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Westmr</rs>
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. in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65214_geo1195">County<lb></lb>
of Middlesex</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Informations taken this <rs type="date" id="WACWIC65214_date240">Twelfth day<lb></lb>
of September 1774</rs>
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at the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65214_geo1196">St. Margaret<lb></lb>
within the Liberty of Westmr</rs>
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. in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65214_geo1197">County of<lb></lb>
Middlesex</rs>
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upon an Inquisition touching the<lb></lb>
death of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65214_n1198-1">Sarah Knight</rs>
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lying dead in the said<lb></lb>
Parish Liberty and County.</p>
<p n="1199"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65214_n1199-1">John Barton</rs>
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a <rs type="occupation" id="WACWIC65214_occ385">Watchman</rs>
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of the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65214_geo1198">St. Margaret<lb></lb>
Westmr</rs>
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. on his Oath saith That a little after Twelve o'Clock on Sunday Morning last<lb></lb>
Dept. being at his Stand by the Door of the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65214_geo1199">Red Lyon<lb></lb>
Ale house</rs>
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in <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65214_geo1200">Parliament Street</rs>
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, he head a Norse<lb></lb>
and Disturbance in said Street at the Corner of<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65214_geo1201">little Bridge Street</rs>
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upon which he went there<lb></lb>
and saw the Deced with a Man, and another<lb></lb>
Man near them at Mr. Cotton's Door, Says that he<lb></lb>
desired the Deced to go about her Business to which<lb></lb>
Deced Answered that she would not go till pleased<lb></lb>
Says that he told Deced that he would take her to<lb></lb>
the Watch house, and the Man with Deced said that<lb></lb>
Dept. shod. not while she was with him, and Deced<lb></lb>
called the<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
Dept. many Names and abused him<lb></lb>
Says that when he was calling half hour after Twelve<lb></lb>
he saw the Deced standing alone in the same Place<lb></lb>
and desired her to go about her Business or he would<lb></lb>
take her to the Watch house, to which she Answered<lb></lb>
that she would go when she pleased and would slap<lb></lb>
her face if he offered to touch her, Says that he<lb></lb>
returned to his Box, and very soon after Deced<lb></lb>
walked up <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65214_geo1202">Parliament Street</rs>
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alone, and Dept.<lb></lb>
took hold of her, saying that he would carry her<lb></lb>
to the Watch house, Deced being at first unwelling<lb></lb>
to go but afterwards walked quietly with Dept. and<lb></lb>
Hawkins another Watchman to the Watch house belonging to the<lb></lb>
Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65214_geo1203">St. Margaret,</rs>
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where he charged her with<lb></lb>
abusing him on his Duty, and being disorderly at half<lb></lb>
hour past Twelve on Sunday Morning. Says that he left<lb></lb>
the</p>
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