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Informations taken this<lb></lb>
7th Day of January 1765<lb></lb>
at the parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15076_geo2">Saint Botolph<lb></lb>
Aldersgate</rs>
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in the Ward of<lb></lb>
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on an<lb></lb>
Inquisition on View of the<lb></lb>
Body of <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15076_n2-1">Elizabeth Allen</rs>
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there lying dead.</p>
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the <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15076_occ2">wife</rs>
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in the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15076_geo6">Saint Luke in the County of<lb></lb>
Middx</rs>
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on her Oath Saith that about<lb></lb>
a month ago the deced and one <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15076_n3-3">Mary Bell</rs>
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<lb></lb>
came into Depts House together, the deced being<lb></lb>
very much in Liquor, says they bad a pint of<lb></lb>
Purl and sat down together was sociable: and<lb></lb>
the deced lolled her Head upon Bell's Shoulder<lb></lb>
upon which Bell gave her a Hunch with her<lb></lb>
Elbow, and they called each other Whore, that<lb></lb>
Bell on Allen's calling her where, said that<lb></lb>
if you call me Whore again I will Split your<lb></lb>
Scull, says that Allen called Bell where again,<lb></lb>
and Bell threw what purl was in the pot in<lb></lb>
Allen's Face, and immediately struck allen a Blow<lb></lb>
on the left side of the Head with the pot with<lb></lb>
great Violence, and the deced fell to the Ground<lb></lb>
and went into a Fit in which she continued about<lb></lb>
ten minutes, and presently after she came out of<lb></lb>
that Fit the deced fell into another, and care<lb></lb>
was taken of the deced that Dept. told Bell that<lb></lb>
she had murdered the Woman, on which Bell<lb></lb>
replyed, then I shall be hanged and the Devil<lb></lb>
care for that says that Dept. immediately sent<lb></lb>
for a Constable, and be would not take charge<lb></lb>
of<del>deced</del>
Bell without a Warrant, and Bell went<lb></lb>
away, and Dept. asked the deced if she had any<lb></lb>
Friends, informing her it was a Sad thing to be</p>
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