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<p n="118"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Westmr.</note>
<lb></lb>
The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50422_n118-1">Simon Stephen</rs>
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of ye 1st. Regimint of Fest Guards toll Sebughts Compr<lb></lb>
touching the death of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50422_n118-2">John Shivers</rs>
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taken and acknowledged<lb></lb>
this 19th day of September 1753</p>
<p n="119">Who Saith that on Tuesday the 28th. day of August last about<lb></lb>
a Quarter of an hour pash Eight o Clock in the Morning This informant<lb></lb>
together with his Comrade <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50422_n119-1">James Davis</rs>
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coming form the Magazine Quard<lb></lb>
in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50422_geo116">Fyde Park</rs>
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he saw a Boy in a Wooler Cap and Brownish Clothes in a<lb></lb>
Walnut tree next the Gap opposite <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50422_geo117">Grosvenor Gate</rs>
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who appear'd to be about<lb></lb>
15 Years of Age-That he saw two Men riding thro' the said Gate towards<lb></lb>
the said Tree and that Immediately after<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
the said Two Horsemen had<lb></lb>
Pass'd the said Gap near the said Tree where the said Boy was, he saw the<lb></lb>
said Boy standing on his Feet. He further Saith that her saw no Person<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
Persons near the said Boy nor near the said Gate except the Paid Two<lb></lb>
Horsemen And that he did not hear any Complaint or Now made by<lb></lb>
The said Boy That he then went out with his Comrade at Grosvenor<lb></lb>
Gate for some Beer and Saw no more of the said Boy.</p>
<p n="120">The Mark of<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50422_n120-1">Simon<figure rend="mark"></figure>
Steptoes</rs>
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<p n="121">taken and Acknowledged<lb></lb>
on Oath before K: Jackson<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50422_occ60">Coroner</rs>
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