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Crime, Poverty and Social Policy in the Metropolis
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Saith he was going
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by the Court where the Deceased Lives last Monday and hearing
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a Noise he went in and Saw Farrells Mother Crying
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That then the Woman who Lives below Stairs where Gough
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the Deceased Say Ask'd Informant to Come in and Listen
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That then Informant heard Farrell Over head talking about
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Bedlam Doctors and Cutting People up That Informant Thought
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there had been some body with himThat while
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Informant was talking with the Woman Farrell Came down
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Stairs as
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wife as a fly (Comparatively Speaking) And went
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and Stood with his Hands extended in the Middx of the Court
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That then Informant made a Catch at him and he
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Passd' Informant into the next Door but One where the Woman
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with whom Informant had been talking was gone for
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Sheller That as seen as he got in there he bog
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Pulled that Woman down and began to Beat her over
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the HeadThat while he was Beating the Woman
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Informant he brot. him into the CourtAnd he did not
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make much Resistance but said "I ll go any where with
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You And You may do what You Please with me"
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That while his Hands were Tying
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after his Hands were Fed'
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he gave a sudden Start
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And said he had the Key of Heaven in his Pocket
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That he was an angel And God had Sent him to Do what
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he had doneThat upon Searching him a Key was
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