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Image 242 of 40218th April 1771


Person besides that Man came into Informants House
after the DeceasedThat the rest were Chiefly Boys
but She Knows not any one of them

Mary Snee< no role >

Sarah Scales< no role > Wife of Peter Scales< no role > of Phenix Street Weaver
Saith That last Tuesday between Two and three in the Afternoon
She Saw a great Mob of People near the Golden Hart in
Phenix Street That She Understood they had got Mr.
Clarke and some said they were going to Whip him and some
that they were going to Ride himThat She followed
them to the Pond at the bottom of Hare Street But never
saw the Deceased to Distinguish which was him till he was
in the PondThat She saw divers Tiles Bricks and
Brick Bats thrown at himwhilst in the Pond That several of them Hit
his Head and BackThat She Staid and Saw Mr. Clarke
help him out of the Pond But left the Place before
he DiedBelieves there were about In hundred People
about the Pond But that She does not Know the Name
or Place of Abode of any one of them And that she cannot
Describe any One of them

The Mark of
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Sarah Scales< no role >




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