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Sat at the top of the Stairs Deponent saith that about light
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o'Clock the hand Duncan talking hand and say to Deceased
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Decease away good man say wife is Waiting Suppose and
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the she refused came form the Room and Deconds went
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down without him and that about four minutes afterward
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she heard some thing fall and went up stair and heard
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something like water running down the stain and
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Deponent then returned force hight and went up
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again and saw Blood running & that the came down
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second time and went up again and then saw the
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deceased with his Head at the bottom of the Stairs and his
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Heal up the stair Case bleeding and a Wound in his Streat
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and Deponent said Lord have money you have last your
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Threat and the deceased opened his Eyes and Ment be
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that the called and came and her about Ten Minutes
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afterwards he died.
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The marks
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James Downes
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No 109
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Skinner Street
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the market said that
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he hath known the deceased six or seven year that the here to
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first knew the deceased and until lately he was a friendly
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sociable kindly man that he late had but biller Acquaintance
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will the deceased for six Months laid until about a forti
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again that then the deceased came to Deponent
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from his
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and asked Deponent 6 finish a pair of shoes for him that he had
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began at he was ill and could not Deponent an goyed to
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finished the shoes and the deceased was he fetch stom on the
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Saturday that he gave the deced the shoes and heiniute
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on healing Deponent within
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of Porter and six pence that most
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Work the deceased was brought hima pair of these to make and that
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on wednesday last the deceased same to him and the
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said to him down as Jurity on would Chaque Coats with came And
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Information asked him what names he said He was ad
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tired of
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a Robbery and that all his Cloaths and the Bullans and the Colour
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were all admittied and a full description of him that then deced
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locked wild and particularly about the Eyes that he tole
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Deponent if he would go to the public house for the taken he
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would see it adverted that Informant wont to the deceased
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wife and informed hereof what state the deceased was in
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and she denied Deponent to let her knew if he was violent
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and the would send some person to take him that the dept at Deponent the next the wood
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day he continued with Deponent and refused to came to
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Meals but had it sent up stairs to him except his Supper
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that he Kept at Informants or Thursday and on Friday
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about one oClock he look up a Knife in a very odd way
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and which Deponent got her him and that he afterwards
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got a Knife from a West Seat which he kept in his hand
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him that time until his death that the deceased placed
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a Grid Hone at the head of the Stairs and for in the Court of the
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afternoon went to the Wall and said there was some keep be
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talking about him behind the wall and the deceased for
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great part of the day had a Knife in one
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hand and a Lap stone in
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the other which he held to prevent his being taken by the
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persons he
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would to apprehend him that the
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deceased wife had tired to set him into
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and had got a Man from a House for reception a Humility
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with a Shait waistcat to Same him that on Friday about
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Eight o'Clock he asked the deceased to Come with him
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to Supper which her refused and Deponent immediately
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went to the deceased's wife and friend and
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that he
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reightbo
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ed and taken Care of but on his return in
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about the an hour and found the deceased had land
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violent hands upon himself
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James
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Downes
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