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at. 25 Novr. 1766 Mr. Preston the Cross Keys
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that last Thursday
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came to her & 1s. for Gods take conrs for
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I Believe my Wife hath fetald: her last breath she ask'd him what
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his wife ask'd he Answered she had a fever & AqusThat in
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going wth. him she again ask'd him what his Wife ailed & he
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Answed. why to tell you the Truth she hath Misearrdshe asked him
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whose he had hear all dayhe Answed. at Hornswent & found
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her dead to her hands coldThat she helped to day her out & it
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appear'd she
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had lost all her Blood by Flooating after her Delivery
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That when she was amensing away she saw a half Butter Firkin
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under the Bed & pull'd it out & saw a female childshe took it
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out eachcannot say how it canns in or by whom but the after
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birth. was in the Tab wth. this Child That the believes there was near
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a Gallon of Bloody Water in the Tab & that this Chamber Pott That stod
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by the Tab was whiptyapprehends the Mothers death was owing
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to her Flooching after DeliveryThat
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when he was aske'd
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why he did not Call in some of the Neighbours he knowed. his Wife would
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not Let him & his Wife had done every Thing herself & all was over
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the Dair of
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Wm. Rippon
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That last Thursday was
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7 night Mr Duck cams to her Mother & desired her hosp to Lay out the
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deced That at her mother Request she went alway wth. Mr. Duck
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& confired Mrs. Duck after the
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laying her out of the taking the Child out of the Ind of the other
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circumstances & the thus bounds Answd. abt. not calling in the Neighbours
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for his Wife would not Lat him & That Mrs. Robert & Mrs. Sworns
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Knownd Mors & they all cams away Esqr.
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