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Informations taken this
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Eleventh day of June 1771
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upon an Inquisition touching the Death of
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a Woman Unknown lying dead a
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in the said Liberty & County.
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John Jackson
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Surgeon
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on his Oath saith That he this
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day Examined the Body of a Woman lying dead in the Watch house at
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, and opened part of the Scalp of her Head, and did not
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find that the Skull was Fractured, nor has he any reason to believe
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from the appearance of the Body, that the Deced had reced any hurt to
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cause her Death and Says that the Deced appeared to have lain
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a considerable time in the Water, the Body being in a State of
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Putrefaction
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J Jackson
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Thomas Exton
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Butcher
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on his Oath saith, That
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he was walking an
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near the Head of the Serpentine
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River, Yesterday about four o' Clock in the Afternoon when he saw
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the back part of the Deced's Head in the River about Seven Yards
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form the Shore, but was not at first sure what it was, Says that he
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threw some Stones into the River one of which a lighted upon the
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Deced's Head, which he was convinced that ie was a dead Body, Says that he
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called a Person who had been Bathing in the River (whose Name is
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Thomas
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Hughson
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) who came there, and took off his Shoes & Stockings and
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up his Breeches Knees, and then went into the River Says that with a
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Lamp lighter's Ladder which he had in his Names the
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Differently moved the Body of the Deced who lay in the Water with her force
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downwards, and pulled her to the Shore in the Parish of
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Lips being Swelled, and that She bled at the Mouth, Which Dept. believe was
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occasioned by her being rubbed with the Ladder, and saw Says that he observed
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no other Mark of violence upon the Deced. Says that the Deced's
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Pockets were Searched in Depts. presence by
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Wm Hughson
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when he found therein a
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Thimble, Pincushing and a fit of Ribbon, but no Money.
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Severally Sworn the Day Year &
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Place abovementioned, before me
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