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Saith he Examined the Deceased
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the Evening of his Death
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And again Thursday last the 16th. Instant and again
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in Friday the next dayThat the first time Informant
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only Examined whether his Skull was fractured or not
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And Saith he did not Perceive that it was And he afterwards found
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there was not any Fissure
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That he Examined very Minutely externally on Thursday And on
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Friday Informant Opened his Head and Body
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That there were Eleven Contused Wounds on his Head
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The largest was on the left side his Head a Triangular
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Wound almost to the Skull in
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and about three Inches
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in Length each wayIn his Face were a few
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And One in the Left Eye The Coats of it securd' Piered' through
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There were several Bruises on both his Arms
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That they Wounds and Bruises Appeared to have been
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made by Stones or Brick bats or by HallandThat on Opening the
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Head he Perceived the Dura maker (the Membrane which
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to have a Flind under neath itThat Alone would
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have Caused his DeathThat when Informant opened
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said Membrane a Quantity of Bloody Fluid Issued from between the Dura and Pia maker it
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Saith he thought he Perceived most to Issue from the left
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side (the Part where the largest Wound was)
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Saith the Internal Parts of his Body were all in their
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natural StateThinks the different Blows he Received on
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the Head were the Cause of his DeathNo One in Particular
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All the Above Informations were
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severally Taken and Acknowledged before me
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