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that
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he knows nothing of his own Knowledge but on Sunday last
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in the afternoon he was at his own
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& heard Mr.
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Newton in Prsence of himself &
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Say that the
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the Deced in the Morning had been at his House & called for
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a Pint of Hott & Sat down & Bent upon his Breast & bid him
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make Hast for where he had been he Believ'd the Man had
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been instrumental to his Death
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Cordwainer
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have neither Murray or the Dried but on Sunday last abt.
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6 in the Morning hearing a Noise in a Cellar in
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listn'd
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heard a Man Say he wd. not give so much mony for the
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Shirt & that wd. Go abt. his Business & lay out his Mony some
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where also & Came up out of the Cellar & said
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the Man had
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Us'd him very illthe man follow'd him up Stairs &
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Dawn you, you Doy if you say any Thing more I will beat yr.
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head off & immediately flung his Elbows into the Body of the
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Deced & saw the Deced Flinch & cry out you Use me very
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ill &
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Will Go abt. my Business & Deal elswhere for I dont
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deserve to be us'd so & that he had Mony in his Pocket to Pay
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for what he had & Galld. out a canvass Purse wth. Mony us
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it wch. Chinc'd like Mony, said he was us'd very ill &
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wd. soe him the next Day for the Injury he had done him.
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That the Deced in coming up the Cellar Stairs said he was
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not Us'd well & that Murray had
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done him an Injury
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That he saw Murray past & Elbow the Decd. 2 & 3d Time in his Belly Stomach & the Deced
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laid his hands on his Breast & said he had Injur'd him
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enough beforemade no ResistanceThat the Deced he
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saw soon after Vomiting Blood wch. he did twice. That he
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saw the Deced in abt. a Quar. of an hour Dir. & that
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Blood came out of his back part as well as his Mouth & his
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