she did not examine his Wounds<lb></lb>
but saw him dead</p>
<p n="498">Both taken & acknowledged the<lb></lb>
Day & Year first mentioned before</p>
<p n="499">E Umfreville<lb></lb>
Coronr.</p>
<p n="500">the Mark of<figure rend="mark"></figure>
<rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45015_n500-1">Mary Mowbray</rs>
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</p>
<p n="501">Adjourned for further Evidence to the 6. of Febry<lb></lb>
3 Afternoon same Place.</p>
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