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That he found her there lying on her
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That she had forty or fifty Pins in her Month and One
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Pin stick in her ThroatThat there were several
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People about her and some of them took the Pins out of
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her Month That there was a little Blood about her
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Month and alittle about her Nose That there was
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ared Garter Tied very Tight about her Neck and something
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of a white Clock Cloth Tied very Tight under the Garter
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And an Hand kerchief Tied very Tight round her Body
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Over her Cloaths Whether or not she had any Stays
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on
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Informant cannot toll That she Appeared
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to have all her Cloatrhs on Except an Hand Kerehief over her
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Neck which Informant thinks She had not
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That One of her Legs was sore And the Other Appeared
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Searrd That she had white Thread Stockings and no
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Garters to either That she Appeared to have been
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Dragd fourteen or fifteen Yards out of the Path way going
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