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May 1763

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Martha< no role > the Wife of Gilbert Tuffnoth< no role > of Aldgate London Weaver
That she hath been Nurse & Watch woman in the Hospl. over since it
hath been inhabited. That she was Watch Woman & attended the deced
in the New ward in the Hospl till he was renew'd into Johns Ward
wch. was abt. 3 days before he diedThat she was Prceatwhatwhen
the prisoner was brsh into the deceds Room & show'd him & that the
deced upon seeing the Prisoner immediately said he was the person
who stab'd him That when his stab'd him he had a Hatt on the [..]
had now only a cap onThat he was always in his Sonees & often
said the same Thing.

the Mark of
Martha [mark] Tuppsell< no role >

The Neals of Backle Street white top of mariner That
last Sunday Night was 3 weeks a Moon light Nightabt. 9 at Night
beDaniel & the deced were returning home from Chr. Lane
two foreigners posit them in Cht. Lane & afterwds. stop'd That the
Witness was somewhat a head of his Compa. & the Foreigners a
small mire a head of the witness before they stop'd That the
Foreigners when they stopt call'd then Witness Benyzehe went
up to them & [..] ask'd them of he was oneThey made no Answr. but
one of them hit him over the head with the Stick product wch.
after sorys were Blows with it he took from him & knock'd the Foreigners dison with the same
sticksays he heard Daniel lay They were cutting & that he was
Cutt & heard the deced Cary out Watch Murdersays he then
took the Knife producd out of one of their handssays it was
out of the hands of the person whose Stick he took from him but
cannot lay wch. of the two stob'd the deced or wch. Cut Daniel
says he hath seen the decod in the stopl & that the person now
in Prison was to the lost of his Knowledge one of the two man who
stob'd him & DanlSays there was Blood upon the knife but he wip'd
it of the next morning with. Thinking

Tho Neale< no role >




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