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<p n="3">that if he did any thing amiss he was to answer<lb></lb>
for it Says shop desired him to put her into a<lb></lb>
Workhouse to which he answered that to satisfied<lb></lb>
Dept. he wod. but never did. Says that abt. 6 or 8<lb></lb>
weeks ago Dept. heard Williamson's Daughter by<lb></lb>
<del>her</del>
a former Wife cry out pray Father, dear Father<lb></lb>
for Christ's sate do not do it, Dept. apprehending<lb></lb>
Williamson Was going to kill the deced, and Dept.<lb></lb>
thinks the deced cryed out at the same time, on wch<lb></lb>
Dept. went to the foot of the Stairs & cryed out Mr. <lb></lb>
William much at are you abt, are you murdering<lb></lb>
the woman, on which he came down part of the Stairs<lb></lb>
<del>with</del>
trembling & saying it was his Child that cryed<lb></lb>
out to such Depts. she know it was his Child that cryed such<lb></lb>
but she feard he was doing same thing to his Wife:<lb></lb>
<del>that the much day<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
her Apprentice to</del>
his<del>she</del>
<lb></lb>
<del>Williamson his Daughter what Williamson had been <lb></lb>
doing to make his Daughter cry out to the day before</del>
<lb></lb>
That on Monday last abt. 8 in the Evening Dept<lb></lb>
heard a noise in the deced's Room as if the Furniture<lb></lb>
in the Room was pulling abt, soon after wch Depts.<lb></lb>
heard Williamson, Mr. Cole, Mrs. Cole, the Daughter<lb></lb>
and two Boy's of Williamson,<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
went out of the Room<lb></lb>
having locked it after them and went out all<lb></lb>
together on wch Dept. immediatly went up stairs<lb></lb>
and found the door locked: that Dept. then called out<lb></lb>
sevl. times to the deced but she made no Answer on <lb></lb>
wch Dept. went into her new Apartment again & told<lb></lb>
her Apprentice that she believed the deced was dead.</p>
<p n="4">That the next day between 9 & 10 in the Morning<lb></lb>
Williamson's Daughter came to Dept. told Dept. that<lb></lb>
Williamson wod. be extremely obliged to her if Dept.<lb></lb>
wod. come and look at his Wife for that she was dead<lb></lb>
to wch Dept. that she wod. sometime that day<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
come<lb></lb>
up; that thereupon Dept. sent her Apprentice to one Mrs.<lb></lb>
Ellison in the Neighbourhood to acquaint her that the<lb></lb>
deced was dead, who Dept. believes communicated the<lb></lb>
same to the Neighbourhood; that thereupon Dept. with<lb></lb>
sevl. of the Neighbours to the Number of 8 or 10 went<lb></lb>
up into the Room Williamson being there & said the<lb></lb>
deced laid out upon the Bedstead covered only with a<lb></lb>
sheet: says she appearently then her bones seeming<lb></lb>
to be ready to come through her Skin, & appeared to Dept.<lb></lb>
as it she has died for want of common Nuisance.</p>
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