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This is my real Case that Insect generaly of a morning
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Mr Halletts or distillers near
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to drink a half
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nny dram one morning about nine of the clock I went
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therein as usual and was goeing about my Busieness the Landlord
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and one Tooks who is a porter Belonging to the Six Clerks
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office was their present they both I Suppose had made a
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Contract for my comeing their in order to make me their
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Laughing Stock which is vize-they Informed me that
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my prosecutor Laide dangerous Ill at his appartments
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near the abovementiond place and realy
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by force made me to goe to See my prosecutor who they
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pretended Lay very Ill I out of my free good will did
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goe to See the Saide prosecutor reith an Intent to treat him
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as far as my Ability would afford when I came thither in
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a Little Garet adjoneing to his Lodgeing I calld him by his
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Name and told him the above mentioned persons Informed
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me of his Ill State of health and that I came out of pure
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Love to See him on which is replie was god claim your
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Blood are you one of the thieves that Just now Robed me
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I then turnd about and Saw Hellett the
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Laughing
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I had Several words with him but no answer any further
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then it was Game he by Rolence put me into the yard
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Second time when the prosecutor repeated the Same words
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as before which Was very threating Twent with the Saide
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Hallett to his house and Soon after my prosecutor came
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in and without Saying one word Struck me twice in
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the face and pulled me by the nose then repeated his
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places on the Left Side of my breast which Brought
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tears from my Eyes being Just come out of a fitt of
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Illness and in a manner a Cripple I then absconded the
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Said distillers house and never could goe about my Lawfull
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Occasions without receiving affonts from my prosecutor
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that I went in Continual danger of my Life might & day
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which I proved when I had a warrant for the prosecutor
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before Justices Fielding in
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the abovesaid Tooks Sent me money to fetch ye warrant
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