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, and told
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and Davis his Message, that Davis and
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Richards both sett off to go Home
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immediately, that this Examt. met said
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Mrs Davis in
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aforesaid
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between 9 and 10 oClock that Evening, when
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she told this Examinant she sent him
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for her Husband, on Account of having
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found a Dead Body, an going down
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Stairs under the Watch House for a
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Pail of Water, and that she had been
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greatly frightened by it
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Wm Read
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of No. 82
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High Holborn
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Pastry look being Sworn and Examined at the
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time and place last abovementioned maketh
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Oath and Saith that last Sunday Night at near
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eleven oClock He saw
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Rees
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Davis
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two of the Beadles of
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St Andrew,
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Holborn above the Barrs
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at the Watch house
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in
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, when sd Davis told this Examt.
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in the Presence of Richards, "they" (meaning
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Davis and Richards) " were got into a Scrape"
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this Examt asked "what" when One or both
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said "had not this Examt. heard" this Examinant
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replied "No" - One or both then said "a Man"
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"had been brought into the Watch House on"
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"Wednesday Night and been Ordered by"
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"the Constable Down Stairs, that the Man"
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"was left there till four o'Clock in the"
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"Thursday Afternoon having been forget"
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"and was then found dead"
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Wm: Read
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