Old Bailey Sessions:
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1784

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I Done I don't want to fightI had
Drink with you than FightThat her
not hear what Answer the Deceased made
But very soon afterwards the Deceased
struck theDeceasedOther four or five Blows
with his FirstSeem'd to [..] at his
Head but Informant does not Know
where in Particular the Deceased Struck him
The Other Man said several times to
the Deceased I will give it up to You
but did not Strike the Deceased in return
That then Two or three Persons Came by
And they Persuaded the Other Man to
fight, the DeceasedAnd Then They both
Stript and went to fighting (They had
before Both of Them their Cloaths on)
That whilst They were fighting
Informant Came down to Them from
the House and when he got down
they were leaving off-There were not
above One or Two Blows Passed after
Informant Came down
Saith That soon after they began
fighting the Prisoners stip'd and fell down
That Informant did not see the Deceased
fall at all




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