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<p n="748"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65211_geo580">City & Liberty of<lb></lb>
Westmr</rs>
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. in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65211_geo581">County<lb></lb>
of Middlesex</rs>
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Informations taken this <rs type="date" id="WACWIC65211_date144">Seventeenth day<lb></lb>
of May 1771</rs>
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at the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65211_geo582">St. Anne within the Liberty<lb></lb>
of Westmr</rs>
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. in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65211_geo583">County of Middlesex</rs>
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upon an Inquisition<lb></lb>
touching the Death of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65211_n748-1">Elizabeth Osborn</rs>
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lying dead in the<lb></lb>
said Parish Liberty and County</p>
<p n="749"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65211_n749-1">John Brussins</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65211_geo584">Denmark Street</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65211_geo585">Parish of<lb></lb>
St. Giles in the Fields</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65211_occ200">Apothcary</rs>
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on his Oath saith that<lb></lb>
on Wednesday Night last (May 15) between Eleven and<lb></lb>
Twelve o'Clock, Mr. Roberts & Mr. James came to Dept. and Mr. Roberts told him that<lb></lb>
he believed his Maid was dead, I desired him to come to her as<lb></lb>
fast as he could, Says that he went with Mr. Roberts to his<lb></lb>
House in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65211_geo586">Oxford Street Road</rs>
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, and found the Deced lying in the Bed<lb></lb>
on which she usually lay two Stories high, Says that Deced<lb></lb>
was black in her face with a large Silk Handkerchief troice<lb></lb>
around her Neck and tied with two Knots pretty Tight, the<lb></lb>
Neck being Swelled and the Blood Settled in the Neck and face<lb></lb>
above the Handkerchief, Says that he untied the Handkerchief<lb></lb>
and afterwards Examined the Deced, and found that she was<lb></lb>
dead and had been dead sometime, which made it unnecessary<lb></lb>
for Dept. to do any thing for her Recovery, Says that he Examined<lb></lb>
the Body farther, but found no other Marks of violence thereon<lb></lb>
Says that he believes the Deced tied the Handkerchief around<lb></lb>
her Neck herself, without any intention to destroy herself,<lb></lb>
and believes that she was Strangled and Suffocated.</p>
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<p n="751"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65211_n751-1">John Roberts</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65211_geo587">Oxford<del>Road</del>
Street</rs>
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in the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65211_geo588">St. Anne<lb></lb>
Westminster</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65211_occ201">Distiller</rs>
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on his Oath saith that <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65211_n751-2">Elizabeth osborne</rs>
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<lb></lb>
the Deced did live Servant with this Dept. almost a Year, that<lb></lb>
she left him about Six months ago, and came again into his<lb></lb>
Service, about three Weeks ago, Says that the Deced was fond of<lb></lb>
Liquor and was frequently Indonated, Says that on Wednesday<lb></lb>
last about Eight o'Clock in the Evening (May 15) Dept. went out<lb></lb>
Locked his Street Door and took the Key in his Pocket, leaving<lb></lb>
the Deced in his Shop, being in Liquor as Dept believes, Says<lb></lb>
that he returned home about a Quarter after Eleven o' Clock<lb></lb>
found his Door Locked as he left if, Unlocked the Door with his<lb></lb>
Key and went in, Says that he went upstairs in order to</p>
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