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has not reced any Correction either from herself on Husband
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within these Six Weeks last past, and verily believes the deced
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dyed a natural Death.
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John Battiscombe
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of half Moore Street
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piccadilly
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Apothecary
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on his Oath Saith that on Saturday afternoon
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he was called to Mr. Mason's
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there he found deced lying on the Floor appearing to
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to be dead buy by the persuation of
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opened a View, and he bled
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convinced Dept. that he was dead before he came,
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he pulled up the deced, Shirt to his Belly and found us
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of Violence.
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Jno Battiscombe
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Thomas Cooper
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of half Moon Street
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on his Oath Saith that he hath this Day examine
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the Bordy of the Deced, and finds no Mark, of Violence
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any where about the deced
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CHAPTER MUNIMENTS
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Elizabeth
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the
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House of said
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William Mason
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or her Oath Saith that the
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deced was ill of a Fever for about two Months last past that
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last Saturday afternoon She heard the deced go up Stairs into his
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Mother Bed Chamber and present afterwards heard a noise as of some thing fell says that Soon of for she heard his
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Mother come up Stairs, and cryed out to Dept. that the deced
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was dead on in a fit Upon which dept. came down and
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went into the Room with Mrs. Mason, and found the deced
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lying on the Floor in foaming at the Mouth and
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Upon which Mrs. Mason called her Son William
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Husband out of the Window which he
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and on
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William Mason
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's Coming she directed
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Mr. Battiscombe to let the deced Blood, says she
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was by when he was blooded, but he bled but a few
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drops, and was dead as Dept. believes. says that she knows
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of no Ill treatmt. given to the deced by the Father or Mother
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and that the last Correction given the deced that she knows
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of was about three Months
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ago, which was given the deced
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by his Father with a Birch Red, and which she believes did
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not hurt the deced
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and Place abovementioned, before me}
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