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1799
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William Lyns
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Correction in Saint George's Fields in the parish of Saint George
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Oath that on or about the 6th.d ay of July last the deced was committed to the
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aforesaid as a Vagrant by virtue of a Commitment by Richard
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Fleming Esquire one of His Majestys
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aforesaid to be detained until the next quarter
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Session of the peace that should be holden for the said County
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That she appeared then to be deranged and insane and
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continued so until the time of her Death hereafter mentioned
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That during the time she has been in confinement she refused
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sustinance of every kind continually and so much so
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that she has been forced at many times by forcing sustenance
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down her Throat with a Funnell-That during the time
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she has been in confinement she has had every attention
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and has been attended by the surgeon of the prison-That the
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deced continued to decline and get worse daily until
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between two and three oClock on Wednesday afternoon last
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she departed this Life.
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Sworn this 2d. day of August
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1799 before me}
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