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<p n="175">Swim against the<obscured></obscured>
then Ebbing, but Dept<lb></lb>
was not able to give the Man any Assistance<lb></lb>
That he did not see the Man afterwards<lb></lb>
and believes that he was Drowned in the<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65228_geo179">River Thames</rs>
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,</p>
<p n="176"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65228_n176-1">Christopher Sherlock</rs>
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<lb></lb>
<figure rend="mark"></figure>
<lb></lb>
his mark</p>
<p n="177">Severally Sworn the<lb></lb>
Day Year & Place<lb></lb>
abovementioned before me<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65228_n177-1">Tho. Prickard</rs>
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<p n="178"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Verdict,</note>
<lb></lb>
That on the 25th. day of January 1788<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65228_n178-1">William Warton</rs>
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was found Drowned in the<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65228_geo180">River Thames</rs>
<interp inst="WACWIC65228_geo180" type="placeName" value="River Thames"></interp>
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an <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65228_geo181">Mill Bank</rs>
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in the Parish<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65228_geo182">St. John<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
Evangelist</rs>
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<obscured></obscured>
Westmr. That no Marks of<lb></lb>
violence appeared on the Body but how<lb></lb>
he became Drowned no Evidence doth appear<lb></lb>
to the Jurors.</p>
<p n="179"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65228_n179-1">Thos Barlow</rs>
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