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Mary Craven
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Widow
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at the Black Boy in the Broad Way
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on her Oath saith, that the Deced had lodged in her
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House about ten Weeks and that the had very ill health
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all that time, Says that last Wednesday about five
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o Clock
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Deced was in Deponent Tap room
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says that she went into the Cellar to draw Boor and
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when she returned missed the Deced, and on asking
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where he was, was informed by her Daughter
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Margaret
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that he was gone up Stairs, Says that about Seven
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o' Clock Deponent ordered said Daughter to carry up the
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Deceds Chamber pot, which she did,
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and on her
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Says that
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about Eleven o' Clock
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Thomas Ross
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came into the House
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and soon after went up Stairs in order to go to bed,
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(being used to lye with the Deced) says that Said Ross
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soon came down again, and informed Deponent that
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Deced was not in Bed, Upon which Deponent and Ross
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went out to see if the Deced was gone into the Necessary
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and not finding him there, they
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immediately after
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discovered him hanging ley a Cord fastened to a Rafter
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in a Shed belonging to said Craven, whereupon Mrs. Smith
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and Mr. Holmes were called in,
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and where they were can
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there, Lifted up the Deced while
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Thomas Moss
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cut the Cor
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who immediately come, and Mr. Ross then told Deponent
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that Deced was Dead but she did not go the deced Deponent says that during the time
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that Deced lodged with her, Deced was very Melancholy
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and spoke but little, says she heard Deced say that
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he wished himself Dead
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The Mark of
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Mary Craven
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Severally Sworn the Day Year and
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Place abovementioned, before me
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James Osborne
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of Petty France
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Corn chandler
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on his Oath saith
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that he has known Deced Six or seven Years, says that
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for between two and three years last past, he verity believes
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that the Deced's was not of sound Mind, Deponent observed
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that the Deced's behavior during that time was very different
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from what it had been before
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