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3rd January 1757 - 7th December 1757

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Gerard Proudfoot< no role > of Cable Street Salesman that
he knows nothing of his own Knowledge but on Sunday last
in the afternoon he was at his own [..] the Bull & Butchers & heard Mr.
Newton in Prsence of himself & Mary Barton< no role > Say that the
the Deced in the Morning had been at his House & called for
a Pint of Hott & Sat down & Bent upon his Breast & bid him
make Hast for where he had been he Believ'd the Man had
been instrumental to his Death

Gerrd. Proudfoott< no role >

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Thos. Ruffell< no role > of the Broadway Radcliff Cordwainer
have neither Murray or the Dried but on Sunday last abt.
6 in the Morning hearing a Noise in a Cellar in Cable Street . he
listn'd [..] heard a Man Say he wd. not give so much mony for the
Shirt & that wd. Go abt. his Business & lay out his Mony some
where also & Came up out of the Cellar & said [..] the Man had
Us'd him very illthe man follow'd him up Stairs & [..] out
Dawn you, you Doy if you say any Thing more I will beat yr.
head off & immediately flung his Elbows into the Body of the
Deced & saw the Deced Flinch & cry out you Use me very
ill & [..] Will Go abt. my Business & Deal elswhere for I dont
deserve to be us'd so & that he had Mony in his Pocket to Pay
for what he had & Galld. out a canvass Purse wth. Mony us
it wch. Chinc'd like Mony, said he was us'd very ill &
wd. soe him the next Day for the Injury he had done him.
That the Deced in coming up the Cellar Stairs said he was
not Us'd well & that Murray hadUsdone him an Injury
That he saw Murray past & Elbow the Decd. 2 & 3d Time in his Belly Stomach & the Deced
laid his hands on his Breast & said he had Injur'd him
enough beforemade no ResistanceThat the Deced he
saw soon after Vomiting Blood wch. he did twice. That he
saw the Deced in abt. a Quar. of an hour Dir. & that
Blood came out of his back part as well as his Mouth & his




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