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Informations of Witnesses Taken and Acknowledged on
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the behalf of our Sovereign Lord the King the Twentieth day of
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March One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty five At the
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One of the Coroners of Our said Lord
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the King for the said County touching the Death of a new born
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Saith That Monday Might last the wth. March about five o Clock as
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he was taking in as Duts in the Gallery at Mr. Matys House in
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Order to go on bord he saw One
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who was in a
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Boat then lying near the Ferry take up the said Child with
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Boat hook That the Child was in A Luinmen Handkershief
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Prined with Two pins and fastned to a Hoop with several
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Nails in it But he Believes One of the Nails had only
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Calld hold of the Handkerchief after the Child was put in the
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That there was nothing Tied round the ChildThat the Sking
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bd off the back part of the head and its Thighs which he
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Believes was done by its being beat about in the Water
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Taken and Acknowledged the Day
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