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Westmr</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65212_geo452">County<lb></lb>
of Middlesex</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Informations taken this <rs type="date" id="WACWIC65212_date95">Thirtieth day of<lb></lb>
March 1772</rs>
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at the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65212_geo453">Parish of St. Martin in the<lb></lb>
Fields</rs>
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within the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65212_geo454">Liberty of westmr</rs>
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. in the<lb></lb>
County of Midsex upon an Inquisition touching<lb></lb>
the death of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65212_n540-28">John Collip</rs>
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lying dead in the said<lb></lb>
Parish Liberty and County</p>
<p n="541"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65212_n541-1">Harvey Powell</rs>
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of James Street <rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65212_occ156">Apothecary</rs>
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on his<lb></lb>
Oath saith That this Morning between seven & Eight<lb></lb>
oClock he was fetched to the Deced, who appeared to<lb></lb>
be dead, Says that he opened a Vein in Deced's Arm<lb></lb>
that he bled a few drops, but he observed no signs<lb></lb>
of Life in him. Says that by the Cirlcle about the<lb></lb>
Deced's Neck he believes that he had hanged.</p>
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Servant to <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65212_n543-2">William Ringsted</rs>
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and<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65212_n543-3">James Poole</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65212_occ157">Coach makers</rs>
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in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65212_geo455">Long Acre</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65212_geo456">Parish<lb></lb>
of St. Martin in the Fields</rs>
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on his Oath saith, That he went<lb></lb>
to work this Morning, at six o'clock and when he getting<lb></lb>
his Master House in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65212_geo457">Long Acre</rs>
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, he saw the Deced, (who<lb></lb>
was likewise Servant to Messrs. Ringsted & Poole) opening<lb></lb>
the Shop, Says that he went to work in the Left and<lb></lb>
about seven o'Clock was called down by one of his<lb></lb>
Shop mates, who said that Collip had hanged himself<lb></lb>
upon which he went down and in part of the<lb></lb>
Yard he saw the Deced hanging with a small Cord<lb></lb>
around his Neck and fastened to a wooden Brace<lb></lb>
says that he with a Chisel cut the cord and that the<lb></lb>
Deced dropped down, says that the Deced was not<lb></lb>
quite Cold, but Dept. saw no Signs of Life in him, and<lb></lb>
that Mr. Powell an <rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65212_occ158">Apothecary</rs>
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was fetched, who said<lb></lb>
that the Deced was dead, and Dept. believes that he<lb></lb>
hanged himself, Says that the Deced has been<lb></lb>
Melancholy</p>
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