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Depositions of Witnesses taken at the<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65003_geo1824">Parish of Saint John within the Borough</rs>
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<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65003_geo1825">Southwark</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65003_geo1826">County of Surrey</rs>
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the <rs type="date" id="LMCLIC65003_date276">12th: day of November 1790</rs>
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on view<lb></lb>
of the Body of <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65003_n2072-1">Samuel Panton</rs>
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now here<lb></lb>
lying dead</p>
<p n="2073"> <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65003_n2073-1">William Gridley</rs>
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<obscured></obscured>
near the Rose fine feet Lane in the parish<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65003_geo1827">Saint Mary Magdalen Bermondsey</rs>
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maketh Oath that he hath known the deced<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65003_n2073-2">Samuel Panton</rs>
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about fourteen Years that he was also a Lighterman<lb></lb>
that between the hours of six and seven in the Morning of Saturday<lb></lb>
last the 6th: instt:<del>Dept.</del>
the deced was employed in a Lighter belonging<lb></lb>
to Mr: Bowen lying near <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65003_geo1829">Saint Catherines</rs>
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Stairs<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
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<lb></lb>
to lead said Lighter with some Corn from a Vessel lying in the<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65003_geo1831">River Thames</rs>
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at a Chainvor Teer called <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65003_geo1832">Saint Catherines</rs>
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middle Teer that the deced<lb></lb>
placed his feet against<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
a Lighter lying alongside of the one he was<lb></lb>
then in and his Back against the Lighter he was in for the purpose of<lb></lb>
shoving one Lighter from the other, in doing which<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
<lb></lb>
the deced's feet (as Deponent thinks) slept, and he fell between the Lighters into the<lb></lb>
Water that Dept. and several other Men who saw<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
deced fall<lb></lb>
into the Water did their endeavours to assist the deced but without<lb></lb>
effect for in about a Minute and a half the deced sunk under the<lb></lb>
Water, and Dept. saw no more of him.</p>
<p n="2074">Sworn the 12th day of<lb></lb>
Novr. 1791 before me}</p>
<p n="2075">J Shelton Corr</p>
<p n="2076"> <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65003_n2076-1">Wm. Gridley</rs>
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a Lodger at the White<obscured></obscured>
publick house situate<lb></lb>
in Bank side<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
in the Parish of Saint Saviour <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65003_geo1833">Southwark</rs>
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maketh<lb></lb>
Oath that about three OClock Yesterday afternoon Dept. in<lb></lb>
Company with one <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65003_n2077-2">Thomas Elmore</rs>
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being employed in a Boat in an<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMCLIC65003_occ737">dragging</rs>
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down Stairs in the parish<lb></lb>
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they dragged up the body of the deced<lb></lb>
that they conveyed the deced on Shore and after acquainting the<lb></lb>
deceds friends they left the deced lying on the Stairs.</p>
<p n="2078">Sworn the 12th day of<lb></lb>
Novr. 1791 before me}</p>
<p n="2079">T. Shelton Corr.</p>
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