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''the Wound and Injuries He received in this Scuffle"
''as Iwaverily belive, I continued in the Cart, till''
my Son got out, and then I by Some Means also''
''got out, but I was in Such Confusion, that I''
''cant tell now''

Mary Williams< no role >

John Williams< no role > of the Hyde in the Parish of Hendon
aforesaid Labourer upon his Oath, Saith as follows
(Vizt)''I was coming in my Father is Cart, with my
''Father (Michael Williams< no role > the deceased)my& Mother''
''from London , I was laying in the Bottom of the''
''Cart, and had fallen asleep, but was awakened''
''by a Noise and Bustle, and heard Some persons ask''
''my Father for His Money, and heard Some Person''
''say that was not all, and by Some Means He''
''was got off the Cart,andupon which I Jumped''
''out at the Tail of the Cart, and got entahgled''
''ley the round Frock, which I had on, my Father''
''was then lying on the Ground, and the two Men''
''came up to Me, and the Man,Who is now is''
''Custody, by Name of Cornelius Carty< no role > , Struck''
''at Me, with a Knife, and cut Me is the Groin''
''but not very upon which I siezed hold of''
''Him, and never [..] Him, til with the''
''Assistance of Some House Men passing We Secured''
''Him, during the Scuffle, Cornelius Carty< no role > cut''
''Me in the Shoulderwhen the Horse Men came''
''Written Distance, the other Man made His Escape''
''over the Hedge, We did not find any Weapon''




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