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had had the Money from Mr.
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and had spent the same in Company with a
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blind Man and
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desired same of the
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Lodgers to say he was not at home
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that on Saturday morning the 10th. between
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8 and 9 one of the Lodger told this
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Deponent she believed Mr. Lewis was
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dead as the had called to him and he did
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not Answer and that between 6 & 7 that
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morning she had heard something fall
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in
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the
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his room which was over her
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head and wished this Deponent would
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go up Stairs with her which she did
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and they knocked at his Door which
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was locked and the Key in the Lock on the
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inside and as no body answered this Depo-
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nent larsh open the Door
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when
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and they
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saw the Deceased lying on his Back upon
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the Floor and a piece of Cord about his Neck
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and other part of it fixed to a Nail of Neck
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in the Ceiling and they sent for Mr. Dawney
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the Beadle who
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oxford the deceased
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after
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upon the Bed at which time he was quite
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cold and Stiff that the deceased bore a very
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good Character and a sober quiet Man
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that she thinks he
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has never been right in his night
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Pinps near the Lop of his
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Elith: Baker
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The Verdict
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deceased in her Mind ad in such
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hanged himself.
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Henry Chapman
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Foreman
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