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<p n="1225">LondonDepositions of Witness taken at London<lb></lb>
that is to say at the parish of Saint Bartholomew<lb></lb>
the Less in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65012_geo1264">ward of Farringdon</rs>
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without<lb></lb>
in <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65012_geo1265">London</rs>
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aforesaid this 8th. day of August<lb></lb>
1799 on view of the body of a Man christian<lb></lb>
Name William Sirname unknown<lb></lb>
now here lying Dead.</p>
<p n="1226"> <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65012_n1226-1">Thomas Edwards</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMCLIC65012_occ367">Horsekeeper</rs>
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to Mr. Rabin of Bridge<lb></lb>
Street <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65012_geo1266">Blackfriars</rs>
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Coal <rs type="occupation" id="LMCLIC65012_occ368">Merchant</rs>
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maketh Oath that this<lb></lb>
Morning about ten oClock he saw the deced going along<lb></lb>
a Plank from a Barge to a Pile near the Shore at Priddle<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65012_geo1267">Dork Thames Street</rs>
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That the deced has a large Stone bet.<lb></lb>
two and three hundred Wright on his shoulders and while<lb></lb>
passing along the Plank he fell upon the Plank<del>and the Stone<lb></lb>
fell</del>
with his face downwards and the Stone upon him<lb></lb>
that the Stone then fell from him the deced got up and<lb></lb>
walked from the Plank to the Shore that he appeared very<lb></lb>
much hurt and just as he got to the shore he appeared<lb></lb>
to be falling but a Man near him took hold of him and<lb></lb>
load him away to a publick house near there</p>
<p n="1227">Sworn this 8th. day of August<lb></lb>
1799 before me}</p>
<p n="1228">his<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65012_n1228-1">Thomas<figure rend="mark"></figure>
Edwards</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Mark</p>
<p n="1229"> <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65012_n1229-1">William Elliott</rs>
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a <rs type="occupation" id="LMCLIC65012_occ369">Labourer</rs>
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and a Lodger at No. 13 Currian<lb></lb>
Court <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65012_geo1268">Blackfriars</rs>
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maketh Oath that this Morning he accompained<lb></lb>
the deced in a Coach the <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65012_geo1269">Saint Bartholomew Hospital</rs>
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that her<lb></lb>
appeared very ill<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
and in a dying state and just as<lb></lb>
they got to the Hospital he appeared to Deponent to depart<lb></lb>
this Life</p>
<p n="1230">Sworn this 8th. day of August<lb></lb>
1799 before me}</p>
<p n="1231"> <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65012_n1231-1">William Elliott</rs>
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