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called in at the Publick House and told
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this Examinant and Barns that he had
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found the deceased lying in the said
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Wm Freeman insisted that this Examinant
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in
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the parish of Saint Andrew Holborn afsd,
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That the deceased never spoke during any
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Part of the time He was so led or carrying
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insensible by Intoxicationthat when the
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it was near ten oClock, but the Constable
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HousemanThat said
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sat the deceased down in one of the
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