Middlesex
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1769

Information's of Witnesses severally Taken and
Acknowledged on the behalf of his Majesty the Sixth
day of February in the ninth Year of the Reign of
King George the Third At John Bowstrills< no role > the Sign of
the Butchers Arms in Spital fields Market in the
Parish of Christ Church Middlesex before Thomas
Phillips< no role > One of the Coroners for the said County touching
the death of George Allen< no role > then and there lying Dead
as follow (to wit).

John Warner< no role > of Spitalfields Market Butcher Saith the
Deceased Allen is lately Come out of the County and Passed
for a Batchers ServantThat he Lived with John Chambers< no role >
And Informant hath known him about Two Months
That last Friday about Eleven or Twelve in the forenoon
Informant was Killing a Beast at Mr. Dobbs's
Slaughter house at the South East Corner of said Market
That there were One Richard Puddle< no role > Robert Drewry< no role >
Servants to Mr. Weaver a Butcher and Richard the Drawer
at Mr Weavers And One Peter Stokes< no role > and Josiah Cole< no role >
a Countryman of AllensThat they were all at
Work except Richard the Drawer and Peter Stokes< no role > & the Deceased and
he Believes they were all SoberThat a Man Called
Thomas a Servant of Mr. Dobbs's was Cleaning a Tub
with a Broom at the Pump in the Slaughter House
That at the time that Man was Cleaning the Tub
Allen was going out of the Slaughter house
That when Allen went Out Thomas said Damn You
can't You Shut the Door after You Upon which Allen
[..] said Who do You Damn I'll Come back and Lick You