the deceased who bled a little but was quite dead And this
Deponent Saith that the deceased has lived in Lord Gowers
Family about Four Months and during all that time
has been generally in then Company except when upon
his Lords immediate Service and always observed that
they were upon the most friendly Tenns and near had
any quarrel whatever and frequently used to play
[..] with each other in manner before mentiond.
without ever injuring each other And further Saith
that during the whole time that this Accident
happened he did not observe the least anger on either
side neither had he any idea that either of the blows
that were struck could have been attended with any
fatal consequences. And Saith That the deceased had
been in an ill state of health for above six weeks.
before the Accident happened and was at the time
rather weakily from his Illness.

The Mark of
Ralph [mark] Church.

Alexander Currie Footman To the Countess of Sutherland
Upon his oath Saith That about half an hour after
Nine oClock Yesterday Morning he was in Company
with the deceased Robert Dawkins< no role > . Ralph Church< no role >
and two or three other persons in the Room over My
Lord Gowers Stables and drank some [..] with them
and left them a little before ten oClock that the
deceased and the said Dawkins were then or they