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(a Weaves) lodger at Mr. Meyricks in
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maketh oath that last night as Dept
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standing with his Cloaths off on the steps of said Alehouse and the
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deced who was a fellow Servant of Depts, stopped and standing in the
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House, and Dept immedy. went up to the deced and laid hold of him, and
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desired him not to fight but he sayed he would fight, and they both
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went into the street, and there Jones shook the deced by the Land and
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sayed we are old acquaintance I had rather put on my Cloaths and
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not fight, but the deced sayed he would fight and one which was the
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best Man; and they both accordingly fought as Dept believes for the
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space of a quarter an hour, during which many flows passed and he
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deced had many falls, at length the deced after his last fall appeared
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where he seemed to be extremely ill and speechless, and dept assisted
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to put him into a Coach and a Man got in with him, and Dept drove
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where he appeared to be almost or
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quite dead and Dept not being able to get him any
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there he drove him to his Masters Yard in Moor lane, and then when he
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went to take the deced out of the Coach he was dead. Dept says the deced
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when he fought was intoxicated with Liquor, and that he did not
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above my foul lay on either side in the course of the fight.
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Sworn the
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1786
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of fore street London pupil to Mr. Blezard
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maketh Oath that he was called in
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last might about half past nine o'Clock to be the deced when Dept
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found to be dead, says that he has now examined the body of the dead
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Sworn the
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