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<p n="523"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65203_geo472">City and</rs>
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Liberty of Westmr.<lb></lb>
in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65203_geo473">County of Middlesex</rs>
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}<lb></lb>
to Wit.</note>
<lb></lb>
Informations taken this <rs type="date" id="WACWIC65203_date114">4th day of June 1763</rs>
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<lb></lb>
at the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65203_geo474">Parish of St. George Hanover Square</rs>
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on<lb></lb>
view of the Body of a Man Unknown lying Dead<lb></lb>
in the said Parish.</p>
<p n="524"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65203_n524-1">William Oldfield</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65203_geo475">Stangate</rs>
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in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65203_geo476">Surry</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65203_occ183">Waterman</rs>
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on his<lb></lb>
Oath saith that being rowing in his Boot yesterday about<lb></lb>
twelve o' Clock he discovered the Shirts of a Parson's<lb></lb>
Cloaths floating in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65203_geo477">River Thames</rs>
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in a plan called the<lb></lb>
Neat Houses, saith that on corning to the place with<del>he and</del>
one<lb></lb>
Tyler they found the Body of the Deced, then Dead, Says<lb></lb>
that the pulled deced out of the Water and left him<lb></lb>
on the Shore Several of the Neighbours being the came<lb></lb>
about the Deced</p>
<p n="525">The Mark of<lb></lb>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65203_n525-1">William Oldfield</rs>
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<p n="526"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65203_n526-1">William Coulston</rs>
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of the Neat Houses <rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65203_occ184">Gardiner</rs>
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on his Oath<lb></lb>
saith that yesterday about Eleven o' Clock<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
a Woman & a Boy<lb></lb>
who works for Deponent, brought a Blue Surtoot Coat<lb></lb>
A Hat<del>and</del>
Wig & Stick, into his House and informed<lb></lb>
Deponent that they brought them out of a Boat belonging<lb></lb>
to Deponent, lying by the Thames sade, and that she saw them<lb></lb>
lye in the Boat about half long as<obscured></obscured>
Eight o'Clock that Morning, Says that<lb></lb>
he came to the Deced soon after he was drawn to Shore<lb></lb>
and is sure that the Deced had neither Coat Hat or Wig on<lb></lb>
at that time</p>
<p n="527">Severally Sworn the Day<lb></lb>
Year and Place abovementioned<lb></lb>
before me<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65203_n527-1">Tho. Prickard</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65203_occ185">Coroner</rs>
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.}</p>
<p n="528"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65203_n528-1">Wm. Coulson</rs>
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